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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…
COVID relief bill remains up in air as negotiations resume
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slow, grinding negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill are set to resume, but the path forward promises to be challenging. Both the Trump administration negotiating team and top Capitol Hill D…
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina
The Nation's Weather
The Nation's Weather for Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Embed-America Disrupted-Black Women Top Issues, ADVISORY
AMERICA DISRUPTED-BLACK WOMEN TOP ISSUES — Chart. A 2018 VoteCast survey of Black women who voted for Democrats identifies what issues are most important to them. This chart is current as of July 31, 2020 and will …
Parents struggle as schools reopen amid coronavirus surge
DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — Putting your child on the bus for the first day of school is always a leap of faith for a parent. Now, on top of the usual worries about youngsters adjusting to new teachers and classmates, there…
Survivors of slain Ohio-based Marines mark grim anniversary
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jason Dominguez remembers vividly his last conversation with David Kreuter, as they were doing an overnight security watch from a rooftop in western Iraq.
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Today in History
Islamic State gunmen, suicide bomber attack Afghan prison
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a complex attack by a suicide car bomber and multiple gunmen against a prison in eastern Afghanistan, which Afghan officials sa…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Prosecutor seeking Trump's taxes cites probe of his business
Orphaned toddler grows up in shadow of massacre, coronavirus
An infant boy who survived a shooting last year that left his parents and 21 others dead now likes to thumb through picture books and dance to a Batman jingle with his grandmother, according to an uncle who helps c…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, August 3, 2020
British woman in Malaysia court for trial in husband's death
ALOR SETAR, Malaysia (AP) — A British woman accused of stabbing her husband to death at their Malaysian resort home entered court Monday for the start of a murder trial that could end with her sentenced to be hange…
Asia Today: Duterte reimposing virus lockdown on Manila area
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is reimposing a moderate lockdown in the capital and outlying provinces after medical groups appealed for the move as coronavirus infections surge ala…
Israeli military strike likely kills 4 militants from Syria
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it thwarted an infiltration attempt from Syria early Monday, likely killing four suspected militants it accused of trying to plant explosives.
Afghan official says at least 21 people killed, 43 wounded in ongoing Islamic State attack targeting prison
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan official says at least 21 people killed, 43 wounded in ongoing Islamic State attack targeting prison.