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Updated 2 weeks, 6 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: Navajo Nation coronavirus deaths rise to 500

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. -- Navajo Nation health officials say the confirmation of a new death brings the number of fatalities from coronavirus to 500. The Navajo Nation on Friday night reported the additional death as w…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Trump's intel chief ends election security briefings to Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers S…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Arizona student group slammed for raising money for gunman

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Republican student group at Arizona State University is receiving backlash for donating money to the 17-year-old gunman who fatally shot two protesters in Wisconsin.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Trump administration ends election security briefings

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Gulf Coast residents mark 15th anniversary of Katrina

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people in western Louisiana continue to dig out from Hurricane Laura, residents of eastern Louisiana and Mississippi marked the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Saturday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
'A time to pick up:' Hurricane-hurt Louisiana begins cleanup

CAMERON PARISH, La. (AP) — Residents in southwestern Louisiana embarked Saturday on the epic task of clearing away felled trees, ripped-off roofs and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura tore through parts of t…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Far-right extremists try to enter German parliament

BERLIN (AP) — Far-right extremists tried to storm the German parliament building Saturday following a protest against the country's pandemic restrictions, but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
'7 bullets, 7 days': Protesters march for Blake in Kenosha

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — With chants of “One person, one vote!" and "No justice, no peace!” a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Wisconsin courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence and share me…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Trump administration ends election security briefings

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ended all election security briefings to Congress just weeks before Americans cast their ballots for president, raising concern among lawmakers about the public's righ…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Thousands gather in Israel for anti-Netanyahu weekly rallies

JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in Jerusalem in a continuation of summer-long weekend rallies demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a corruption tria…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Hundreds gather for Kenosha march against police brutality

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A crowd of hundreds gathered in Kenosha on Saturday for a march and rally against police violence, nearly a week after an officer shot Jacob Blake, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
In Mexico women inmates find education chance amid pandemic

ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Prison inmates in Mexico have suffered from coronavirus infections at a higher rate than the country as a whole, and pandemic lockdowns have reduced their already limited contact w…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: Arizona surpasses 5,000 coronavirus deaths

PHOENIX -- Arizona has reached a grim milestone of more than 5,000 known coronavirus deaths.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Trump surveys Hurricane Laura damage in post-convention trip

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — President Donald Trump got a firsthand look Saturday at the damage from Hurricane Laura on a post-Republican National Convention trip that allowed him to use the trappings of his office to …