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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
Stocks are mostly higher in choppy trading on Wall Street

Stock indexes are mostly higher on Wall Street in choppy trading Wednesday afternoon as investors size up a mix of company earnings reports and another flare-up in tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Splash slashed: Cornell drops swim test amid pandemic

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University will not conduct its 115-year-old swim test this fall due to the pandemic.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Editorial Roundup: US

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Man yells racial slur at Black teen who offered doughnut

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — Police in a picturesque coastal community in Massachusetts are investigating after a white man yelled racial slurs at a Black teenager who had offered him a doughnut.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Stocks notch modest gains in choppy trading on Wall Street

Stock indexes are mostly higher on Wall Street in choppy trading Wednesday afternoon as investors size up a mix of company earnings reports and another flare-up in tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Dems press McConnell on virus aid, but some in GOP revolt

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite disarray in the Republican ranks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed Wednesday to unveil a draft

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Villagers say India targets civilians in Pakistan Kashmir

CHIRIKOT, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani villagers living along a highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir accused India on Wednesday of intentionally targeting civilians, but they vowed never to le…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Flashpoints emerge as lawmakers negotiate new virus aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan Capitol Hill talks have only just begun on a sweeping renewal of coronavirus legislation, but areas of likely agreement — and flashpoints of discord — are becoming apparent as the packa…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Mexico's president dismissive of wearing mask in pandemic

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday downplayed the importance of wearing face masks during the pandemic, calling his treasury secretary's assertion that using them would be…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Report: Boy injured on water ride at Universal Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities found a 9-year-old boy unresponsive on a thrill water ride at Universal Orlando’s Volcano Bay less than two weeks after the theme park reopened following a shutdown due to the coron…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
FBI links men's rights lawyer to N.J., California killings

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal investigators have unspecified evidence linking the killing of a men's rights lawyer in California to the suspect in the ambush shooting of a federal judge’s family in New Jersey, authori…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Georgia woman who gave DNA in reversed conviction found dead

WAYNESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A woman who provided key DNA evidence that recently led a judge to overturn a murder conviction has died.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Embed-Virus Outbreak-AP Poll-Reopen School-Measure, ADVISORY

VIRUS OUTBREAK-AP POLL-REOPENING SCHOOLS-MEASURES — Chart. This AP digital embed shows results from a new AP-NORC poll on the importance of safety measures for K-12 school reopenings. This chart is current as of Ju…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
New trial date for Nashville officer in fatal shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new trial date has been set for a white Nashville police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed Black man from behind during a chase.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Judge declines to order release of detained migrant families

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to order the release of roughly 300 migrant parents and children held in U.S. family detention centers despite what he called immigration authorities’ “shortcomi…