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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…
Mexico probing alleged bribes in ex-president's campaign
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexico Attorney General's Office said Tuesday it is investigating allegations that former President Enrique Peña Nieto partially funded his 2012 election campaign with bribes from the Brazili…
US attorney experiencing 'tidal wave' of cases after ruling
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors from as far away as New York and Florida are helping the U.S. attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, deal with what he described Tuesday as a “tidal wave" of new cases resulting from a…
The Latest: Global health agency urges vaccine safety trials
MIAMI — The Pan American Health Organization has expressed reservations over reports that institutions in the region were negotiating to manufacture and distribute a new COVID-19 vaccine announced by Russia that ha…
Correction: Police Conduct-Investigation story
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story August 10, 2020, about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigating the tactics used by officers when they held three teens at gunpoint, The Associated Press erroneously r…
Lack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — A police force with a history of brutality and racism created a new crime-fighting team, but on one of its first forays into the streets, the group did not wear body cameras, which would have shown w…
Navajo Nation president asks Trump to commute death sentence
PHOENIX (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has asked President Donald Trump to commute the death sentence of a Navajo man convicted in the 2001 killing of a fellow tribal member and her 9-year-old granddau…
Big Ten pulls plug on fall football amid COVID-19 concerns
The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic.
Biden on cusp of historic running mate announcement
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden is on the cusp of announcing the biggest, and possibly most consequential, decision of his political career with the unveiling of his running mate.
What's keeping Washington from a virus deal, explained
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes that talks on a huge COVID-19 relief deal would generate an agreement soon are fizzling, with both the Trump administration negotiating team and top congressional Democrats adopting hard lin…
Dutch government plans to tighten virus quarantine measures
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch health minister said Tuesday he plans to introduce mandatory home quarantine for people identified by local authorities as having been in close contact with somebody infected…
Art, artifacts back on display for Israel Museum reopening
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israel Museum on Tuesday pulled the priceless Dead Sea Scrolls out of a heavily fortified vault ahead of its reopening to the public following a five-month shutdown due to the coronavirus outbr…
Taliban bomber hits Pakistani army vehicle in NW, wounding 3
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a military vehicle carrying a brigadier and two junior officers in a former tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding all three, officia…
Dolphin stampede greets Southern California whale watchers
DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Some 300 dolphins were caught on camera Sunday stampeding across the ocean near Dana Point, the Orange County Register
Judge rejects suit by ex-officer acquitted in teen's death
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a former police officer acquitted in the shooting death of a Black teenager who was seeking reinstatement to another position as a university police offi…
Cosby sex assault appeal takes on non-prosecution deal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers argued in an appeals filing Tuesday that it was “fundamentally unfair” to let prosecutors use Cosby’s damaging deposition from a sex accuser’s lawsuit against him at trial.