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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 News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump
American released from Lebanon after jailed for months dies
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Amer Fakhoury, an American who was jailed for months in Lebanon and later released over decades-old murder and torture charges that he denied died Monday, his family said. He was 57.
Strong earthquake jolts central Philippines, homes damaged
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses, low-slung buildings and a seaport and prompting people to …
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Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump
Universities scramble to deal with virus outbreaks
North Carolina's flagship university canceled in-person classes for undergraduates just a week into the fall semester Monday as college campuses around the U.S. scramble to deal with coronavirus clusters linked in …
California requires ethnic studies for university system
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Students at California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, will need to take an ethic studies course to graduate under a bill signed Monday by Gov. G…
AP PHOTOS: Scars from Beirut blast capture moment of horror
BEIRUT (AP) — Their scars capture the horrific moment when every window shattered.
Golden State Killer faces his victims in 1st day of hearings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Victims after victim lined up on Tuesday to describe Joseph DeAngelo as a “sick monster,” “horrible man” and “subhuman” who stole their innocence and changed their lives during a more than…
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Review cites 'operational failures' in Smollett prosecution
CHICAGO (AP) — A special prosecutor in Chicago accused Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office on Monday of repeatedly abusing their discretion and making false public statements in the case against ac…
UN-backed court to deliver verdicts in Hariri assassination
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge at a U.N.-backed tribunal in the Netherlands began delivering verdicts Tuesday in the trial in absentia of four members of the Hezbollah militant group accused o…
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Lost hiker reportedly survived 14 days in New Mexico woods
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a hiker has survived after being stranded in a forest near Santa Fe for 14 days.
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