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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…
VIRUS DIARY: Have toilet seat, will travel
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — People said we were crazy. We said we’d be careful.
Palestinian official slams agreement between US, Israel and UAE, saying it rewards Israeli occupation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian official slams agreement between US, Israel and UAE, saying it rewards Israeli occupation.
Wayward emu captured running through New Jersey city
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A wayward emu was taken to an animal shelter after it was captured while running through the streets of a northern New Jersey city.
Federal appeals court upholds constitutionality of all-male military draft system; says only Supreme Court can change it
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal appeals court upholds constitutionality of all-male military draft system; says only Supreme Court can change it.
Grounded ship emptied of oil, but heavy damage for Mauritius
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Almost all the remaining oil has been pumped from a Japanese ship that ran aground off Mauritius, but its initial spill of 1,000 tons of fuel has severely damaged the Indian Ocean island's coral…
Federal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutional
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system Thursday, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Bald eagle shows air superiority, sends drone into lake
ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) — A bald eagle launched an aerial assault on a drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy — known as EGLE — ripping off a propeller and sending the aircra…
Distrust of authority fuels virus misinformation for Latinos
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Claudia Guzman suspected she had caught the coronavirus, her friends and family were full of advice: Don’t quarantine. Don’t get tested. A homemade tea will help cure you.
US official: FBI to join Beirut explosion investigation
BEIRUT (AP) — Visiting U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale says the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be joining Lebanese and other international investigators in the probe into the Beirut port…
Tropical Storm Josephine forms; no warnings in effect
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Josephine formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday morning, making it the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Josephine forms in Atlantic Ocean; the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Josephine forms in Atlantic Ocean; the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season.
US official visiting Lebanon says the FBI will join Lebanese and international investigators in the Beirut blast probe
BEIRUT (AP) — US official visiting Lebanon says the FBI will join Lebanese and international investigators in the Beirut blast probe.
S&P 500 drifts close to record heights after jobless report
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting close to its highest-ever levels on Thursday, and the market remains within a breath of erasing the last of its pandemic losses.
President Trump says UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied…
2nd ICE detainee in Georgia dies from COVID-19 complications
LUMPKIN, Ga. (AP) — A diabetic Costa Rican man in federal immigration custody has become the second detainee in Georgia to die from COVID-19 complications after being held at a detention center that has reported mo…