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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, 1 month ago
2 nurses' licenses suspended in cases linked to indicted doc

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Board of Nursing on Thursday suspended two nurses’ licenses for at least one year in cases related to allegations that intensive care patients were given excessive painkillers ordered…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Indiana's governor, AG at odds over mask mandate

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana’s attorney general says the governor has overstepped his authority in issuing a statewide face mask mandate and that only the Legislature can make violations a criminal offense.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
0casio-Cortez, Dems assail men's abusive treatment of women

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker’s verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
New charges for massage therapist for Kansas female athletes

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man who provided massages for female athletes at the University of Kansas is facing six new misdemeanor charges of sexual battery.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Black nurses association wins order against its founder

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A minority nursing association has won a temporary restraining order against its founder in Mississippi federal court amid a lawsuit over the rights to group's trademark, website and other in…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Uganda confirms first coronavirus death

KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has confirmed its first coronavirus death.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Officials: Robert E. Lee monument toppled in Roanoke

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was set to be removed from a Virginia city's downtown was toppled late Wednesday, officials said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Fourth lawsuit filed in VA hospital deaths in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A fourth lawsuit has been filed involving the sudden deaths of patients at a West Virginia veterans hospital where a former nursing assistant admitted giving them wrongful insulin injection…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Friends share Powerball jackpot win, keeping 1992 promise

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A western Wisconsin man will share his millions in lottery winnings with a longtime friend because of a promise they made to each other nearly three decades ago.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Monitor calls on US to stop detaining migrant kids in hotels

HOUSTON (AP) — A court-appointed monitor for immigrant youth called on the U.S. government to stop detaining children as young as 1 in hotels before expelling them to their home countries, saying the practice could…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Walmart shopper charged with pulling gun during mask dispute

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is facing felony charges for pointing a gun at another Walmart shopper who had told him to wear a mask, officials said Thursday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Mayor says NYC can perform 50,000 coronavirus tests daily

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has reached its goal of performing 50,000 coronavirus tests a day, and its contact tracing effort has potentially prevented thousands of new infections, officials said Thursday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Colombia seizes properties of businessman tied to Maduro

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia have seized a luxury mansion complete with a spa, tennis court and two pools allegedly belonging to a businessman detained in Cape Verde on U.S. corruption charges re…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Russian cargo ship launched to International Space Station

An uncrewed Russian cargo ship lifted off Thursday to deliver a load of supplies to the International Space Station.