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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
Feds now investigating Florida man accused of making bombs

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Federal agents are taking over the investigation of a Florida man who was arrested after police found more than two dozen pipe bombs near his home, including some that contained nails, sc…

Updated 6 years ago
Venezuela ballerina reinvents training at home in quarantine

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A book cabinet has become a training bar for Venezuelan ballerina Carolina Wolf. She has to wet her ballet slippers so her feet don’t slip on the tile floor. Her two cats replace an audien…

Updated 6 years ago
Daimler reaches deals to settle US diesel emissions claims

BERLIN (AP) — Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached agreements in principle to settle U.S. claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion.

Updated 6 years ago
Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal 'treason,' want retraction

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A spokesman for the Palestinian president is condemning the deal to establish full diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Egypt's leader hails 'historic' UAE-Israel deal

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
Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties, halt to annexation 'treason' and demand its retraction

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties, halt to annexation 'treason' and demand its retraction.

Updated 6 years ago
Police: Body of a Texas couple's son found in bucket of tar

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas couple have been charged with evidence tampering and abuse of a corpse after authorities found their infant son dead in a bucket of tar.

Updated 6 years ago
Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their fu…

Updated 6 years ago
AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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Updated 6 years ago
Bolivia's political crisis threatens hospitals and patients

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Hooked up to ventilators, 11 prematurely born infants struggled for survival Thursday in the intensive care ward of a Bolivian maternity hospital.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Joe Biden says UAE-Israel ties a 'historic step'

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
Missouri detective charged with kicking person during arrest

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis police detective with a series of past misconduct allegations was charged with kicking a defenseless person during a 2019 arrest, federal prosecutors said.

Updated 6 years ago
Private prison industry backs Trump, prepares if Biden wins

HOUSTON (AP) — Executives at the nation’s two largest private prison companies have been donating large sums to President Donald Trump and Republican candidates with an eye toward the November elections that one of…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Pro-Israel US lobby hails UAE-Israel 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
FBI now investigating Florida man accused of making bombs

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is taking over the investigation of a Florida man who was arrested after police found more than two dozen pipe bombs near his home, including some that contained nails, screws and…