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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…
US blocks imports linked to Taiwan-based fishing vessel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Accounts of abusive conditions and forced labor have prompted the U.S. to ban imports from a Taiwan-based fishing vessel that reportedly has supplied the global tuna trading company that acquired …
WHO, UNICEF urge African countries to reopen schools safely
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — African governments should accelerate the reopening of schools, the World Health Organization has urged, saying that the continent's youths will suffer from prolonged closures due to the COVID-1…
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1 dead after vehicle, light-rail trains collide in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — A woman died and two people sustained injuries Thursday when the vehicle they were in collided with two light-rail trains at an intersection in Baltimore.
A look at how Mali's coup may affect neighboring countries
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — African and Western leaders have condemned the junta that forced Mali’s president from power, warning the coup was a deep setback that could threaten the battle against Islamic extremism acros…
Mali's new military junta urged to release toppled president
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Global leaders urged Mali's ruling junta Thursday to release ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his prime minister, two days after a military coup that has sparked fears that Islamic ex…
Facebook stirs anger, abandons drilling gear on Oregon coast
TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — Facebook's effort to build a landing site in a village on the Oregon coast for a fiber optic cable linking Asia and North America has run into serious trouble.
France offers to help Navalny after alleged Russia poisoning
MOSCOW (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France is ready to offer hospitalized Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny “all necessary assistance” after a suspected poisoning.
Uber, Lyft threaten California shutdown over driver status
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are saying they will shut down their California operations if a new law goes into effect overnight that would force both companies to classify their drivers…
Science Says: Climate change, people stoke California fires
If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch’s brew.
The Latest: WHO urges African governments to reopen schools
JOHANNESBURG -- The World Health Organization has urged African governments to accelerate the reopening of schools, saying that the continent’s youths will suffer from prolonged closures due to the COVID-19 pandemi…
Pandemic's toll among journalists in Peru is especially high
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of journalists have died from COVID-19 in Peru since the pandemic began, in the highest reported death toll of media workers from the new coronavirus in Latin America, according to journal…
Florida Keys to release modified mosquitoes to fight illness
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sometime next year, genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the Florida Keys in an effort to combat persistent insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever and the Zika virus.
Key moments in Flint, Michigan’s lead-tainted water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The announcement of a $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and residents of Flint harmed by lead-tainted water is the latest development in a crisis that began in 2014 when the city b…
Election 2020, Political Conventions, ADVISORY
The Democratic National Convention holds its fourth and final night Thursday, capped off with Joe Biden giving his acceptance speech for the party’s presidential nomination from Wilmington, Delaware.