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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…
Puerto Rico reopening beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced she would reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and…
Mayor: Police chief accused of rigging own hiring resigns
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The police chief in Connecticut's largest city resigned Thursday, the mayor said, hours after being arrested on federal charges that he teamed with Bridgeport’s personnel director to rig th…
UN condemns killing of LGBT activist in northern Mexico,
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. human rights agency called on Mexican authorities Thursday to thoroughly investigate the killing of an LGBT rights activist in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua.
Ex-UM official says he didn't do more to get doc off campus
DETROIT (AP) — A retired University of Michigan administrator told lawyers that he was furious to learn in the late 1970s that a doctor was sexually abusing students, though he also acknowledged that he failed to e…
The Latest: New Orleans keeps tough virus rules, state eases
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans will not follow the rest of Louisiana in easing up on public gathering restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT
Virus bill blocked in Senate as prospects dim for new relief
Alabama college students sanctioned for COVID violations
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — More than 600 students at the University of Alabama have been sanctioned — including 33 who were effectively suspended — for violating rules intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases on …
Mizzou leader backtracks after blocking students on Twitter
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The leader of the University of Missouri system and chancellor of its flagship Columbia campus is backtracking in the face of backlash and a possible lawsuit for blocking critical students on T…
Police defend handling of protests over Daniel Prude's death
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester's outgoing police chief Thursday defended his officers' response to protests over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, which included the use of pepper balls.
Latest: Over 900 square miles scorched in Washington fires
The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
In a year of restrictions, virus changes Sept. 11, too
NEW YORK (AP) — In a year when the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped countless American rituals, even the commemoration of 9/11 could not escape unchanged.
Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, gyms, theaters amid pandemic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced she would reopen beaches, casinos, gyms and movie theaters across the U.S. territory as officials report a recent drop in COVID-19 cases and…
Virginia Senate approves sweeping police reform legislation
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate approved wide-ranging police reform legislation Thursday that would prohibit the use of chokeholds, restrict no-knock search warrants, and expand the grounds to decertify la…
Judges: Trump order to exclude people violates the law
NEW YORK (AP) — A panel of three federal judges said Thursday that President Trump’s order to exclude people in the country illegally when redrawing congressional districts violates the law.