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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, 11 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

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

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Zoo: Oldest African elephant in North America dies at 56

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The oldest African elephant in North America has died at the age of 56, officials at a Tennessee zoo said.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Bond denied for Georgia trooper charged in fatal shooting

SYLVANIA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has denied bond for a former Georgia State Patrol trooper accused of murder in the August shooting death of a 60-year-old Black man who refused to stop for a broken tail light.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

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

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Typhoon Haishen unleashes rain, strong winds in south Japan

TOKYO (AP) — The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an are…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Thousands peacefully protest outside the Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An airplane circled above Churchill Downs on Saturday, flying a banner behind it: “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor,” it said.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EDT

Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Police say Pakistani man killed journalist wife in southwest

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani husband shot and killed his journalist wife at the couple's home in a remote southwestern town before fleeing, but the motive behind the killing was unclear, police said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Police say Pakistani man killed journalist wife in southwest

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani husband shot and killed his journalist wife at the couple's home in a remote southwestern town before fleeing, but the motive behind the killing was unclear, police said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Crowds pack beaches as California bakes in weekend heat wave

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is sweltering under a dangerous heat wave Labor Day weekend that was spreading triple-digit temperatures over much of the state, raising concerns about power outages and the spread of …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: Melbourne keeps lockdown, charges 8 for protest

MELBOURNE, Australia — The premier of Australia’s Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country’s second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Asia Today: Melbourne lockdown to stay; 8 charged for rally

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26.