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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…
Florida police: Man shot, wounded after attacking officer
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old Black man who had just attacked another officer, authorities said.
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As virus surges in some US states, emergency rooms swamped
The Latest: New jump in India and warning cases could double
NEW DELHI — A surge of 34,884 new coronavirus cases took India’s tally to 1,038,716, as local governments continue to reimpose focused lockdowns in several parts of the country.
From Rep. John Lewis, quotes in a long life of activism
In a long life of activism, Rep. John Lewis never shied away from speaking out. A few quotations:
John Lewis' legacy shaped in 1965 on 'Bloody Sunday'
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — John Lewis saw the line of Alabama state troopers a few hundred yards away as he led hundreds of marchers to the apex of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965. Armed with gas caniste…
Video of Black man's arrest puts London police in spotlight
LONDON (AP) — One London police officer was suspended and another given restricted duties Friday after a video of an arrest appeared to show an officer kneeling on a Black man’s neck.
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.
The Latest: New jump in India and warning cases could double
NEW DELHI — A surge of 34,884 new coronavirus cases took India’s tally to 1,038,716, as local governments continue to reimpose focused lockdowns in several parts of the country.
The Latest: Confirmed virus cases top 14 million globally
Confirmed coronavirus cases around the world have topped 14 million and deaths have surpassed 600,000, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday.
Fair housing groups slam Trump's suburban racial rhetoric
Washington (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pledge to roll back an Obama-era regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs is drawing harsh criticism from fair housing advocates, who label it a …
Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's come to this for Republicans straining to defend their Senate majority in November's elections: They're air-dropping millions of dollars into races in Alabama, Kentucky and other red states w…
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…
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…
FBI to review LA deputy killing of 18-year-old shot in back
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI said Friday it will review the death of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy.
From Rep. John Lewis, quotes in a long life of activism
In a long life of activism, Rep. John Lewis never shied away from speaking out. A few quotations: