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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…
Stocks open lower on Wall Street, led by drops in technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street tapped the brakes on its record-setting run Thursday, pulling the S&P 500 down 0.6% in early trading. Technology stocks led the way lower, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 1.5%. Apple a…
Worker says he was fired from shipyard for wearing Trump hat
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man says he was fired from his job at a shipyard for refusing to remove a hat supporting President Donald Trump.
Xi praises resistance spirit in marking end of Pacific War
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping on Thursday praised China’s spirit of resistance in commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, saying any attempt to alter the nation’s course …
Businessman acquitted in murders of Slovak reporter, fiancee
PEZINOK, Slovakia (AP) — A panel of judges in Slovakia on Thursday acquitted a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist who had written about him and the journalist's fi…
The Latest: Tyson Foods to open medical clinics at US plants
OMAHA, Neb. -- Tyson Foods says it is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its workers and better protect them from the coronavirus.
NYC's new sex crimes chief has a background in nursing
NEW YORK (AP) — The new head of New York City's sex crimes unit is not only a veteran police investigator, but also a forensic nurse who has conducted the physical exams and evidence collection vital to solving suc…
AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020
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Hurricane Nana hits Belize, drives across Guatemala
PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Hurricane Nana made landfall in Belize, pelting a relatively sparsely populated stretch of the country's coast with heavy rain and wind, before weakening to a tropical storm while pushing…
Nepal protesters defy virus lockdown, clash with riot police
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of protesters defying a government coronavirus lockdown to take part in an religious festival clashed with riot police in Nepal on Thursday, leaving several people injured.
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.
Officials: Fatal shooting of UPS hostage-taker was justified
LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N..J (AP) — Seven police officers were justified in the fatal shooting of an armed man who held two women hostage for several hours at a UPS processing center in southern New Jersey last year, accor…
Ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder is latest Republican to back Biden
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder backed Joe Biden for president on Thursday, becoming the latest high-profile Republican to support the Democratic nominee over President Donald Trump.
More ailing children from Greek camps flown to Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has taken in another group of sick children who have been living in migrant camps in Greece, along with their close relatives.
Pressure grows for Germany to rethink pipeline with Russia
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced pressure on Thursday to use a joint German-Russian pipeline project as leverage in getting Russia to provide answers about the poisoning of the Kremlin's most det…
Black man killed by Rochester police is remembered as loving
The man who suffocated after police in New York's third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrive…