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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
College student pleads not guilty to second murder charge

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A college student

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Hearing addresses body camera video, gag order in Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a coalition of news organizations are scheduled to appear in a Minneapolis courtroom Tuesday to argue for a scaled back gag order and greater access to body camera videos in the cas…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Pompeo offers unsparing criticism of Chinese Communist Party

LONDON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered unsparing criticism of the Chinese Communist Party while visiting London on Tuesday, describing the leadership's behavior in regard to the pandemic as unfor…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Trump seeks to bar illegal aliens from reapportionment count

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, according to two officials famil…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
White House decries gun charges for St. Louis couple

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump believes St. Louis’ top prosecutor committed an “egregious abuse of power” in charging a couple who displayed guns during a protest against racial injustice last month ou…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Ex-Justice Department lawyer will lead Elijah McClain probe

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — An investigation spurred by the death of a 23-year-old Black man after suburban Denver police stopped him last year will be led by a former Justice Department lawyer who oversaw its investigati…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Iran's president calls Iraqi premier's visit 'turning point'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called a visit Tuesday by the new prime minister of Iraq, where the U.S. military has a presence, “a turning point” in the countries' relations and vowed to conti…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Israeli court gives Palestinian attacker life sentence

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man found guilty of fatally stabbing an American-Israeli settler in a 2018 attack was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday by an Israeli military court.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: CDC: Antibody tests show virus rates 10x higher

CHICAGO — Reported coronavirus cases vastly underestimate the true number of infections, U.S. government data published Tuesday suggest, echoing results from a smaller study last month.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Over 22% of people in Delhi have had virus, study indicates

NEW DELHI (AP) — More than one in five people in Delhi have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a study released Tuesday, indicating that most cases in the Indian capital region have gone undetected.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Virus concerns nudge some teachers toward classroom exits

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — As pressure mounts for teachers to return to their classrooms this fall, concerns about health risks from the coronavirus are pushing many toward alternatives, including career changes, as oth…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
German working to support Iraqi art kidnapped in Baghdad

BAGHDAD (AP) — A German woman well known in Iraq’s art scene and an ardent supporter of mass anti-government protests was kidnapped outside the Baghdad arts center where she worked, a security official and activist…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Armed man seizes bus, holds 10 hostages in Ukraine

LUTSK, Ukraine (AP) — An armed man seized a long-distance bus and took people in it hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday launching an hours-long standoff with police, Ukrainian authorities said.