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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…
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Eastman Kodak will receive a federal loan of $765 million to help reduce the country's reliance on other countries for ingredients used in generic drugs.
Hanna has gone, but virus threat remains in South Texas
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — Some areas hit by
In the Confederacy's capital, renewed effort to honor slaves
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — For more than 150 years, Virginia's capital city greeted visitors with a landscape steeped in Confederate heritage and dotted with its relics, including a collection of enormous statues to rebe…
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2 Russian aircraft suspected of violating Finland's airspace
HELSINKI (AP) — Two Russian military aircraft are suspected of having violated Finland's airspace close to its capital city of Helsinki, Finland’s defense ministry said Tuesday.
Attention turns to Chicago's last standing Columbus statue
CHICAGO (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue on Chicago's South Side that was left standing after two other Columbus statues were removed last week may yet be taken down, a City Council member says.
1st hearing in 'watershed' graft case of Mexico oil chief
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican court held the first hearing Tuesday in what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said would be a “watershed” corruption case against the former head of the state-owned oil company.
Warrant issued for man accused of driving toward protesters
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a 20-year-old man accused of driving his pickup truck toward a group of protesters demonstrating against racial injustice in Virginia.
Efforts underway in Alaska to remove statues of colonialists
As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eli…
Racist? French cafe pulls "African," "Chinese" ice creams
PARIS (AP) — The “African" ice cream dessert was topped by a chocolate-covered meringue ball decorated with thick red lips. The “Chinese” lemon sorbet had a yellow meringue head, with thinly drawn eyes.
Maduro's hold on Venezuela tightens as coronavirus surges
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — More than a year after a young U.S.-backed politician rose up to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the socialist leader holds a yet stronger grip on power — with a boost from the n…
Tropical storm warning issued for Puerto Rico, Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Forecasters on Tuesday issued a tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico and other parts of the Caribbean, saying a disturbance in the Atlantic is likely to soon strengthen into a tropica…
Person killed in Maine shark attack IDed as New York woman
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Tuesday the woman
Outside police agencies pulling out of Democratic convention
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin police departments are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to help bolster security at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month, citing concerns with a
France's global nuclear fusion device a puzzle of huge parts
PARIS (AP) — A hugely ambitious project to replicate the energy of the sun is entering a critical phase, as scientists and technicians in southern France begin assembling giant parts of a nuclear fusion device, an …