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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…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Thunderstorms raise risks of 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 forest fire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes n…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Texas National Guard soldier dies in training at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A Texas Army National Guard soldier has died during a training exercise at Fort Hood, according to the Texas Military Department.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
5 wounded in shooting at gathering of young people

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gunfire at a gathering of more than 200 mostly young people in north Philadelphia wounded five people, including a 16-year-old, as police said officers came under fire in one of a number of shoo…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
US supports Cyprus, wants closer east Med gas cooperation

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The U.S. wants tighter cooperation on developing gas finds in the “strategically significant” eastern Mediterranean and supports Cyprus’ right to exploit hydrocarbon deposits discovered in it…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Luis Abinader sworn in as Dominican leader; Pompeo attends

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Luis Rodolfo Abinader was sworn in as president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday in a ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Telephone calls between UAE, Israel ring for the first time

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Telephone calls began ringing Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a U.S.-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations that requi…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
10 killed in Somalia in extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says at least 10 people have been killed and more than a dozen others injured in an ongoing siege at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital where security forces ar…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Police: At least 18 shot, with 4 dead, across Cincinnati

CINCINNATI (AP) — At least 18 people were shot, including four killed, as gunfire erupted in several places around the city overnight, authorities said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Chief: Protesters vandalize Minneapolis police precinct

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters have vandalized a Minneapolis police precinct office and targeted officers with fireworks, the police chief said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Georgia governor allows local mask mandates, with limits

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor, who has opposed local mask mandates and even sued over one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the …

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Police: At least 17 shot, with 3 dead, across Cincinnati

CINCINNATI (AP) — At least 17 people were shot and at least three killed as gunfire erupted in several places around the city overnight, authorities said Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume AU-led talks over disputed dam

CAIRO (AP) — Three key Nile basin countries on Sunday resumed online negotiations led by the African Union to resolve a years-long dispute over a giant hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, …

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
House Dems summon postal leaders to hearing on mail delays

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the