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Updated 1 week, 5 days ago

The World Cup final is set, with Messi and Argentina facing Yamal and Spain for the title on Sunday

The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Independent investigation into Daniel Prude death advances

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The Rochester City Council Friday gave investigators the power to subpoena city departments and others as part of an independent investigation into the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Running out of storm names, Atlantic season goes Greek

The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy”

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Judge blocks Louisiana landlord from kicking out residents

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana district judge has temporarily blocked the owners of an apartment complex in Lake Charles from

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Greek island of Crete

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.3 struck off the southern island of Crete on Friday, Greek authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
AP Exclusive: Pandemic shrinking Europe's monitor of US vote

Europe’s largest security organization said Friday that it has drastically scaled back plans to send as many as 500 observers to the U.S. to monitor the Nov. 3 presidential election and now will deploy just 30 beca…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
US bans WeChat, TikTok from app stores, threatens shutdowns

The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will ban Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores on Sunday and will bar the apps from accessing essential internet services in the U.S. — a move that could e…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Guatemalan president tests positive for new coronavirus

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said Friday he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, but he told a local radio station he feels well.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
US stocks fall as another bumpy week of trading nears end

Stocks are falling in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, as another zig-zag week for markets closes out following an abrupt loss of momentum this month.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Mexico official: woman's death at water protest was accident

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The commander of Mexico’s National Guard said Friday the death of a woman shot by guard members at a water protest in northern Mexico earlier this month was “a regrettable accident.”

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Subtropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic; it's only the 2nd time storm names have had to use the Greek alphabet

MIAMI (AP) — Subtropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic; it's only the 2nd time storm names have had to use the Greek alphabet.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Search for migrant boat as powerful storm lashes Greece

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities launched a large search and rescue operation Friday following a distress call from a vessel carrying dozens of migrants, which was caught in a powerful storm that lashed west…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
School counselor at Kentucky Army post dies of COVID-19

FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) — A school counselor at a central Kentucky Army post that started in-person classes in August has died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus, officials said.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Latest: Guatemalan president tests positive for virus

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei says he’s tested positive for the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
US carrier transits Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier safely transited on Friday through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important chokepoint for oil shipments, the U.S. Navy said, as tensions w…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally; Alpha forms

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — A second death from Hurricane Sally was reported Friday in Alabama on a day that also saw the National Hurricane Center have to resort to using the Greek alphabet for storm names in a reco…