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Updated 1 month ago

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…

Updated 6 years ago
Panel picks Fallon to run in Ratcliffe’s former district

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator was chosen Saturday as the GOP nominee for John Ratcliffe’s former seat in Congress that he vacated to become President Donald Trump’s director of national intell…

Updated 6 years ago
Protesters decry government's anti-LGBT attitudes in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Demonstrators turned out in Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday to protest anti-LGBT attitudes promoted by the government as well as the detention of pro-LGBT protesters.

Updated 6 years ago
After MAC surrenders to pandemic, will other leagues follow?

In many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football.

Updated 6 years ago
Driver plows car through Montreal pedestrian zone, injures 2

MONTREAL (AP) — A rogue driver careened a car through a pedestrian-only zone in downtown Montreal and injured two people before driving away Saturday, police said.

Updated 6 years ago
Body removed months after hotel collapsed under construction

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Crews on Saturday recovered the body of one of two construction workers that had been trapped nearly 10 months ago in the collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans.

Updated 6 years ago
Trump orders more unemployment pay, a payroll tax deferral

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend a…

Updated 6 years ago
Bypassing Congress, Trump defers payroll tax, extends unemployment benefits as negotiations on coronavirus package stall

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Bypassing Congress, Trump defers payroll tax, extends unemployment benefits as negotiations on coronavirus package stall.

Updated 6 years ago
Trump extends unemployment benefits, defers payroll tax

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Bypassing Congress, President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive orders deferring payroll taxes for some Americans and extending unemployment benefits after negotiations on a new coro…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Trump bypasses Congress with virus-relief orders

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump has signed executive orders bypassing Congress to defer payroll taxes for some Americans and extend unemployment benefits after negotiations on a new coronavirus rescue pac…

Updated 6 years ago
Fury over Beirut blast fuels protests, clashes with police

BEIRUT (AP) — Public fury over this week’s massive explosion in Beirut took a new turn Saturday night as protesters stormed government institutions and clashed for hours with security forces, who responded with hea…

Updated 6 years ago
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine again tests negative for coronavirus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fourth COVID-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after he

Updated 6 years ago
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests negative again for COVID-19, after previous conflicting results before Trump meeting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tests negative again for COVID-19, after previous conflicting results before Trump meeting.

Updated 6 years ago
Priest, a seminary rector, slain in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on Saturday called for investigation of the slaying.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Arizona has 1,054 new virus cases, 56 deaths

PHOENIX — Arizona health officials on Saturday reported 1,054 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 56 more deaths.

Updated 6 years ago
LGBT protesters decry rising homophobia, arrests in Poland

WARSAW, Poland (AP) —