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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
DC releases police footage from 2018 deaths of 3 Black men

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from the D.C. Council, Washington's Metropolitan Police Department on Friday released long-sought body camera and security footage from the 2018 deaths of three young Black men in 2…

Updated 6 years ago
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Updated 6 years ago
California officials report first virus death of a child

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California health officials reported the state’s first coronavirus death of a child on Friday as the statewide tally of fatalities surpassed 9,000, saying the victim was a teenager who had…

Updated 6 years ago
Detroit-area mayor quits after white supremacist remark

HARPER WOODS, Mich. (AP) — A mayor in suburban Detroit resigned Friday after he was accused of saying he understood why people become white supremacists.

Updated 6 years ago
Hurricane Isaias churns through Bahamas as Florida prepares

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters declared a hurricane warning for parts of the Florida coast Friday as Hurricane Isaias drenched the Bahamas on a track for the U.S. East Coast.

Updated 6 years ago
Road trip? Quarantines mess with Americans' travel plans

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Families trying to squeeze in a summer vacation before school starts better do some homework on COVID-19 restrictions before loading up the minivan.

Updated 6 years ago
Judge orders man to pay $85K in deaths of 2 whooping cranes

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A man who admitted that he and a juvenile shot and killed two

Updated 6 years ago
Judge orders partial release of video in man's jail death

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Two videos showing a jailed North Carolina man restrained in what reports described as a “hog-tie" position before his death last year should be released publicly, a judge ruled Friday.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Florida testing sites close due to hurricane

MIAMI — Hurricane Isaias’ imminent arrival is forcing the closure of some outdoor coronavirus testing sites Friday even as the state reached a new daily high in deaths.

Updated 6 years ago
Report: U-Michigan's academic official was serial harasser

DETROIT (AP) — A University of Michigan professor who became the school's top academic officer committed sexual misconduct during his long career, harassing graduate students and staff and regularly having trysts i…

Updated 6 years ago
Forecasters post hurricane warning for populated stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast as Isaias nears the Bahamas

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters post hurricane warning for populated stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast as Isaias nears the Bahamas.

Updated 6 years ago
Court orders release of teen detained over schoolwork

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the release of a 15-year-old suburban Detroit girl from a juvenile facility where a county judge sent her for failing do schoolwork and because …

Updated 6 years ago
Joe Biden's search for a running mate enters final stretch

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the

Updated 6 years ago
Deadline extended for tribes to seek broadband licenses

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is giving tribes another month to apply for a band of wireless spectrum that would help them establish or expand internet access on their land — far les…

Updated 6 years ago
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