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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…
One reporter, two executions and haunting last words
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Daniel Lewis Lee, a condemned man and convicted murderer, was asked if he wanted to make a final statement from the execution chamber, with its institutional green-tiled walls and plate-gla…
Rights activists, political leaders mourn Rep. John Lewis
Rights activists, politicians from both parties and many other people touched by the legacy of John Lewis mourned the congressman and pillar of the civil rights movement Saturday, lauding the strength, courage and …
Wife of suspect locked in Dollar General store is arrested
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The wife of a convicted sex offender accused of killing two teenagers and kidnapping a third has been arrested in the case.
Petition urges Trader Joe's to change ethnic food labels
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Responding to calls for Trader Joe's to stop labeling its international food products with ethnic-sounding names, the grocery store chain said it has been in a yearslong process of repackaging …
Honduran journalist dies of COVID-19 contracted in prison
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran journalist known as a strong critic of President Juan Orlando Hernandez died Saturday at a hospital of COVID-19 that he apparently contracted while in prison on a defamation …
Social media for Rubio, Sullivan confuses Cummings, Lewis
MIAMI (AP) — Social media of Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Dan Sullivan of Alaska mistakenly posted photos of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings with comments meant to honor the late U.S. Rep. John Le…
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT
As virus surges in some US states, emergency rooms swamped
14 hours later, Trump says he is 'saddened' by Lewis' death
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the death of American civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to retweet old missives about Democratic rival Joe Biden and lash out at his form…
Rubio confuses Black rights icons Cummings, Lewis, in tweet
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio mistakenly posted a photo of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings in a social media post meant to honor the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis on Saturday.
The Latest: Amsterdam discourages red light district visits
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Authorities in Amsterdam are urging people not to visit the city’s famous red light district and have closed off some of the historic district’s narrow streets because they are too busy.
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One reporter, witness to two executions, haunting last words
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Daniel Lewis Lee, a condemned man and convicted murderer, was asked if he wanted to make a final statement from the execution chamber, with its institutional green-tiled walls and plate-gla…
'Black Lives' mural outside Trump Tower defaced for 3rd time
NEW YORK (AP) — A “Black Lives Matter” mural painted on the street in front of President Donald Trump's namesake New York City tower has quickly become a target for vandalism, defaced with bucketfuls of paint three…
Charges: Virginia man stalked Tulsa mayor over Trump rally
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Virginia man has been charged with cyberstalking the mayor of Tulsa in a failed effort to stop President Donald Trump's campaign rally there last month.
EU leaders extend summit as they haggle over budget, virus
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Saturday extended their summit by an extra day in the hope they were finally closing in on a deal for an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coro…