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Updated 1 month ago

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…

Updated 6 years ago
Faith in protest as young people find fervor on the street

“I can’t breathe!’” the crowd chanted, invoking the dying words spoken by George Floyd as a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck.

Updated 6 years ago
Air travel expected to not recover before 2024

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Global air travel is recovering more slowly than expected and it will take until until 2024 to return to pre-pandemic levels, the trade association for the airline industry said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years ago
Biden says post-pandemic economy can fight racial inequality

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden unveiled a plan Tuesday to ensure that the nation’s post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality, promising to dramatically spur investment in Black-ow…

Updated 6 years ago
Fed wrestles with its next moves as virus stalls US economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are grappling this week with the timing and scope of their next policy moves at a time when the raging viral pandemic has weakened the U.S. economy.

Updated 6 years ago
Taliban to halt military operations over 3-day Eid holiday

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban announced they won't carry out military operations in Afghanistan for three days during the Muslim holiday of Eid ul Adha that starts this weekend.

Updated 6 years ago
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.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Swedish approach: Virus cases trend downward

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — While coronavirus cases increase in Europe, Sweden continues a downward trend after a much-debated approach kept large parts of society open.

Updated 6 years ago
AP Lifestyles Digest

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Updated 6 years ago
US military says airstrike killed civilian in Somalia

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military on Tuesday acknowledged killing a civilian and wounding three others with an airstrike in Somalia earlier this year.

Updated 6 years ago
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Updated 6 years ago
Lebanon accuses Israel of provoking border escalation

KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister Tuesday accused Israel of provoking a “dangerous escalation” along the border in an attempt to modify the mandate of a U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, …

Updated 6 years ago
Wall Street slips in early trading; gold hovers near record

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting lower in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday following a mixed set of earnings reports from big U.S. companies.

Updated 6 years ago
Germany: sandwich poisoner liable for over $1M in damages

BERLIN (AP) — A German man who was convicted of poisoning his co-workers’ food over several years is liable for more than 1 million euros ($1.18 million) in damages, a court ruled Tuesday.

Updated 6 years ago
White West Virginia officers sued over Black man's beating

WESTOVER, W.Va. (AP) — A Black West Virginia man has filed a federal lawsuit against a police chief and two white officers accused of pulling him from his home and beating him, fracturing facial bones and causing o…

Updated 6 years ago
Stocks open slightly lower, gold hovers near record high

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street and the price of gold is hovering near the record high it closed at a day earlier. Investors are keeping a close eye on negotiations in Congress over…