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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…
2020's final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge of liftoff.
Confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the US hit 150,000, by far the highest toll in the world
NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in the US hit 150,000, by far the highest toll in the world.
3 dead, 2 injured in north St. Louis shooting
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are dead and two others are injured after a shooting in St. Louis.
Court: Flint class-action can proceed over lead in water
DETROIT (AP) — Flint residents whose health and homes were harmed by lead-contaminated water scored a legal milestone Wednesday when the Michigan Supreme Court said they could proceed with a lawsuit against public …
Farmer returns prosthetic leg that skydiver lost during jump
WEST ADDISON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, thanks to a farmer who kept an eye out for it and spotted it in a soybean field.
The Latest: Florida has 9,400 daily virus cases, 216 deaths
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida reported more than 9,400 coronavirus cases and 216 deaths on Wednesday, eclipsing the daily death record set a day ago.
Jordanian police beat and arrest protesting teachers
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordanian anti-riot police clashed with protesting teachers in the capital Amman on Wednesday, with several demonstrators being beaten with clubs and arrested.
Census head wasn't told about Trump district drawing order
U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham testified Wednesday that he wasn’t informed ahead of time about President Donald Trump's order seeking to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the process of redra…
Wall Street rally carries on after Fed keep rates ultra-low
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said it will keep the accelerator floored on its aid for the economy. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% Wednesday, its best day in two we…
Federal charges filed in Alabama child's abduction, slaying
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A couple held on state murder charges in the slaying of an Alabama toddler last year have now been indicted on federal charges, authorities said Wednesday.
Pence urges in-person school during visit to North Carolina
APEX, N.C. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence vowed Wednesday that schools around the country will have the resources they need to reopen for in-person learning as he visited a classroom of masked fourth graders at a…
Civil rights icon Lewis brought to Georgia capitol
ATLANTA (AP) — The body of John Lewis was brought Wednesday to Atlanta to lie in repose at the Georgia capitol in one of the last memorial services for the late Democratic congressman before he is buried.
America Disrupted, ADVISORY
The 2020 election was always going to be decided by a splintered country, riven by race, gender, education and geography. Then came the triple shock of a pandemic, recession and an uprising against systemic racism.…
After Ecuador eased its lockdown, the virus surged in Quito
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Struggling to breathe, Luis Gualotuña arrived before dawn Wednesday at a coronavirus testing site in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, which has experienced an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases …
Zimbabwe signs billion-dollar deal to repay white farmers
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s government on Wednesday signed a deal with former white farmers to pay them billions of dollars in compensation roughly two decades after they lost their land in often violent inv…