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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…
Thailand's student-led anti-government protests grow
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) — High school students in Thailand's capital held blank signs and flashed three-fingered salutes to show opposition to the government, and about 2,000 university students joined a prote…
Woman drowns after rescuing children from Minnesota lake
BAGLEY, Minn. (AP) — An 18-year-old woman has drowned in a northwestern Minnesota lake after pulling several children from turbulent water, authorities said.
S&P 500 touches highest level ever as stocks drift upward
NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 is once again flirting with its record levels, on pace to wipe out the last of its losses caused by the pandemic, as stocks drift a bit higher on Wall Street Tuesday.
Cesare Romiti, who steered Fiat in tense social times, dies
ROME (AP) — Cesare Romiti, an industrialist and champion of Italian capitalism who steered automaker Fiat through years of strikes and domestic terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Rome on Tuesday, Italian sta…
Court convicts 1 Hezbollah member in ex-Lebanon PM's killing
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N.-backed tribunal on Tuesday convicted one member of the Hezbollah militant group and acquitted three others of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime M…
Stocks open higher on Wall Street, S&P 500 nears record high
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are nudging higher in the early going on Wall Street Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 index slightly over the record high close it reached in February. Technology companies again led the way high…
The Latest: Clyburn says protests meant to make US 'better'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the
In Belarus, more workers join strikes against the president
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More factory workers in Belarus joined a growing strike on Tuesday, turning up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader to step down after winning an election they say was rigged.
Judge to hear arguments in Richmond Lee statue lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday will weigh whether to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia's Democratic governor from removing one of the most prominent tributes to the Confederacy, a statue of Gen…
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020
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Deputy on leave after video shows him shoving Black man
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A white Florida sheriff's deputy has been placed on administrative leave after he was caught on camera shoving a handcuffed 19-year-old Black man against a wall outside a fast food rest…
Group: 1 million people displaced in Burkina Faso
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian Refugee Council said Tuesday that a record one million people are displaced by violence in Burkina Faso amid the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it results “in some of the worst c…
Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment: The ERA
It was a huge step forward for American women when, exactly 100 years ago, they finally gained the guaranteed right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment. But to Alice Paul, the step wasn't nearly large e…
Gaza's power plant shuts down amid Israel-Hamas standoff
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's sole power plant shut down Tuesday, leaving the territory's 2 million residents with only around four hours of electricity a day after Israel cut off fuel supplies in response to…
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
Educational disruptions forced by the coronavirus pandemic are hurting teenagers who also may need to work and help their families care for young kids. Those challenges are expected to persist as a new school year …