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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…
2 killed when plane crashes into public storage building
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. (AP) — Two people were killed when a small plane crashed Friday into a Florida public storage building, officials said.
Top general says no role for military in presidential vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer has told Congress.
New charges filed against woman in Jennifer Dulos case
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut prosecutors filed new evidence tampering charges Friday against a woman accused in connection with the presumed killing of Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five whose disappearance las…
Embed-Chart-Consumer Spending, ADVISORY
CONSUMER SPENDING — Chart. This digital embed shows monthly changes in consumer spending in the United States since March. This chart will updated monthly. Source: Commerce Department.
Catholics resume First Communions and baptisms outdoors
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — It’s been tradition for Annmarie Juarez’s children to receive their sacraments of First Communion at St. Frances X Cabrini Church in San Bernardino County, where dozens of their family members g…
Pelican nests at North Dakota refuge down due to high water
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The number of American white pelicans at a North Dakota wildlife refuge is down dramatically due to high water that has gobbled up much of their nesting grounds, the Fish and Wildlife Service …
Ecuador couple certified as oldest married pair, nearly 215
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved.
California governor announces new reopening plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new, color-coded process Friday for reopening California businesses amid the coronovirus pandemic that is more gradual than the state's current rules to guard…
Laura victims may go weeks without power; deaths climb to 14
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The Louisiana coastline devastated by Hurricane Laura began a long and gloomy recovery Friday as hundreds of thousands of people still without water and power confronted the possibility tha…
Canadian economy plummets in 2nd quarter with pandemic
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Canadian economy was devastated in the second quarter due to the coronavirus panedemic, according to figures released Friday, but there were signs of a slow recovery.
Mexican comic Manuel "El Loco" Valdés dies at 89
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican comic actor Manuel Valdés, known by his nickname “El Loco” or “The Crazy One”, has died at the age of 89, the national association of actors announced Friday.
Pakistani court sentences 3 men on terror financing charges
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Wednesday convicted on terror financing charges three associates of a radical cleric wanted by Washington for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Prosecutor: Woman was leader in death of man in concrete
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman should receive the maximum sentence possible for directing a plan to hide the death of a developmentally disabled man whose body was found encased in concrete, a federal pro…
1 killed, 3 firefighters injured after sidewalk collapses
LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — A county worker was killed and three firefighters were injured after a sidewalk in a Florida suburb collapsed on Friday.
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