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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…
Authorities detect community spread of virus in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamas-run Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip on Monday announced the first cases of coronavirus spread through the community, raising fears of an outbreak in the impoverished territo…
Mexico lucha libre wrestlers struggle to survive amid virus
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Few of Mexico’s cultural traditions have been hit as hard by the coronavirus pandemic as “lucha libre” wrestling. The death toll among wrestlers has risen dramatically and wrestling arenas are cl…
Man jailed without bond in death of Arkansas jogger
NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) — A man was jailed without bond Monday on suspicion of capital murder, kidnapping and rape in the death and disappearance of a 25-year-old woman who was last seen out jogging in rural northeast A…
Consultant charged in covert lobbying of Trump officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American consultant has been charged in an illicit lobbying effort to get the Trump administration to drop an investigation into the multibillion-dollar looting of a Malaysian state investment …
Ex-teacher accused of sexually abusing prep school student
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — A former math teacher at a prestigious New Hampshire prep school was arrested Monday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student numerous times over several years.
Case cites senator's words before protesters marred monument
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When protesters gathered at one of Virginia’s Confederate monuments in June, police say a state senator approached them with a warning: “(T)hey are going to put some paint on this thing, and y’a…
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY
The Republican National Convention runs Thursday, Aug. 27. Republicans began their first day’s proceedings in Charlotte, North Carolina, where delegates formally nominated President Trump for another term. Evening …
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Public Health story
In a story July 1, 2020, about cuts in the public health system, The Associated Press, due to erroneous data provided by the state of Florida, incorrectly understated Florida’s local health department spending decl…
The Latest: Trump says without evidence that virus is fading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on this week's
Ex Miami lawmaker hired by Venezuela voted to GOP committee
MIAMI (AP) — Democrats are sharpening attacks on a former congressman who was quietly elected to the Miami GOP's executive committee despite a federal investigation into a $50 million lobbying contract with a favor…
Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin governor: 125 National Guard members will be in Kenosha by Monday evening after police shooting sparks unrest.
Republicans nominate Trump; he questions election integrity
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (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 …
Embed-Chart-Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK — chart. This digital embed showing the total number of yearly tests performed for smokestack pollution, reveals a 40 percent drop in procedures in 2020 compared to 2019. This chart is current as of …
Israeli rivals agree to stick together, prevent new election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief coalition partner agreed Monday to delay a fateful budget vote, averting the collapse of their fractious alliance and preventing a fourth ele…
DeJoy says Trump attacks on mail-in ballots 'not helpful'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers Monday that he has warned allies of President Donald Trump that the president’s repeated attacks on mail-in ballots are “not helpful,” but denied that…