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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…
Pregnant women at risk of death in Kenya's COVID-19 curfew
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Veronica Atieno remembers feeling her way through the dark alleys between the shacks that make up Nairobi’s slums, picking her way past raw sewage and rusty, razor-sharp metal roofing with tre…
Asia Today: SKorea records 113 new cases; 357 in Australia
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 113 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, its first daily jump over 100 in nearly four months.
AP News in Brief at 12:09 a.m. EDT
Extra unemployment aid expires as virus threatens new states
Officials: Men's rights lawyer killed attorney in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities believe a men's rights lawyer shot and killed a fellow attorney in California in the days before he attacked a federal judge’s family in New Jersey and died by suicide, officials anno…
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A coronavirus hot spot, South Texas braces for Hanna's rain
HOUSTON (AP) — South Texas — an area already hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in recent weeks — was bracing for Tropical Storm Hanna to make landfall Saturday.
Floyd, the San Francisco Zoo's tallest, oldest giraffe, dies
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Floyd, the oldest and tallest giraffe at the San Francisco Zoo, died Friday.
Texas court says girl stays on life support, pending trial
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas appeals court ruled Friday that a hospital must keep a 17-month-old girl on life support pending a trial addressing the merits of the law doctors invoked to withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
US Supreme Court denies Nevada church's appeal of virus rule
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court denied a rural Nevada church’s request late Friday to strike down as unconstitutional a 50-person cap on worship services as part of the state’s ongoing respon…
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Hurricane Douglas bears down on Hawaii as pandemic flares
HONOLULU (AP) — The first hurricane to threaten the United States since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is presenting new challenges to Hawaii officials long accustomed to tropical storms.
The Latest: India begins 1st human trials of potential drug
NEW DELHI — India began its first human trials of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate as the world’s second-most populous country recorded nearly 49,000 new cases.
South Korea reports case spike; US states tighten controls
BEIJING (AP) — South Korea on Saturday reported more than 100 new coronavirus cases for the first time in four months, while South Africa announced a surge in infections and some U.S. states tightened anti-disease …
Vietnam bans wildlife imports, markets amid new health fears
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam announced Friday that it was banning wildlife imports and would close wildlife markets in response to renewed concerns about the threat from diseases that can jump from animals to huma…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
2020's 1st Atlantic hurricane lashes Texas; floods expected