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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…
Lawyer: LA deputies need to be held accountable for tactics
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer representing three teenagers who were detained at gunpoint by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies called for an investigation into the tactics and accountability for their actions on T…
Powerful storm leaves 1 dead, heavy crop damage in Midwest
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of thousands across the Midwest remained without electricity on Tuesday after a powerful storm packing 100 mph winds battered the region a day earlier, causing widespread damage to m…
After multiple crises, this time some Lebanese feel broken
BEIRUT (AP) — For nearly a week, Mona Zahran had to sleep on a couch pulled across her apartment's front door. Beirut’s massive explosion knocked her doors off their hinges and shattered her windows, and she feared…
Federal utility board to review CEO pay amid Trump complaint
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A federal utility’s board plans to review its CEO pay amid ongoing criticism from President Donald Trump, the board's chairman said Monday.
UN says more than 70 killed in clashes in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 70 people were killed and dozens injured during weekend clashes between South Sudan’s army and armed civilians in north-central Tonj, the United Nations reported Tuesday.
Sudan imposes curfew in eastern city after clashes kill 13
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities Tuesday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in an eastern port city after tribal clashes earlier this week killed more than a dozen people and wounded more than 40 others.
Voters judge Omar's mix of progressive politics, celebrity
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar is about to learn whether voters in her Minneapolis-area congressional district support the mix of confrontational, anti-Trump progressivism and celebrity that she brings to the j…
Georgia district has quarantined more than 800 students
CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia school district has quarantined more than 900 students and staff members because of possible exposure to the coronavirus and will temporarily shut down one of its hardest-hit high schoo…
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Georgia city dismantling Confederate monument from 1872
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Work crews in Georgia have begun dismantling a Confederate monument that has stood in the median of a busy street in downtown Athens for nearly 150 years.
Urgent pumping removes oil from ship grounded near Mauritius
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In a race against tides and time, workers pumped tons of fuel on Tuesday from a Japanese bulk carrier ship grounded in the shallow waters of Mauritius to try to prevent a renewed oil spill from …
At least 13 reported killed in bus crash outside Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 13 people died early Tuesday when a bus overturned on a highway outside Mexico City, authorities said.
Parents of Elijah McClain sue Colorado police over his death
DENVER (AP) — The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after officers in suburban Denver put him in a chokehold and paramedics injected him with a sedative, sued police and medical …
Family of Elijah McClain, Black man who died last year after officers put him in chokehold, sues suburban Denver police
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Family of Elijah McClain, Black man who died last year after officers put him in chokehold, sues suburban Denver police.
Incumbent party leads Trinidad & Tobago general election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley appears to have secured reelection with preliminary election results Tuesday showing his party winning a 22-19 parliamentary victory in the…