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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…
California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires that blackened skies, took at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes were blazing through California on Thursday, straining firefighting resourc…
Golden State Killer set for multiple life prison sentences
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer once sworn to protect the public faces multiple consecutive life prison sentences Friday after he was ultimately unmasked as the mysterious Golden State Killer who …
With Bannon arrest, 'Sovereign District' sends another salvo
NEW YORK (AP) — If the recent firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was intended to quell criminal investigations into President Donald Trump's close associates, as some have accused, federal prosecutor…
Fire hits electricity plant in south India, 9 feared trapped
HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Rescuers in southern India were searching Friday for nine workers feared trapped in a fire that erupted in a government-run underground electricity plant, an official said.
Report: Ship crash near Shanghai leaves 14 sailors missing
BEIJING (AP) — Fourteen sailors were missing Friday after two ships collided in the Yellow Sea east of Shanghai, Chinese authorities reported.
White House to take rare turn as host of memorial service
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House. It has seen 18 weddings and at least 10 people are known to have died there, including two presidents and three first ladies.
Former sailor details misconduct by SEALs pulled from Iraq
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Navy intelligence specialist Colleen Grace was asleep on a remote air base in Iraq in 2019 when she was woken up by knocking on the door next to her room, and then a voice she recognized.
Analysis: Drive to beat Trump unites Democrats behind Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly everything in American life has changed in the 16 months between the launch of Joe Biden’s White House campaign and his address Thursday night as the Democratic presidential nominee. A pand…
At least 5 people killed in Northern California wildfires
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least five lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.
AP Week in Pictures, Latin America & Caribbean
AUG. 14-20, 2020
In moving speech, boy says Biden helped him overcome stutter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even in a week filled with emotional endorsements of Joe Biden, Brayden Harrington's stands out.
Postmaster to testify before Senate amid uproar over mail
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing public backlash, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is set to testify Friday about
2 tropical storms expected to form at each end of Caribbean
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Two newly formed tropical depressions at opposite ends of the Caribbean were expected to become tropical storms Friday, with forecasters projecting potential tracks for both that could…
Biden vows to unite America, end 'season of darkness'
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night with a vow to be a unifying “ally of the light” who would move an America in crisis past the chaos of President Donal…
Mexico's graft scandal sparks tit-for-tat video leaks
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s insistence on a public airing of a rapidly widening corruption scandal could complicate the investigation, and it is drawing questions about whethe…