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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…
China's mighty Yangtze nears crest again, new floods feared
BEIJING (AP) — Engorged with more heavy rains, China’s mighty Yangtze River is cresting again, bringing fears of further destruction as seasonal floods that already have left more than 140 people dead or missing ha…
Pentagon report: Turkey sent up to 3,800 fighters to Libya
Turkey sent between 3,500 and 3,800 paid Syrian fighters to Libya over the first three months of the year, the U.S. Defense Department’s inspector general concluded in a new report, its first to detail Turkish depl…
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As virus surges in some US states, emergency rooms swamped
Officer who killed Black man says he feared for his life
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona state trooper who killed a Black man nearly two months ago during a roadside struggle in Phoenix said he fired his gun because he feared for his life as the man refused to let go of the of…
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Navy chief: US warship's fate uncertain; damage extensive
San Diego (AP) — The USS Bonhomme Richard has extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage, a top naval chief said Friday after walking into the bowels of the charred warship that burned for more than fou…
A timeline of events in the life of Rep. John Lewis
Born in rural Alabama during the dark days of Jim Crow segregation, Rep. John Lewis rose from poverty to become a leader of the civil rights movement and later was elected to Congress. Here is a timeline of some ma…
2 Oklahoma tribal leaders say they don't support agreement
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One day after announcing an agreement in principle with Oklahoma’s attorney general on proposed federal legislation regarding tribal jurisdiction, the leaders of two of five major Native Americ…
FBI: Bank robbery suspect dead; 2 agents wounded in Arizona
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Two FBI agents were shot and wounded Friday at an apartment complex in a Phoenix suburb while executing an arrest warrant for a serial bank robbery suspect who was found dead, the FBI said.
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AP PHOTOS: Greece's great declutter at battle coastline
SALAMINA, Greece (AP) — Greece is commemorating one of the greatest naval battles in ancient history this year at Salamis, the claw-shaped island skirting the mainland near Athens.
Amid virus, Nicaragua drops celebration, readies monument
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — President Daniel Ortega's government is being deterred by the coronarvirus from holding the usual mass celebration to mark the July 19 victory of Nicaragua's revolution. Instead, it will u…
Kansas congressman forced to leave committees after charges
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A freshman Kansas congressman
Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero'
WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t ca…