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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…
AP PHOTOS: Northeast India recalls 'Stalingrad of the East'
KOHIMA, India (AP) — To Kuozeu Vizo, the landscape was as spellbinding as a rice field, golden and ripe for harvest, but it was her village burned black.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
Tropical Storm Marco forms in northwest Caribbean, could join Tropical Storm Laura as eventual double Gulf threat
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Marco forms in northwest Caribbean, could join Tropical Storm Laura as eventual double Gulf threat.
Asia Today: S Korea mulls stricter measures as virus spreads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 332 new cases of the coronavirus, its ninth straight day of triple-digit increases, as government officials mull unprecedented economic restrictions to slow a resu…
Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital
OMSK, Russia (AP) — Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital.
Plane carrying dissident in coma leaves Russia for Germany
OMSK, Russia (AP) — A plane carrying a Russian dissident who is in a coma after a suspected poisoning left for a German hospital Saturday following much wrangling over Alexei Navalny’s condition and treatment.
Ex-CIA chief Brennan interviewed in Russia probe review
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan was interviewed Friday by U.S. Attorney John Durham's team as part of its inquiry into the investigators and intelligence officials behind the 2016 Russia election…
David Pecker out as CEO of National Enquirer parent company
NEW YORK (AP) — David Pecker is stepping down as CEO of the National Enquirer's parent, ending a reign that saw the company entangled in a campaign-finance scandal that sent President Donald Trump's personal lawyer…
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT
Quarantines, closures: Confusion reigns as schools reopen
Apology at sentencing deepens mystery of Golden State Killer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Just before receiving multiple consecutive life sentences, Joseph James DeAngelo, the former California police officer who lived a double life as the murderous sociopath dubbed the Golden …
Birth of panda cub provides 'much-needed moment of pure joy'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Delivering a “much-needed moment of pure joy,” the National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a wiggling cub Friday at a time of global pandemic and social unrest.
With stretched crews, homeowners join California firefight
BONNY DOON, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires rage throughout California turning forests and homes into kindling, some firefighters are badly short-staffed, and some residents are taking matters into their own hands.
Kansas City police officer indicted on felony assault charge
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City police sergeant has been indicted on a felony charge of third-degree assault after he allegedly kneed a 15-year-old boy on his neck and head and forced his head into the pavement w…
Mexico's famous floating gardens reopen after virus shutdown
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The famous “floating gardens” of Xochimilco reopened to visitors Friday after a five-month lockdown for the coronavirus pandemic.
California wildfires some of largest in state history
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California exploded in size Friday to become some of the largest in state history, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes and other s…