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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…
Utah cop accused of mishandling explicit images loses job
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A police officer accused of showing off explicit images of a University of Utah student while investigating an extortion case she filed before her 2018 death has lost his job, officials said F…
Mexico sets up justice commission for Yaqui Indians
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government on Friday set up a Justice Commission for the Yaqui People, looking to solve the land, water and infrastructure problems of what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador calls…
The Latest: Trump says US help on way for Beirut disaster
BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):
Liberty U's Falwell takes leave after social media uproar
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation's top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social med…
UN: Up to 9 children killed by airstrikes in northern Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Airstrikes in northern Yemen killed as many as nine children, a United Nations official said Friday, making it the third such attack with significant child deaths in that rebel-controlled region…
AP PHOTOS: Cadets train at West Point amid a pandemic
The pandemic is not stopping summer training at West Point.
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Correction: Immigration-Food Plant Raids story
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a story August 6, 2020, about indictments filed against executives from two Mississippi poultry plants, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of people convicted following im…
Liberty University's Falwell takes leave after controversy
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to take an indefinite leave of absence from his role as president and chancellor of Liberty University, the school announced Friday.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT
Last-ditch virus aid talks collapse; no help for jobless now
US intel: Russia acting against Biden; China opposes Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked t…
US court will rehear Epstein victims' claims over plea deal
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court decided Friday to reconsider claims that Florida federal prosecutors violated the rights of Jeffrey Epstein's sex abuse victims by not informing them about a secr…
Man gets life with no parole in 1979 murder of Iowa woman
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man was on Friday sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole in the 1979 murder of an 18-year-old high school student.
Court lifts block on 4 Arkansas abortion restrictions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge's ruling that has blocked four Arkansas abortion restrictions from taking effect, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and…
Fort Hood commander's transfer on hold amid investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army leaders have delayed the planned transfer of the Fort Hood commander, as a team of independent investigators heads to the base to determine whether leadership failures contributed to the murd…