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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…
Seeking unity, NKorea's Kim vows to overcome typhoon damage
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited typhoon-stricken areas in the northeast, fired a top official there and promised to send 12,000 workers from Pyongyang for recovery efforts, sta…
US Northern Command apologizes for retweeting Trump campaign
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Northern Command based in Colorado Springs has apologized for retweeting a post by President Donald Trump that announced his campaign stop earlier this week in a western Penn…
AP Week in Pictures, Global
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For Lebanese, recovery too heavy to bear a month after blast
BEIRUT (AP) — A month after Beirut’s devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling — he can look up through the dangling plaster, wires and metal struts and the broken brick r…
California wildfire traps campers in national forest
SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — More than 60 people were rescued from a California campground by military helicopter, including two who were severely injured in one of three fast-spreading wildfires that sent people fle…
Feds ask court to uphold Coast Guard officer's sentence
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Justice Department prosecutors have urged a federal appeals court to uphold a prison sentence of more than 13 years for a former Coast Guard officer accused of plotting a terrorist attack inspi…
Global Forecast-Celsius
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Sunday, September 6, 2020
Several boats sink during Texas parade for President Trump
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A spokesperson for the Travis County sheriff’s office in Texas says “several” boats sank Saturday while taking part in a parade in support of President Donald Trump.
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Sunday, September 6, 2020
Experts warn China-India standoff risks unintentional war
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — As a monthslong military standoff between India and China along their disputed mountain border protracts, experts warn that the nuclear-armed countries — which already have engaged in their b…
Colleges using COVID dorms, quarantines to keep virus at bay
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — With the coronavirus spreading through colleges at alarming rates, universities are scrambling to find quarantine locations in dormitory buildings and off-campus properties to isolate the thous…
Chinese group plans to recover WWII American plane from lake
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese group plans to try to recover a fighter plane from the legendary Flying Tigers group of American pilots that crashed in a lake during World War II.
Experts join efforts to salvage burning tanker off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A team of experts is joining efforts to salvage a large oil tanker that has been burning for the fourth day Sunday off Sri Lanka, the country's navy said.
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Police: Toddler killed in shooting along Louisiana road
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A toddler was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle along a Louisiana road late Friday in a shooting that was condemned by the city's mayor.