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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…
Former Jodi Arias prosecutor Juan Martinez agrees to be disbarred, ending Arizona ethics case.
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Jodi Arias prosecutor Juan Martinez agrees to be disbarred, ending Arizona ethics case.
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Georgia story
ATLANTA (AP) — In a story July 16, 2020, about legal disputes over mask-wearing in Georgia, The Associated Press erroneously described the name and title of the leader of the Georgia Restaurant Association. She is …
Democrats say White House blocking CDC head from testifying
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are criticizing the White House for blocking the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from testifying at a public hearing on safely reopening the nation's schools.
Tennessee governor delays scheduled execution due to virus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate received a rare temporary reprieve from Gov. Bill Lee on Friday, after the Republican announced the execution would not take place this year because of the coron…
Prosecutor who convicted Jodi Arias agrees to disbarment
PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona prosecutor known for winning a conviction in the Jodi Arias murder case agreed Friday to be disbarred in an ethics case in which he was accused of leaking the identity of an Arias ju…
Dollar General workers lock in man wanted in killing
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Workers at a Dollar General store recognized a convicted sex offender accused of killing two teenagers and kidnapping a third — and locked him in after quietly escorting other customers out.
Embed-Table-Virus Outbreak-Global Case Count, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL CASE COUNT — A searchable table of confirmed cases of COVID-19, including recoveries and deaths, by country. This table is updated each hour. Source: Johns Hopkins University; Esri.
Millions of kids told full return to school in fall unlikely
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Millions more children in the U.S. learned Friday that they're unlikely to return to classrooms full time in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic as death tolls reached new high…
Mnuchin urges swift aid bill; ex-Fed chairs want bigger deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged Congress Friday to quickly enact a new pandemic relief package targeting hardest-hit swaths of the economy, as lawmakers race to stand up federal aid in the…
Iowa meth kingpin is 3rd executed by US government this week
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday put to death an Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin convicted of killing five people, capping a week in which the Trump administration restored federal …
Woman aids white supremacist with jail escape; pleads guilty
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend, the leader of a white supremacist gang that has been accused of a string of brutal tactics, and another inmate escape from a local…
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…
Stocks end higher; S&P 500 gets its 3rd weekly gain in a row
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ended another wobbly day broadly higher, giving the S&P 500 its third straight weekly gain. The benchmark index rose 0.3% after flipping between small gains and losses earlier. The Dow J…
Ole Miss leader sorry for handling of Confederate statue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi chancellor apologized Friday for how he handled the relocation of a Confederate monument that has been a divisive symbol on the Oxford campus, including plans tha…
Spokeswoman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he’s “done nothing criminal or improper," will cooperate
CHICAGO (AP) — Spokeswoman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says he’s “done nothing criminal or improper," will cooperate.