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Updated 2 weeks, 5 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
The Latest: Protesters march in Kenosha after Trump visit

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake (all times local):

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Georgia county where Black man shot sues over policing vote

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The commissioners of a coastal Georgia county where Black man Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot after being pursued by armed white men are suing to stop a referendum on abolishing the county poli…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Tropical Storm Omar forms as Nana approaches Central America

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Omar formed off the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Nana approached the coast of Central America, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawyer for Breonna Taylor's family said prosecutors offered a plea deal to an accused drug trafficker that would have forced him to implicate Taylor in criminal activity after her killing b…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Officials: LA deputies shoot, kill Black man who dropped gun

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Dijon Kizzee after they stopped the Black man on his bicycle for a traffic violation and he ran from them, punched one and then dropped a bun…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Michigan State's Nassar review mostly clears staff

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan State University mostly found no violations of campus policy in a review of roughly 20 former or current staff members who were said to have received complaints about Larry Nassar, the docto…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Police chief defends arrest of Black jogger; DA drops case

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio police officers “acted appropriately” in their arrest of a Black jogger, even though they misidentified him as an assault suspect based on a sketchy description, their chief said Tues…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Embed-Virus Outbreak-Sun Belt, ADVISORY

VIRUS OUTBREAK-SUN BELT — Table. The torrid coronavirus summer across the Sun Belt is easing after two disastrous months that brought more than 35,000 deaths. This digital embed shows COVID-19 related deaths per 10…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Criminal charges loom in California boat fire that killed 34

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nine days after the scuba boat Conception went down in flames with 34 people trapped below deck in one of the deadliest disasters in California maritime history, a federal grand jury began lookin…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Colombia: High court drops jurisdiction of Álvaro Uribe case

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will no longer have jurisdiction over the investigation into accusations that powerful former President Álvaro Uribe tried to strong arm ex…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: No reports of violence as Trump visits Kenosha

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the Aug. 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Tropical Storm Omar, the 15th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has formed but is expected to be short-lived

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Omar, the 15th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has formed but is expected to be short-lived.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Airline crews report jetpack flier near Los Angeles airport

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is investigating reports from airline pilots that someone was flying in a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International Airport to land …