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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…
Denial of Confederate group from Christmas parade upheld
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group that was denied permission to march in a Louisiana city’s Christmas parade when it insisted on carrying Confederate battle flags lost its latest appeal Thursday in a federal court.
Police: Suspect shoots 3 Chicago officers who then shoot him
CHICAGO (AP) — A carjacking suspect being led into a Chicago police station on Thursday shot three officers, who returned fire and shot him, authorities said.
Appeal blocks NYCLU’s release of police discipline records
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted a civil rights organization’s plan to publish a database of New York City police disciplinary records, the latest twist in a lawsuit by public safety unions seekin…
Spain: American gets 7 years in prison for drug smuggling
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish court on Thursday found a 77-year-old American man guilty of drug smuggling and sentenced him to seven years in prison, rejecting his defense that he was duped.
Washington, DC, will not reopen school buildings this fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public schools in the nation's capital will open this fall with full-time computer distance learning, as officials have abandoned their initial plans to use a combination of distance and in-person…
Report: Car bomb in north Syria kills, wounds several people
BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded at checkpoint manned by Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters on Thursday in northeastern Syria, killing and wounding several people, Turkish state media and an opposition war m…
Zoo officials apologize for display of African man in 1906
NEW YORK (AP) — The organization that runs New York's Bronx Zoo is apologizing for racism in the zoo's past, including putting Ota Benga, a central African man, on display in the Monkey House in 1906.
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Republicans quickly rebuff Trump after his vote delay idea
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s
Belarus says Russians plotted attacks; Kremlin rolls eyes
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Thursday accused more than 30 detained Russians of plotting terror attacks amid a presidential election campaign, allegations that Russian officials angrily rejected.
Oneida tribe wins closely watched Wisconsin legal fight
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday sided with the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin in its fight over a village's authority to require a special events permit for an apple festival, in a case that cou…
St. Louis police: 3 killed, 1 injured in shooting were male
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police confirmed Thursday that three men were killed and another was injured in a shooting in north St. Louis.
Former player: Schembechler knew of abuse at U of Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of more victims who claim they were molested by a University of Michigan doctor filed a lawsuit against the school Thursday, including a former football player who said he told legendary coach…
Italy: 6 youths convicted over deadly nightclub stampede
ROME (AP) — A court in the Italian coastal city of Ancona convicted six young men Thursday over a 2018 nightclub stampede that killed five teens aged 14-16 and a mother who had accompanied her daughter to a rap con…
Chicago police officer, suspected gunman shot at station
CHICAGO (AP) — An officer was shot at a Chicago police station on the city's North Side on Thursday, authorities said.