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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…
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Teen charged in Kenosha shootings that killed 2, wounded 1
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a night of unrest following the wee…
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Israel strikes Gaza after Palestinian militants fire rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says it struck militant targets in Gaza, including a weapons manufacturing site, after six rockets were fired from the territory early Friday.
Thousands expected at March on Washington commemorations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates will highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americ…
Kenosha shooting strains tie between Black residents, police
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Until the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the bedroom community of Kenosha had been largely untouched by the level of demonstrations that were seen in nearby Milwaukee and Chicago after the dea…
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'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43
UN resolution being voted on would cut Lebanon peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday extending the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for a year but reducing its troop ceiling from 15,…
5th federal execution of 2020 on again after drug ruling
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The scheduled federal execution of a 10-year-old Kansas girl's killer was back on track Friday after an appellate panel tossed a lower court's ruling that would have required the government…
Weakened but still dangerous, Laura to pose continued threat
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Remnants of
AP finds Brazil's plan to protect Amazon has opposite effect
NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) — In May, facing urgent international demands for action after a string of massive wildfires in the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro put the army in charge of protecting the ra…
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe intends to resign for health reasons
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's longest-serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, intends to leave office because of declining health, according to his political party.
National Hurricane Center: Laura weakens to a tropical depression as it moves over Arkansas amid ongoing flood threat
MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center: Laura weakens to a tropical depression as it moves over Arkansas amid ongoing flood threat.
Virus lockdown brings new misery to long-suffering Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ahmed Eissa, a father of two living in the Gaza Strip, was already struggling to make ends meet on $7 a day, dealing with frequent electricity cuts and worried that another war might br…
Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barreled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs and killing at least six people while carving a destructive path hun…