Nation/World
Want to follow the latest in world news? Keep reading below for today's national and world news headlines!
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…
Rescue workers in Beirut hope to find survivor in rubble
BEIRUT (AP) — Rescue workers resumed search operations early Friday in a building that collapsed last month in Beirut’s deadly blast in hopes of finding a survivor under the rubble after a pulsing signal was detect…
Mexico struggles with US water debt, suggests UN audit
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexico struggles to pay a water debt to the United States, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he might personally appeal to President Donald Trump for clemency, or invite Unit…
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…
AP source: Man suspected of fatally shooting right-wing supporter in Oregon killed during scuffle with law enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Man suspected of fatally shooting right-wing supporter in Oregon killed during scuffle with law enforcement.
Today in History
Today in History
August jobs report likely to point to a still-slow recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States keeps regaining more of the jobs that vanished when the viral pandemic flattened the economy early this spring. Yet so deep were the layoffs that began in March that millions of …
Death of longtime mayor from COVID-19 stuns Alabama town
CLANTON, Ala. (AP) — It seemed like Billy Joe Driver, 84, was always around in this Alabama city after 36 years as mayor.
Mexico downplays coronavirus cases among medical personnel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials on Thursday downplayed the country’s rate of coronavirus infections and deaths among medical personnel, appearing to dispute reports this week that Mexico had the highest rate i…
The Latest: New Zealand has 1st virus death in 3 months
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand reported its first death from the coronavirus in more than three months on Friday.
Still too soon to try altering human embryo DNA, panel says
It’s still too soon to try to make genetically edited babies because the science isn’t advanced enough to ensure safety, says an international panel of experts who also mapped a pathway for any countries that want …
Thai court revokes bail, jails activists who kept protesting
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand agreed with a police request to revoke the bail of two top leaders of the burgeoning anti-government protest movement who refuse to stop their public political activities.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Dueling versions of reality define 1st week of fall campaign
Sri Lankan, Indian ships, aircraft try to douse tanker fire
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ships, boats and aircraft from Sri Lanka and India were escalating efforts to douse a fire raging on an oil tanker east of Sri Lanka for a second day Friday.
AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
AUG. 28-SEPT. 3, 2020
Lottery State-by-State-All
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday: