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Updated 1 month, 1 week 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
Chinese researcher charged with fraud taken into custody

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to the Chinese military on applications she submitted to work in the U.S. was booked into a Northern California jail early Friday and was exp…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19 recovery can take a few weeks even for young adults

Recovering from even mild coronavirus infections can take at least two to three weeks, according to U.S. research published Friday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Newspaper, Kentucky teen settle lawsuit over D.C. encounter

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper's coverage of his encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last year.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Video shows explosion after woman sets car interior on fire

A suburban Detroit woman was arraigned Friday on charges alleging that she set fire to an acquaintance's SUV in an act that was apparently caught on video and shows a woman get blown backward after igniting a liqui…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Indiana prosecutor investigating man's mauling by police dog

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A special prosecutor and Indiana State Police are investigating allegations that three Lafayette police officers used excessive force in a May arrest where a police dog mauled the neck of Bla…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Pepcid-COVID study raised red flags weeks after $21M grant

Two months after the Trump administration awarded $21 million to study whether a common heartburn drug was effective against COVID-19, government health officials raised serious concerns about patient safety and sc…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
No masks, just questions, in Kansas counties with no cases

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some businesses in two western Kansas counties that have yet to report a single positive coronavirus case aren’t requiring customers to wear face masks — but they are asking whether they have tr…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Rising virus cases spark concern in Florida nursing homes

MIAMI (AP) — The coronavirus transformed Florida’s nursing homes into closely guarded fortresses beginning in March, with the state banning family visits, isolating infected residents in separate wings and now requ…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
White House, GOP at odds over jobless aid in virus bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiations over the next

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Clarification: Election 2020-US House-Montana story

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — In a story published July 20, 2020, The Associated Press reported that Democratic candidate for Montana’s U.S. House seat Kathleen Williams said there has been a lack of leadership on a federal…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Arizona reports nearly 3,400 new daily cases

PHOENIX — Arizona health officials are reporting 89 new deaths from the coronavirus and nearly 3,400 new cases.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
German curator abducted in Iraq freed in security operation

BAGHDAD (AP) — A German arts curator abducted earlier this week in Iraq was freed on Friday in a raid by Iraqi security forces near the capital, Baghdad, officials said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
France-born man in Mexico dies in bid to save his dog's life

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The devotion of dogs to people has been remarked upon for centuries. In Mexico, one man’s love for his dog cost him his life.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Despite COVID crisis, Congress seeks to do its day job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as lawmakers stumble in their quest to pass another coronavirus response measure, both the House and Senate sought to return to some semblance of normal business this week, passing annual mus…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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