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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…
Greece: Homes, camp evacuated due to wildfire near Corinth
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 250 firefighters were struggling overnight to contain a large wildfire fanned by strong winds that raged through forests and forced the evacuation of six settlements in southern Gree…
US Marshals: 'Fugitive of week' found asleep on porch
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A “fugitive of the week" sought by the U.S. Marshals Service was found sleeping on a porch in New Hampshire, authorities said Wednesday.
US labs buckle amid testing surge; world virus cases top 15M
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are undercutting the pandemic response.
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US-ECONOMY-JOBS-REPORT-RATE — Chart. The U.S. unemployment rate has surged since the coronavirus outbreak and recently subsided a bit as businesses began to reopen. The following digital embed shows the U.S. unempl…
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DC mayor to order mandatory masks as infections rise again
WASHINGTON (AP) — With coronavirus cases rising, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday she will issue an executive order making face masks mandatory outside homes — an unprecedented step in the nation's capital.
Man accused of running over Sikh man charged with hate crime
A man accused of running over the Sikh owner of a suburban Denver liquor store after reportedly telling him and his wife to “go back to your country” is now facing a hate crime charge in addition to 16 other charge…
Winner of $10M lottery prize in 2017 charged with murder
SHALLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man who won a $10 million lottery prize in 2017 has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a woman whose body was found at a hotel.
FBI links men's rights lawyer to N.Y., California killings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal investigators have 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, authorities said We…
World virus cases top 15M; US labs buckle amid testing surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are actually undercutting the pandemic response.
C.T. Vivian remembered at Georgia Capitol ahead of funeral
ATLANTA (AP) — On the eve of his funeral, a horse-drawn carriage took the Rev. C.T. Vivian’s casket from the Georgia Capitol to Martin Luther King Jr.’s tomb in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Bolivia's September vote in doubt as virus death toll rises
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s plan to hold elections in September, seen as a key to stabilizing its democracy after a year of political turmoil, is increasingly in doubt amid rising coronavirus deaths, including…
Court experts: US youth "sorry" in police slaying trial
ROME (AP) — Court-appointed psychiatrists testified Wednesday that a 20-year-old California man accused of murdering an Italian police officer has suffered from anxiety and depression and lives with “a sense of chr…
Officers fatally shoot SUV passenger in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two sheriff's deputies and an Oklahoma City police officer opened fire on an SUV passenger during a traffic stop, killing him, after they say the man pointed a gun at them early Wednesday, auth…