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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
Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Mon…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Thousands to walk off job to protest racial inequality

NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only w…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Asia Today: Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city

BEIJING (AP) — China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Black kids die more often after surgery, new research shows

Black children were more likely than whites to die after common surgeries, a U.S. study found, echoing evidence seen in adults.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Dutch military helicopter crashes near Aruba, killing 2 crew

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch military helicopter has crashed into the Caribbean Sea near the island of Aruba, killing two of the crew, the Defense Ministry said in a statement early Monday.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Asian shares fall as investors eye EU meeting on pandemic

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as investors cautiously eyed the summit of European leaders discussing the pandemic crisis and coronavirus cases continued to soar in the U.S.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot

A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the judge's husband before fleeing, according to judiciary offici…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: S. Korea has smallest rise in cases in 2 months

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea has reported its smallest daily jump in local COVID-19 transmissions in two months as health authorities express cautious optimism that the outbreak is being brought under control.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
North Korean leader berates officials over hospital project

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated construction managers for unspecified problems in building a showpiece hospital in comments reported Monday that may indicate the country is struggl…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Son of US District Judge Esther Salas was killed, and her husband shot at New Jersey home, chief district judge says

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Son of US District Judge Esther Salas was killed, and her husband shot at New Jersey home, chief district judge says.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
US District Judge Esther Salas' son killed, husband shot

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-year-old son of a federal judge in New Jersey and shot and injured her husband Sunday at the family home, the state’s chief district judge said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: COVID-19 cases tick up in northwest China city

BEIJING — Numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases in China’s northwestern city of Urumqi continue to rise, with another 17 reported on Monday, bringing the total in China’s latest outbreak to at least 47.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Mexican president pledges better health care after pandemic

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president promised Sunday to combat chronic health problems and improve health care, as the country’s cases of COVID-19 continued to mount.

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

GOP leaders, Trump to discuss virus aid as crisis deepens

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Man killed, 8 others wounded in shooting in nation's capital

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was killed, and eight others were wounded in a brazen Sunday afternoon shooting on a busy street in northwest Washington, police said.