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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
Man charged in shooting death of 9-year-old Chicago boy

CHICAGO (AP) — A 39-year-old convicted felon appeared to be “hunting” for somebody to shoot shortly before he opened fire and killed a 9-year-old boy as he played in front of his Chicago home, a prosecutor said Tue…

Updated 6 years ago
Trump signs $3B-a-year plan to boost conservation, parks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday that will devote nearly $3 billion a year to conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands fo…

Updated 6 years ago
Massive explosion shakes Lebanon's capital Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — A massive explosion shook Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.

Updated 6 years ago
Skepticism, fear helps fuel virus on Mexico City's outskirts

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Only after a neighbor died of the coronavirus did Juan José and Esther Serralde begin to believe that the threat was real — but it was too late. Soon, the older couple, their son and daughter-in-…

Updated 6 years ago
Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital Beirut

BEIRUT (AP) — Massive explosion shakes Lebanese capital Beirut.

Updated 6 years ago
Experts: Obstacles to charging police in Breonna Taylor case

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Despite mounting public pressure to file criminal charges nearly five months after Breonna Taylor's death, prosecutors may face significant obstacles to bringing homicide-related charges agai…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Wisconsin mask requirement aims to stem virus

MADISON, Wisconsin — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently issued a statewide mask requirement to help stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years ago
US Embassy in Moscow: No info on Paul Whelan's whereabouts

MOSCOW (AP) — The US Embassy in Moscow said Tuesday it had no information on the whereabouts of an American convicted in June of espionage, despite reports that he is being transferred to a prison colony in central…

Updated 6 years ago
Missouri voters deciding on health care for more adults

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters were deciding Tuesday whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults after years of resistance from Republican lawmakers.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: India starts phase 2 trials for virus vaccines

NEW DELHI, India — Indian health authorities say phase 2 clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines developed by Indian companies have started.

Updated 6 years ago
One year after mass shooting, frustration in Ohio city

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Tormented by mind-scarring memories and questions without answers, Dion Green has dedicated his life after the death of his father and eight other people in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, to m…

Updated 6 years ago
Uganda reports 2 new gorilla babies in Bwindi national park

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two new baby gorillas have been discovered in a Ugandan national park where a beloved primate named Rafiki was killed in June, a wildlife official announced Tuesday, saying the infants are pa…

Updated 6 years ago
AP Lifestyles Digest

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Updated 6 years ago
Lebanese try to storm Energy Ministry amid power cuts

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese protesters tried to storm the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, angered by prolonged power cuts as the country grapples with a crippling economic crisis.

Updated 6 years ago
Judge sentences ex-MSU coach to jail in Nassar-related case

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan State University head gymnastics coach was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for lying to police during an investigation into former Olympic and university doctor Larry Na…