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Updated 3 weeks 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
COVID-19 tests will now be required for nursing home staff

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrambling to check the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes, the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will require facilities to test staff regularly or face fines.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: KFC suspends 'It's Finger Lickin' Good' from ads

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Don’t lick your fingers!

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Attorney: Woman was in body bag 2 hours before found alive

An attorney for the family of a young woman found breathing at a Detroit funeral home after being declared dead said Tuesday the 20-year-old was in a body bag for some two hours before it was opened and she was dis…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Family lawyer says it would take a 'miracle' for Jacob Blake to walk again after being shot by police in Wisconsin

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Family lawyer says it would take a 'miracle' for Jacob Blake to walk again after being shot by police in Wisconsin.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Judge won’t dismiss Lee statue lawsuit; case heads for trial

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Lawyer: Blake not likely to walk again after shot by police

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Jacob Blake, the Black man shot multiple times by police in Wisconsin, is paralyzed, and it would “take a miracle” for him to walk again, his family's attorney said Tuesday, while calling for t…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Coroner attributes California death to Vegas mass shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a California woman last November stemmed from wounds she received in the Las Vegas mass shooting in 2017, a coroner has determined.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Texas renews court effort to ban abortion procedure

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas officials asked a federal appeals court’s permission Tuesday to enforce a ban on a commonly used second-trimester abortion procedure — before the court rules on its constitutionality.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Hundreds of thousands flee US coast ahead of Hurricane Laura

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — In the largest U.S. evacuation of the pandemic, more than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said co…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Greek coast guard: 92 people rescued from migrant boat

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major search and rescue operation was underway in the eastern Aegean Sea Tuesday night after authorities received an emergency call from a boat carrying an unknown number of migrants, Greece…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Virginia judge allows lawsuit to proceed over plans to remove enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia judge allows lawsuit to proceed over plans to remove enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Stocks shake off a bumpy start and push to another record

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off a slow start on Wall Street and pushed gradually higher in the afternoon, leaving the S&P 500 at another record high. The benchmark index rose 0.4%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq ended …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Western Carolina football players propose boycott over video

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A Western Carolina University football player has called on his teammates to boycott team activities after several racist videos involving students at the school circulated on social medi…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Governor declares emergency after police shooting of Blake

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday after some protesters vandalized businesses and set dozens of buildings on fire in a city where police shot a Black man multiple times…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Kanye West falls short in bid to be on Missouri's ballot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West did not gather enough valid signatures to be on Missouri's election ballot in November, election officials said Tuesday.