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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…
Lawsuit: EPA fails to enforce Chesapeake Bay pollution caps
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has failed to ensure that Pennsylvania and New York are doing enough to reduce pollution that flows from farms and cities into the Chesapeake Bay, according t…
Russian hackers target U.S. campaigns, parties: Microsoft
BOSTON (AP) — The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of more than 200 organizations including political parties an…
Russia GRU hackers target U.S. campaigns, parties: Microsoft
BOSTON (AP) — The same Russian military intelligence outfit that hacked the Democrats in 2016 has attempted similar intrusions into the computer systems of more than 200 organizations including political parties an…
Embed-Guide-Election 2020-Advance Voting, ADVISORY
ELECTION 2020-ADVANCE VOTING — Interactive guide. 2020 could be the first year in which more than half of voters cast their ballot for president before polls open on Election Day. AP is tracking these changes and h…
Union: 4 Houston police officers fired after fatal shooting
HOUSTON (AP) — Four Houston police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man who had a history of mental illness and appeared to have been on his knees before he was killed have been fired, the police union …
Sheriff charges deputy, fires 2 more in Georgia jail death
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff said Thursday he arrested one of his deputies on charges of falsifying records and fired two others in connection with the death of a jail inmate.
Mourners gather to bid farewell to murdered Mexican reporter
TEZONAPA, Mexico (AP) — Mourners gathered Thursday at the wake of a newspaper reporter whose decapitated body was found a day earlier in an area of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz that has suffered months of organ…
9/11 Anniversary, ADVISORY
The anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks is on Friday. Commemorations are planned in New York and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The AP plans the following coverage. Find the latest plans on Coverag…
Tennessee man shoots deputy, killed when SWAT enters house
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man who held his girlfriend hostage and shot a deputy while barricading himself in a home in Tennessee was killed when a SWAT team entered the house, authorities said Thursday.
Trump heads to Michigan amid Woodward book fallout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a political crisis of his own making, President Donald Trump headed for the comfort of a rally in battleground Michigan on Thursday, trying to move past revelations that he had been
US charges Russian with plot to create election distrust
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has charged a Russian national in a sweeping plot to create distrust in the American political process.
Georgia deputy shot is expected to return to work next week
DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia deputy who was wounded in a shooting that touched off a massive manhunt is recovering and expected to return to work next week, state law officers Thursday.
Election 2020, ADVISORY
Here are today’s plans for coverage of Election 2020. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. Find the AP’s latest coverage in our Election 2020 hub. All times are Eastern.
More than 40 killed by armed militia in Congo's east
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 40 people have been killed this week in attacks by rebels in Congo’s eastern Ituri province, local officials said Thursday.
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