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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
Herman Cain to be mourned at private funeral in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, businessman and close ally of President Donald Trump, will be mourned at a private funeral in Atlanta on Friday.

Updated 6 years ago
4.8 earthquake shakes southern Puerto Rico, rattling many

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck southern Puerto Rico late Thursday at a shallow depth in the same region that has not stopped shaking since late December.

Updated 6 years ago
UN reports sharp increase in cybercrime during pandemic

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting hospitals and health care systems and hindering their work responding to the COVID-19 pandemi…

Updated 6 years ago
Asian shares skid amid virus woes, China-US trade tensions

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Friday in lackluster trading, as trade tensions between the U.S. and China offset optimism about more fiscal stimulus for the ailing U.S. economy.

Updated 6 years ago
Health ministry says 2 million Indians have been infected with the coronavirus, country's death toll exceeds 41,000

NEW DELHI (AP) — Health ministry says 2 million Indians have been infected with the coronavirus, country's death toll exceeds 41,000.

Updated 6 years ago
July US jobs report is expected to point to hiring slowdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just how severely has the resurgence of the coronavirus pummeled the U.S. economy? The jobs report for July being released Friday will provide the clearest answer yet.

Updated 6 years ago
Asia Today: Australian state's infections 'relatively flat'

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The coronavirus infection rate in Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state has been “relatively flat” in the past week, a state health official said.

Updated 6 years ago
Kansas House speaker had coronavirus; governor to get tested

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A top Republican legislator in Kansas was hospitalized last month after testing positive for the novel coronavirus and didn't disclose it to colleagues until this week. The state's Democratic go…

Updated 6 years ago
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Updated 6 years ago
Malaysia's ex-finance minister charged over tunnel project

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was charged Friday with corruption over a $1.5 billion undersea tunnel project, with his party slamming the move as political persecutio…

Updated 6 years ago
DeWine tests negative after positive test before Trump visit

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday after testing positive earlier in the day before he was to meet with President Donald Trump, according to a statement from his of…

Updated 6 years ago
Hagerty vs. Bradshaw in race to succeed US Sen. Alexander

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in November will feature a matchup between a Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump and a Democratic single mother and…

Updated 6 years ago
Ohio gov tests negative after positive result at Trump visit

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested negative for COVID-19 on Thursday after testing positive earlier in the day before he was to meet with President Donald Trump, according to a statement from his of…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Beijing has first new local virus case in week

BEIJING — China’s capital is reporting its first new case of locally transmitted COVID-19 in a week. State media said Friday the case in Beijing is linked to a recent outbreak in the northern port city of Dalian. B…

Updated 6 years ago
Humira maker to settle California lawsuit for $24 million

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The maker of the drug Humira will pay $24 million to settle a California lawsuit that alleged it violated an insurance fraud law, the state Department of Insurance announced Thursday.