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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…
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UN chief: pandemic threatens peace and risks new conflicts
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens gains in fighting global poverty and building peace but risks exacerbating existing confl…
US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military…
AP PHOTOS: Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins
KANCHANABURI, Thailand (AP) — Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Biden, Harris lash Trump at debut of historic VP choice
Police: Box truck rear-ends school bus, 1 dead, 7 injured
ALMA, Ga. (AP) — A box truck rear-ended a school bus that had stopped Wednesday to unload students in rural southeast Georgia, leaving at least six students and the bus driver injured, police said. Authorities said…
Complaints as medical waste piles up outside Mexico hospital
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz have complained after photos showed mountains of bagged hospital waste piling up in a patio outside a government hospital.
Close adviser to Venezuela's president has coronavirus
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s communications minister and close adviser to President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, as the daily cases in the nation steadily …
Mexico judge holds gang leader for trial for fuel theft
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican court has ordered the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang held over for trial on organized crime charges.
Native American man seeks further delay of federal execution
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Attorneys for the only Native American on federal death row are asking a judge to delay his upcoming execution while they argue that the procedures should be consistent with Arizona law.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT
Biden, Harris lash Trump at debut of historic VP choice
75 years later, 1 million Japanese war dead still missing
TOKYO (AP) — Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts.
Police: Rental truck rear-ends school bus, 1 dead, 8 injured
ALMA, Ga. (AP) — A box truck crashed into the back of a school bus Wednesday afternoon that was stopped to unload students in rural Georgia, leaving the truck's driver dead and at least eight students injured, auth…
Hawaii teacher arrested for violating traveler quarantine
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii high school teacher was arrested for violating the 14-day traveler quarantine the state mandated to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Judge invalidates Trump rollback of law protecting birds
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge in New York has invalidated rule changes put in place by the Trump administration that scaled back a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species despite warnings that bil…