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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…
Vehicles burned in Mexico to protest US water payment
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Demonstrators in northern Mexico have burned several government vehicles, blocked railway tracks and set afire a government office and highway tollbooths to protest water payments to the United S…
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes Los Angeles, but no damage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake gave the Los Angeles region a predawn wake-up call Thursday, triggering local alerts from the state's new quake warning system but resulting in no reports of significan…
Trump floats election 'delay' amid claim of voting fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
While deaths are mounting rapidly in the U.S., the nation’s second surge in coronavirus cases appears to be leveling off, though experts say that the good news is driven by changes in a few large states and that ca…
Stocks sink after US, Germany report record economic drops
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling in early trading on Wall Street Thursday after the U.S. and Germany reported record contractions in their economies in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic led to widesp…
Belarus says Russians plotted terror acts and to spur unrest
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian authorities accused more than 30 people who allegedly worked for a private Russian military company of plotting terrorist acts and said Thursday that the suspects are also under inv…
Louisiana man indicted in fatal shooting of police officer
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man accused of
Key witness in Thai Red Bull heir case dies in road accident
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Thursday that a witness whose testimony was important in having hit-and-run charges dropped against a heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune has died in a traffic accident.
Medicare coverage for Alzheimer brain scans in question
A big study to help Medicare officials decide whether to start covering brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease missed its goals for curbing health care costs, calling into question whether the pricey tests ar…
Students, alumni clamor to take care of university's cows
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic forced the University of Vermont to close and send its students home, the alarm spread:
Chinese ambassador lashes out at Western rights reporting
LONDON (AP) — China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom lashed out at what he saw as one-sided reporting on human rights issues Thursday, presenting a series of videos defending Chinese actions against Uighur Muslim…
Rights group urges Indonesia to end caning under Islamic law
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The human rights group Amnesty International urged Indonesia on Thursday to abolish caning after two women were struck about 100 times each as punishment for offering prostitution online.
Stats: England had Europe's highest extra deaths in pandemic
LONDON (AP) — England suffered a more widespread coronavirus outbreak than its European neighbors and had the highest level of excess deaths during the pandemic, according to
Girl, 2, critically wounded in northwestern Indiana shooting
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A 2-year-old girl was shot in the head and critically wounded in northwestern Indiana when gunshots erupted as the child was in a car with her mother, police said.
Trump floats election 'delay' amid claims of voting fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to November’s presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.