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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…
The Latest: Macy’s Thanksgiving parade altered for pandemic
NEW YORK — This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving parade has been reimagined for the coronavirus pandemic.
The Latest: Biden: 2 Trump terms would worsen climate crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times local):
AP: Feds probing in-custody death of Black man in Louisiana
Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Black man during what Louisiana State Police described as a struggle to take him into custody following a rural police chase last year, officials told The Associ…
South Dakota agency: AG reported hitting deer, but hit man
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said in a statement on Monday that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning t…
South Dakota investigators: AG reported hitting deer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg reported hitting a deer with his car on Saturday night but actually killed a pedestrian whose body was not found until the next day, state inve…
South Dakota investigators: Attorney general reported hitting deer but actually killed man whose body was found next day
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota investigators: Attorney general reported hitting deer but actually killed man whose body was found next day.
Pakistan arrests suspect accused of raping woman on highway
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said Monday they have arrested one of the two assailants suspected in the gang rape of a woman on a deserted highway after another person was wrongfully detained in the case…
US envoy lauds Pakistan's role in Afghan peace talks process
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan was in Pakistan on Monday to express his gratitude for Islamabad's role in helping launch the much-awaited negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan represent…
In an area better known for Amish, police shots stoke unrest
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A police officer fatally shot a man during a domestic disturbance call, leading to street protests and vandalism in what the mayor of the small Pennsylvania city of Lancaster called a “heartbr…
In white Adirondacks, racism may be toughest hill to climb
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Nicole Hylton-Patterson moved to the Adirondack Mountains to help make this vast, and overwhelmingly white, region more welcoming to people who, like her, are Black.
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Weekend gun violence in Chicago leaves 10 dead, 43 injured
CHICAGO (AP) — Gun violence in Chicago left 10 people dead over the weekend and 43 others injured.
Ugandan police nab man entering parliament with severed head
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police on Monday arrested a man attempting to enter the parliamentary building in the capital carrying the severed head of a child in a wrapped gift box.
France tightens screws on public activities to fight COVID
PARIS (AP) — Two of France’s biggest cities with COVID-19 infection rates gathering speed even faster than the national surge in new cases are tightening limits on public activities as the French government seeks t…
Slow-moving Hurricane Sally carrying a deluge to Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storm-weary Gulf Coast residents rushed to finish last-minute preparations Monday as Hurricane Sally chugged slowly through warm Gulf waters. Forecasters said the biggest threat is flooding, with…