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Updated 2 weeks, 3 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
Berlin chair protest to back calls for Greek camp evacuation

BERLIN (AP) — Activists are setting up thousands of chairs outside the German parliament in Berlin to underline their calls to take in migrants from an overcrowded camp on a Greek island.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Supporters gather for Assange court extradition showdown

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the U.S. government squared off in a London court on Monday at a high-stakes extradition case delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
In pandemic, Nigerian teacher can 'teach the whole world'

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — For many 12th graders, the closure of Nigeria’s public schools to combat the spread of COVID-19 presents a particular problem: How to prepare for crucial, final exams?

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
UK police arrest man over string of stabbings in Birmingham

LONDON (AP) — British police arrested a 27-year-old man early Monday on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a string of stabbings in a busy nightlife district in the central England c…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
India passes Brazil to become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 4.2 million people infected

NEW DELHI (AP) — India passes Brazil to become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic with more than 4.2 million people infected.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and i…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Mayor suspends officers involved in man's suffocation death

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, were suspended Thursday by the city's mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circu…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
North Carolina-Virginia chase leaves 3 injured, 1 arrested

NASHVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A man accused by authorities of firing gunshots at random cars on Interstate 95 is in custody after a high-speed police chase began Saturday in North Carolina and ended in Virginia, leaving t…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Video in Black man's suffocation shows cops put hood on him

A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Depression forms in Atlantic; Julio weakens west of Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A tropical depression formed in the central portion of the Atlantic Ocean, and forecasters expect it to form into a tropical storm on Monday.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

The Summer of COVID-19 ends with health officials worried