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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…
'Worst Derby Ever': A T-shirt slogan sums up 2020 woes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Churchill Downs stands are empty and the wagering windows closed. Armored police vehicles in the parking lot have replaced throngs of Derby-goers in seersucker and showy hats.
Liberty tells staff to refrain from interacting with Falwell
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Staff members at Liberty University have been instructed to refrain from interacting with the school's ousted president, Jerry Falwell Jr.
No indictments against Florida police over deadly force
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — A Leon County grand jury declined to issue indictments against Tallahassee police officers involved in the shooting deaths of three people in separate incidents that helped ignite Black Lives Mat…
Union Berlin hosts 4,500 soccer fans amid pandemic
BERLIN (AP) — In the biggest attendance so far for a soccer team in Germany during the coronavirus pandemic, Union Berlin welcomed 4,500 fans for its 2-1 win over Nuremberg on Saturday.
Body of slain detective gets hero's escort to funeral home
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Two fire truck ladders stretched a large American flag over a hearse that threaded the Cleveland streets Saturday as it carried the body of a police detective killed in the line of duty to a …
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The Latest: Madison fraternities, sororities in quarantine
MILWAUKEE — Nine fraternities and sororities are under quarantine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after 38 students tested positive for the coronavirus.
Facebook blocks ailing man's planned end-of-life broadcasts
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what …
El Chapo's lawyers appeal his US drug conspiracy conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman wants his U.S. conspiracy conviction thrown out.
4 dead after Philadelphia house fire; cause investigated
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Four people were found dead after a house fire in Philadelphia, authorities said.
Ethiopian lawmakers call region's vote unconstitutional
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Saturday called elections planned next week in the northern Tigray region unconstitutional, amid a confrontation between the federal government and region…
Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice
NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concret…
'Be 4 You Go, See Elmo': Chicago tombstone maker endures
CHICAGO (AP) — Elmo's has been making tombstones on the South Side of Chicago for more than half a century, hand-carving grave markers for the bereaved families of everyone from local celebrities to victims of the …
Fire chief: 'It appears' 4 are dead after Philadelphia fire
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A home burned Saturday in Philadelphia, and it appears four people died, authorities said.
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