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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…
St. Louis County prosecutor declines to charge the former Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County prosecutor declines to charge the former Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.
Michigan's top court kills lawsuit by wrongly imprisoned man
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has stopped a man from suing the state after he spent more than a year in prison for a crime that wasn't a crime.
Prosecutor: No charges for officer in Michael Brown’s death
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a dramatic decision that could reopen old…
The Latest: Social restrictions reimposed for north England
LONDON — The British government has reimposed restrictions on social life in a swath of northern England because of rising coronavirus infections.
Trump says he'll help with funeral costs for slain soldier
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met Thursday with the family of a soldier who investigators say was slain on the Texas Army base where she was stationed, saying it is a “terrible story” and that he would h…
Prosecutor: Charging decision upcoming in Michael Brown case
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s top prosecutor is expected to announce a charging decision Thursday following a reinvestigation of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missour…
US frowns upon Iranian supermarket in Venezuela's capital
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials frowned upon the opening of an Iranian supermarket in Venezuela's capital, saying Thursday that any presence of Iran in the Western Hemisphere is "not something we look very favorably…
TS Isaias causes floods, slides; likely to become hurricane
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out power and caused flooding and small landslides across Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Thursday as forecasters predicted it would strengthen i…
Extra $600 in jobless aid set to lapse as talks deadlock
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadlocked Senate on Thursday left Washington for the weekend without extending a $600-per-week expanded jobless benefit that has helped keep both families and the economy afloat as the COVID-19…
Big Tech, hit by the pandemic, reports mixed earnings
Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings on Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over their market power and alleged monopolistic practices.
Mexico cave with evidence of early humans closed to visitors
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tourists or locals visiting a cave in north-central Mexico could endanger what is purported to be some of the earliest evidence of human presence in North America, archaeological authorities said…
Florida pair arrested for breaking COVID-19 quarantine order
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jose Freire Interian was walking his dog near his Key West home when a neighbor began recording him on her cellphone. Hours later, police came knocking on his door with an arrest warrant an…
UK scientists to immunize hundreds with coronavirus vaccine
LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Imperial College London say they are immunizing hundreds of people with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an early trial after seeing no worrying safety problems in a small number v…
260 Chinese boats fish near Galapagos; Ecuador on alert
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Some call it a floating city, a flotilla of 260 mostly Chinese fishing vessels near the Galapagos archipelago that is stirring diplomatic tension and raising worries about the threat to sharks…
Trudeau says he didn't offer charity preferential treatment
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he did not intervene to make sure a charity his family did paid work for would win a government contract.