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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…
The Latest: Kirk says Trump guarding 'Western civilization'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the pro-Trump organization Turning Point USA is calling the president "the bodyguard of Western civilization.”
California wildfires: Prepare to be away from home for days
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California fire officials are cautiously optimistic after dodging a major lightning storm, but they are pleading with residents to stay out of evacuation zones and prepare for days away from ho…
2 bodies found, 2 missing after explosion in Texas port
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The bodies of two missing crew members of a dredging boat were found Saturday following an explosion a day earlier in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, according to the U.S. Coast Gu…
Correction: Corpus Christi-Explosion story
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — In a story August 21, 2020, about an explosion in the Port of Corpus Christi, The Associated Press, quoting the port, erroneously reported what the pipeline involved was carrying. It wa…
The Latest: Trump to appear at RNC with 6 former hostages
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Steve Bannon court appearance next week will be electronic
NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon won’t have to come to a Manhattan courthouse next week for a hearing on charges that he defrauded donors to a fund promoted to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Official says Falwell leaving Liberty; Falwell says he's not
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s future at evangelical Liberty University was unclear late Monday, with a senior school official saying he had resigned from his leadership post but Falwell telling several n…
10 years after migrant massacre, Mexico pledges justice
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday the United Nations would be welcome to come to Mexico to investigate any rights violation like the Aug. 24, 2010 massacre of 72 migrants in the northern town of San…
Redwoods survive wildfire at California's oldest state park
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (AP) — When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among the tal…
Trump questions election integrity as he's renominated
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the fall election, even as his aides…
Cautious optimism in fight against massive California blazes
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials are cautiously optimistic after dodging a major lightning storm, but they are pleading with residents to heed warnings and stay out of evacuation zones as three massive S…
UN: Over 10,000 Islamic State fighters active in Iraq, Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters are estimated to remain active in Iraq and Syria two years after the militant group’s defeat, and their attacks have significantly increased this year, …
Sit-in: 3rd day of protest in police shooting of Black man
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About 50 protesters held a sit-in outside a Louisiana city hall Monday after being told they couldn’t go in to file complaints about the way officials handled the fatal
The Latest: Fireworks to mark Trump acceptance of nomination
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Bodies found of remaining 2 missing in Texas port explosion
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The bodies of the remaining two crew members of a dredging boat who were missing after an explosion last week in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas were found Monday, the U.S. Coast Gu…