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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…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police: At least nine wounded in South Side shooting as federal government plans to send federal agents.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Police: At least 9 wounded in South Side Chicago shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — At least nine people have been wounded in a shooting on Chicago’s South Side, Chicago police said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Search for child leads Mexican police to 23 abducted kids

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The search for a 2 1/2 year-old boy who was led away from a market in southern Mexico three weeks ago led police to a horrifying discovery: 23 abducted children being kept at a house and forced t…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Mexico passes 40,000 new coronavirus death mark

MEXICO CITY — Mexico passed the 40,000-death mark Tuesday and reported near-record levels of newly confirmed coronavirus cases.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Judge: Show evidence to Iowa reporter arrested at protest

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that prosecutors must turn over body-camera footage and other material to a Des Moines Register reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: 510 women positive for virus at Texas prison

FORT WORTH, Texas -- More than 500 women at a federal medical prison in Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus, in one of the largest confirmed outbreaks at a federal prison.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Lawmakers call for military changes after soldier's death

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress joined advocates for women Tuesday to continue the call for changes in the way the military handles sexual abuse and harassment following the death of a soldier investigators b…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Sao Paulo state tops 20,000 COVID-19 deaths

SAO PAULO — Brazilian authorities say the country’s Sao Paulo state has topped 20,000 deaths from COVID-19, while the nation as a whole has recored more than 80,000 fatalities due to the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 6:45 p.m.

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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Honduran lawmaker loses appeal in defamation case

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ Supreme Court has denied an appeal by a lawmaker convicted last year of slandering a prominent local banker.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP Exclusive: Aid from top donors drops even as need soars

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world’s largest government donors of humanitarian aid are buckling under the strain: Funding commitmen…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Los Angeles County approves anti-racist policy agenda

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of the nation’s largest county on Tuesday unanimously approved a sweeping plan to address systemic racism and bias in its policies, practices and services.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
PAHO waits for Nicaragua to approve visit by virus experts

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Pan American Health Organization said Tuesday it is awaiting authorization from the government of Nicaragua to send in a team of experts to evaluate the coronavirus outbreak in the Cen…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Trump says virus in US will get worse before it gets better

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the “nasty horrible’” coronavirus will get worse in the U.S. before it gets better, but he also tried to paint a rosy picture of efforts to conquer th…