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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…
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies to get body-worn cameras
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County deputies, who make up the largest sheriff's department in the nation, will begin getting body-worn cameras in October, the sheriff's announced Wednesday.
Sheriff: Woman killed by ex during daughter's online class
INDIANTOWN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man stormed into a house and fatally shot his ex-girlfriend as her 10-year-old daughter took an online class, with the girl's teacher and other students hearing part of the commoti…
UK slashes official virus death toll by more than 5,000
LONDON (AP) — The British government on Wednesday changed the way it compiles coronavirus deaths, a move that reduced the country’s official death toll by more than 5,000.
Tax protester in 2007 standoff: 'I didn't do anything wrong'
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man awaiting resentencing over a monthslong armed standoff with U.S. marshals in 2007 to protest a tax evasion conviction says he has no use for guns, distrusts the court system, and sees him…
Georgia district struggles to teach online; quarantines grow
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's largest school district struggled Wednesday to launch online learning for its 180,000 students, as parents complained that they and their students repeatedly tried and failed to log in to G…
Nerves fray in Argentina, where some flout pandemic lockdown
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In Argentina's capital, authorities closed a bar after customers were seen drinking beer on the sidewalk in violation of pandemic lockdown measures. Some Buenos Aires stores flouted a…
Report: At least 41 children alleged assaults at nonprofit
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Understaffing and inadequate supervision of staff and patients plagued a nonprofit health organization where at least 41 intellectually disabled children have reported sexual assaults over the p…
5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes parts of East Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An undersea 5.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken parts of East Africa.
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Kentucky attorney general meets with Breonna Taylor's family
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s attorney general, facing
CEO in scheme that left workers without paychecks pleads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The former head of payroll company pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges related to a scheme that caused more than $100 million in losses to banks and businesses and left thousands of work…
Radical or moderate? Trump paints Democratic ticket as both
WASHINGTON (AP) — An overzealous prosecutor trying to hide her crime-fighting past — who is also weak on crime. The most radical pick for vice president ever — but too moderate to energize progressive Democrats.
Oil spill in Venezuela stains treasured Caribbean beaches
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An oil spill in Venezuela has coated a stretch of the crisis-wracked nation's Caribbean coastline, treasured for its white sand beaches, clusters of small islands and wildlife.
3 dead, 6 in hospital after train derails in Scotland
LONDON (AP) — A passenger train derailed in northeast Scotland after stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six others Wednesday, authorities said.
FBI arrests 7th person in Puerto Rico public corruption case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents on Wednesday arrested an accountant in a corruption investigation involving Puerto Rico's former education secretary.