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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
Barron Trump's private school to stay closed for now

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insists that schools reopen so students can go back to their classrooms, but the Maryland private school where his son Barron is enrolled is among those under county orders …

Updated 6 years ago
California wildfire destroys 1 home, prompts new evacuations

BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire northwest of Palm Springs flared up Saturday, with evacuation orders for thousands of people as firefighters fought the blaze in triple-degree heat.

Updated 6 years ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

Isaias weakens; may strengthen on path to virus-hit Florida

Updated 6 years ago
Indian police make arrests after tainted alcohol kills 69

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police said they arrested more than two dozen people on suspicion of selling tainted alcohol that killed at least 69 villagers and others in northern Punjab state.

Updated 6 years ago
GOP: Renomination of Trump to be held in private

WASHINGTON (AP) — The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month, without members of the press present, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Convention, citing…

Updated 6 years ago
NASA astronauts aim for Florida coast to end SpaceX flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company departed the International Space Station on Saturday night for the final and most important part of their test flight: returni…

Updated 6 years ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 6 years ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

Isaias weakens; may strengthen on path to virus-hit Florida

Updated 6 years ago
Fires in Brazil's Amazon up 28% in July, worrying experts

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Fires in the Brazilian Amazon increased 28% in July from a year ago, a state agency reported Saturday.

Updated 6 years ago
Man arrested in connection with pro poker player's death

WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a professional poker player whose burned body was found in a recreational area in southeastern Michigan, police …

Updated 6 years ago
Isaias weakens; may strengthen on path to virus-hit Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Isaias snapped trees and knocked out power as it blew through the Bahamas on Saturday and churned toward the Florida coast, threatening to complicate efforts to contain the coronavirus i…

Updated 6 years ago
Forecasters say Isaias weakens to tropical storm, expected to regain hurricane strength overnight as it nears Florida

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Isaias weakens to tropical storm, expected to regain hurricane strength overnight as it nears Florida.

Updated 6 years ago
Negotiators report progress in coronavirus relief talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers reported progress on a huge coronavirus relief bill Saturday, as political pressure mounts to restore an expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help …

Updated 6 years ago
Facebook bows to Brazil judge, blocks 12 accounts worldwide

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Facebook announced Saturday it has obeyed a Brazilian judge's order for a worldwide block on the accounts of 12 of President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters who are under investigation for alleg…

Updated 6 years ago
Search continues for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The search continued Saturday for eight U.S. service members missing after their landing craft went down in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast following a deadly accident.