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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…
Special prosecutor will decide charges in Missouri shooting
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A special prosecutor will decide whether a central Missouri sheriff's deputy will be charged in the shooting death of a woman he had stopped for a traffic violation.
Prosecutors: Texas man stole $1.6M in COVID-19 relief money
HOUSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Houston man bilked the government out of $1.6 million in COVID-19 business relief funding and spent some of the money on a Lamborghini, jewelry and trips to strip clubs, amo…
The Latest: Ex-Colombian President tested positive for virus
BOGOTA, Colombia — A spokesperson for the political party of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe says the ex-leader has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
House arrest of Colombia's Uribe exposes post-peace tensions
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Hero or villain? In Colombia, former President Álvaro Uribe is both.
Lawyers argue about psychologist in newspaper attack case
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper argued Wednesday that a psychologist retained by prosecutors should not be able to testify about his observations of the man'…
Negligence probed in deadly Beirut blast amid public anger
BEIRUT (AP) — Investigators probing the deadly blast that ripped across Beirut focused Wednesday on possible negligence in the storage of tons of a highly explosive fertilizer in a waterfront warehouse, while the g…
Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft defends school comments
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said comments he made about fathers being willing to die to send their children back to school amid the coronavirus pandemic are being misinterpre…
Lawsuit: School mishandled disabled student’s rape report
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit accuses an elite private school in Utah of mishandling a 2017 sexual assault allegation from a student with disabilities who endured bullying from classmates, including a reenactment…
Missouri Secretary of State Aschroft defends school comments
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said comments he made about fathers being willing to die to send their children back to school amid the coronavirus pandemic are being misinterpre…
Judge: Doctrine shielding police from lawsuits is wrong
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge in Mississippi has issued a sharply worded ruling that calls on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the principle of qualified immunity, which protects law enforcement officers …
The Latest: Russia sends doctors, equipment to Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):
Chicago police charge suspect in slaying of 10-year-old girl
CHICAGO (AP) — The suspected driver of a car from which a 10-year-old girl was shot and killed as she watched television in her grandmother's Chicago home has been charged with first-degree murder, police said Wedn…
Iowa governor signs order restoring felon voting rights
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Wednesday granting convicted felons the right to vote after they complete their sentences, ending Iowa’s place as the only remaining state to…
The Latest: UN says it will boost emergency aid to Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):
Trump to laud Arizona as success of virus 'embers' strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to host Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at the White House on Wednesday, as he points to the state as a model for the nation for addressing “embers" of the coronavirus.