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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…
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Biden will appear at drive-in town hall near hometown
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was returning to Pennsylvania on Thursday night for a socially distanced town hall near Scranton, where he was born, after discussing campaign strategy wi…
Jupiter, enticing moon Europa star in new Hubble photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and its enticing moon Europa shine in a new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Trump: Michigan election official a 'hater' in ballot snafu
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump called Michigan's top election official a “Trump Hater” Thursday after the state mistakenly created overseas absentee ballots that didn't list Vice President Mike Pence.
Ex-Pence adviser says Trump bungled virus; she's for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence who served on the White House coronavirus task force says President Donald Trump once suggested that COVID-19 might be a good thing because it would s…
The Latest: Biden's message to Senate Democrats: I'm ready
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Embed-Map-Virus Outbreak-Global Cases, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL CASES — Map. Global interactive map offered in English and Spanish, visualizes cumulative coronavirus cases and deaths by country for geographical comparison. This map will updated multiple ti…
Mexico skirts U.S. criticism of anti-drug enforcement
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that Mexico will respond “softly, softly” and with “love and peace” to the finding by the U.S. government that his country needs to do more to …
Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half million households are made up of married same-sex couples, according to figures the U.S. …
Gulf between Trump and doctors on mask wearing gets wider
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gulf between President Donald Trump and public health officials over wearing face masks keeps widening, undercutting medical experts who say consistent face covering is one of the best tools —…
Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats. It could also result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and N…
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-STATE TRENDS — Table. This interactive tracks increasing and decreasing trends in new coronavirus cases, deaths, testing and positivity rates for each US state over the past 14 days. You can look up …
Rescuers reach people cut off by Gulf Coast hurricane
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers on the Gulf Coast used boats and high-water vehicles Thursday to reach people cut off by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally, even as a second round of flooding took shap…
Suspect in killing of protesters listed in 'hero' assignment
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas school district is investigating a high school English teacher who asked students to write about a modern-day hero and listed the 17-year-old accused of killing two people during Wisconsin pr…
Federal funding threatened over transgender athlete policy
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is threatening to withhold some federal funding from Connecticut school districts if they follow a state policy that allows transgender girls to compete as gi…