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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…