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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…

Updated 6 years ago
Church volunteer admits to arson attack on French cathedral

PARIS (AP) — French authorities detained and charged a repentant church volunteer Sunday after he told investigators that he was responsible for

Updated 6 years ago
Car hits pedestrians in Berlin; at least 5 injured

BERLIN (AP) — At least five people were injured in the German capital early Sunday morning after a car drove off the road and into pedestrians.

Updated 6 years ago
Police: Man fatally shot at protest in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man was fatally shot at a protest in Texas when he approached a vehicle and the driver inside opened fire, police said.

Updated 6 years ago
South Africa warns COVID-19 corruption puts 'lives at risk'

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s COVID-19 response is marred by corruption allegations around its historic $26 billion economic relief package, as the country with the world’s fifth highest number of COVID-19 cas…

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: South Africa reports over 12,000 new cases

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has announced more than 12,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases as the total in one of the world’s worst affected countries reaches 434,200 with 6,655 deaths.

Updated 6 years ago
Bodies of mother, 2 infants found in car submerged in pond

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities pulled a submerged vehicle from a Georgia pond and found the bodies of a woman and her twin 10-month-old children inside.

Updated 6 years ago
Spain takes aim at nightclubs and beaches as virus rebounds

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nightclubs, bars and beaches — some of Spain’s most beloved summer venues — are facing new lockdown restrictions after turning into coronavirus hot spots, and some European nations are warni…

Updated 6 years ago
Virginia Beach takes down Confederate monument

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The city of Virginia Beach removed a 115-year-old Confederate monument from public grounds on Saturday, less than two days after the City Council voted unanimously to do so.

Updated 6 years ago
Hanna's rain remains biggest threat to virus hot spot Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — South Texas braced for flooding Sunday after Hanna roared ashore as a hurricane the day before, bringing winds that lashed the Gulf Coast with rain and storm surge to a part of the coun…

Updated 6 years ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Sunday:

Updated 6 years ago
Mexico: Group missing after attack in Puerto Vallarta

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group visiting the Pacific resort of Puerto Vallarta was apparently attacked by suspected members of an organized crime gang, and one was killed and the others have disappeared and may have bee…

Updated 6 years ago
Competing protesters converge on Breonna Taylor's hometown

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hundreds of armed, predominantly Black, activists demanded justice for Breonna Taylor during peaceful demonstrations Saturday in her Kentucky hometown that drew counter-protesters from a whit…

Updated 6 years ago
Fires set, windows shattered during raucous Virginia protest

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A city dump truck was set on fire as protesters faced off with police in Virginia's capital during a demonstration billed as support for protesters on the other side of the country in Portland,…

Updated 6 years ago
Hawaii prepares for high winds, rain as hurricane nears

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii prepared for the onslaught of Hurricane Douglas on Sunday, with predictions of high winds, rain and storm surge.

Updated 6 years ago
Hurricane Hanna makes landfall on Padre Island, Texas, about 33 miles (53 kilometers) south of Corpus Christi

PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Hanna makes landfall on Padre Island, Texas, about 33 miles (53 kilometers) south of Corpus Christi.