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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…
South Korea pastor tests positive amid virus spike at church
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A conservative South Korean pastor who has been a bitter critic of the country's president has tested positive for the coronavirus, health authorities said Monday, two days after he partic…
The Latest: India's total coronavirus death toll tops 50,000
NEW DELHI — India's number of reported fatalities from the coronavirus has crossed 50,000 after 941 new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.
Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients
LONDON (AP) — Geoff Woolf gave his sons a love for literature. When he got sick with COVID-19, they turned to books to help him — and others.
German police investigated after pinning youth with knee
BERLIN (AP) — German police have opened an internal investigation of a weekend incident caught on video in which two Duesseldorf police officers pin a young man to the ground, one holding his arms behind him and th…
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Over $700K raised for slain boy's funeral in North Carolina
WILSON, N.C. (AP) — More than $700,000 has been raised for the funeral service expenses of a slain 5-year-old boy in North Carolina whose death has captured national attention.
US Forecast
US Forecast for Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Quarantine requirements may delay return to in-person school
Shannon Silver had planned to take her family on a trip from her home in Connecticut to visit relatives in Ohio just before the start of the school year for her two children.
5 people wounded in shooting at flea market in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — At least five people were wounded, including one critically, in a shooting at a flea market in San Antonio on Sunday, police officials said.
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The Nation's Weather for Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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Biden's convention: Left and Not-So-Left unite against Trump
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Lightning sparks new wildfires across California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare summer thunderstorm brought lightning that sparked several small blazes in Northern California on Sunday and stoked a huge wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes nort…
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Somalia forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel; 15 killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five-hour siege by Islamic extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital, said police and a government spokesman.