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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…
Virgin Australia plans to shed staff under new US owners
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Virgin Australia plans to scale down its operations under new U.S. owners and shed a third of its staff as the carrier adjusts to the pandemic, the nation’s second-largest airline said on…
Hiroshima survivors worry that world will forget
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — The atomic bomb that exploded over Hiroshima 75 years ago didn't just kill and maim.
Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri
Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's Democratic pri…
Lives Lost: Parents hoped baby Kobe would play basketball
TANAUAN, Philippines (AP) — He was heralded in the Philippines as the country’s youngest COVID-19 survivor, a baby who’d become infected with and conquered the coronavirus during his first 16 days of life.
Voters make Missouri the nation's 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion for more low-income adults
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters make Missouri the nation's 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion for more low-income adults.
Missouri approves Medicaid expansion; Parson, Galloway win
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults.
Times Square advertisers asked not to run Hindu temple ad
NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of advocacy organizations — including Muslim, human rights, anti-fascist and secular groups — has asked advertisers in Times Square not to display images from a Hindu group that is celeb…
St. Louis prosecutor chided by Trump wins primary race
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, whose job performance has been lauded by some civil rights activists and criticized by President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans, held off a chall…
McSally, Kelly move on to set up hot Arizona Senate race
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic astronaut Mark Kelly secured their parties' nominations Tuesday in the Arizona race to finish the late John McCain's U.S. Senate term.
Ferguson protester Cori Bush ousts William Lacy Clay from Missouri congressional seat his family held for half-century
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson protester Cori Bush ousts William Lacy Clay from Missouri congressional seat his family held for half-century.
3 shot, 1 fatally in violence on fashionable Chicago street
CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting on one of Chicago’s most fashionable streets Tuesday left one person dead and two others injured, according to authorities.
Minneapolis commission takes up proposal to disband police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis commission is expected to take up a proposed amendment Wednesday that would
'We are no less American': Deaths pile up on Texas border
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — When labor pains signaled that Clarissa Muñoz was at last going to be a mom, she jumped in a car and headed two hours down the Texas border into one of the nation's most dire coronavir…
Asian shares fall on jitters over US stimulus, China trade
BEIJING (AP) — Major Asian stock markets declined Wednesday amid investor concern about U.S. stimulus spending and a trade agreement with Beijing.
St. Louis prosecutor who charged couple for displaying weapon near protesters wins Democratic primary for another term
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis prosecutor who charged couple for displaying weapon near protesters wins Democratic primary for another term.