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Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Saturday:

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Texas testing drops as schools reopen, prepare for football

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Moon extends olive branch to Tokyo over wartime history

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Saturday offered talks with Japan to resolve a bitter feud over wartime grievances as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation fro…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
After full stadiums, Super Rugby Aotearoa ends without fans

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Super Rugby Aotearoa, which began as one of a few major sports tournaments in the world to be played in stadiums filled with fans, ended Saturday in a empty stadium where the Highland…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
India to invest $1.46 trillion to lift virus-hit economy

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister said Saturday his country has done well in containing the coronavirus pandemic and announced $1.46 trillion infrastructure projects to boost the sagging economy.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
The Latest: India cases cross 2.5 million with another jump

NEW DELHI — India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 2.5 million with another biggest single-day spike of 65,002 in the past 24 hours.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Mexico's Acapulco hopes for rebound as virus, violence drop

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Pacific coast resort of Acapulco is putting its hopes on a return of tourists as the number of coronavirus cases drop and the violence that drove travelers away slowly declines.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
The Ultimate Recovery: Cycles of pain anchor Biden's moment

WASHINGTON (AP) — A young lawyer bounds across a parking lot in New Castle, Delaware, a blur of long sideburns, wide lapels and self-assurance. He throws open a door to a beauty salon, and the ladies inside whoop w…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Moon extends olive branch to Tokyo over wartime history

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered talks with Japan to resolve a bitter feud over wartime grievances as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese c…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Key Pacific War events on 75th anniversary of war's end

TOKYO (AP) — The Pacific War was so massive, so calamitous, it can be difficult to put it in context. There was the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that triggered the Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Midway that changed…

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Surfer saved after friend punches shark in Australian attack

SYDNEY (AP) — A woman has survived a great white shark attack on Australia’s east coast after her surfing companion repeatedly punched it until it let her go.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Tropical Storm Josephine closer to land, Kyle moving away

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Kyle was moving away from the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States late Friday as Tropical Storm Josephine continued its crawl toward islands in the Caribbean.

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions at a somber annual ceremony curtailed …

Updated 5 years, 12 months ago
California heat spurs 1st rolling power outages since 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Friday ordered rolling power outages for the first time since 2011 as a statewide heat wave strained its electrical system.