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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…
Human Rights Watch: Venezuela using COVID-19 to crack down
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan security forces and authorities under President Nicolás Maduro have used the coronavirus as an excuse to crack down on dissenting voices on social media and even in private mess…
US Forecast
US Forecast for Saturday, August 29, 2020
Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death…
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43
Ill. teen charged in Kenosha shooting that killed 2, hurt 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…
Japan’s NHK and other media say Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his intention to step down, citing his health
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s NHK and other media say Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his intention to step down, citing his health.
AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
AUG. 21-27, 2020
Anti-government protesters in Thailand tussle with police
BANGKOK (AP) — Anti-government protesters tussled with police in the Thai capital on Friday as 15 leaders of their movement turned themselves in at a police station to answer a summons linked to a demonstration las…
AP Week in Pictures: Asia
AUG. 21-27, 2020
Lottery State-by-State
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Asia Today: South Korea tightens distancing as cases mount
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is tightening social distancing restrictions in the greater capital area, requiring restaurants to provide only deliveries and takeouts after 9 p.m. and shutting down gyms and …
Reports: Abe expresses intent to step down due to health
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed intention to step down, citing his declining health, according to Japan's NHK television and other media.
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…
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.
Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death…