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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…
Court finds parts of anti-riot law violate free speech
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions of two members of a white supremacist group who admitted they punched and kicked counter-demonstrators during the 2017 “Unite the Right”…
Falwell says he faced "emotional toll" after wife's affair
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr., currently on a leave of absence as the leader of evangelical Liberty University, has released a statement saying that he is seeking help for the “emotional toll” of an affair…
National Guard called out after police shoot Black man
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s governor summoned the National Guard for fear of another round of violent protests Monday after the police shooting of a Black man turned Kenosha into the nation’s latest flashpoint…
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Person arrested for entering secure area at RNC in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Several protesters and a person who illegally entered a secure area before the start of the Republican National Convention have been arrested, convention officials and police said Monday.
U.N. nuclear agency head visits Iran amid US sanctions push
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency arrived in Iran on Monday to press for access to sites where authorities are thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material.
Scientists say Hong Kong man got coronavirus a second time
University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19.
UN cautions that virus plasma treatment still experimental
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization on Monday cautioned that using blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to treat other patients is still considered an experimental therapy, voicing the concern as a U.S. boo…
The Latest: Trump says Americans can go to polls amid virus
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St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, to defend show of weapons
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home will make the case in their opening night speech of the Republican National Co…
Professor, NASA researcher accused of concealing China ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor has been charged with accepting federal grant money while hiding work he was doing for a university established by the Chinese government as we…
New federal data: fewer kids in US foster care system
The number of children in the U.S. foster care system has dropped for a second year in a row, and a record number of children in the child welfare system were able to find adoptive homes, according to new federal d…
Police shooting of Black man stirs unrest in Wisconsin city
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha became the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest after police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three chil…
Israeli government faces uncertainty ahead of Knesset vote
JERUSALEM (AP) — The fate of Israel’s fractious coalition government was up in the air on Monday, hours before a critical vote on whether to dissolve the alliance and force new elections.
The Latest: Spain adds thousands of new coronavirus cases
MADRID — Fearing an even sharper surge in coronavirus infections with the opening of the school year in September, some Spanish regions moved Monday to impose new measures against the spread of the pandemic, includ…