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Updated 4 weeks 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 6 years ago
S&P 500 again flirts with record high but closes just below

NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 again crossed above its record high but closed just below that level for the second day in a row. The index fell 0.2% Thursday after another day of wobbly, back-and-forth trading. Earlie…

Updated 6 years ago
New Mexico city OKs police reforms in chokehold settlement

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico city will provide racial bias training for police and require officers to intervene in possible excessive force episodes following the choking death of a Latino man, according t…

Updated 6 years ago
Feds accuse Yale of discriminating against some applicants

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thurs…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: US envoy: UAE-Israel deal 'huge win' for Trump

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Here is the Latest following President Donald Trump's announcement that the United Arab Emirates and Israel will open diplomatic ties in a deal halting Israel's planned annexation…

Updated 6 years ago
2 more Iowans die from storm incidents; 250K without power

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials on Thursday attributed two more deaths to the powerful storm that struck Iowa earlier in the week.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Rate of positive virus cases soars in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — The rate of positive virus cases in Texas has soared to the highest levels of the pandemic and state officials are still unable to fully explain why.

Updated 6 years ago
Crews try to tame California wildfire as heat wave arrives

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews scrambled to protect homes from a huge wildfire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles, and officials warned the blaze could flare up again Thursday as a blistering heat wave descen…

Updated 6 years ago
UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied We…

Updated 6 years ago
Official Palestinian news agency says Palestinians are recalling their ambassador from the UAE over Israel deal

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Official Palestinian news agency says Palestinians are recalling their ambassador from the UAE over Israel deal.

Updated 6 years ago
Rights group: Alarming child mortality among Colombian Wayuu

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Lack of access to clean water is leading to alarmingly high levels of child mortality and malnutrition among Colombia’s largest Indigenous group — problems that could grow worse as a result …

Updated 6 years ago
California officer rescues disabled man from oncoming train

LODI, Calif. (AP) — A police officer in California pulled a man from a wheelchair that was stuck on railroad tracks seconds before the train came past, in a dramatic rescue caught on the officer’s body camera.

Updated 6 years ago
2 more Iowans die from storm incidents; 77K without power

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials on Thursday attributed two more deaths to the powerful storm that struck Iowa earlier in the week.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Bahrain welcomes UAE-Israel deal on full ties

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Here is the Latest following President Donald Trump's announcement that the United Arab Emirates and Israel will open diplomatic ties in a deal halting Israel's planned annexation…

Updated 6 years ago
UAE to establish full diplomatic ties with Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced Thursday they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal that required Israel to halt its contentious plan to annex occupied We…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: NYC mayor still plans to reopen schools on time

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held firm to plans to reopen the nation’s largest public school system within a month, despite pleas from teachers and principals to delay the return of students to cla…