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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…
Woman who killed her 5-year-old son gets 35-year prison term
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois woman who subjected her young son to years of physical and emotional abuse culminating in his beating death last year was on Friday sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful la…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois' House speaker, a fellow Democrat, "must resign” if corruption allegations are true
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois' House speaker, a fellow Democrat, "must resign” if corruption allegations are true.
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FBI: Bank robbery suspect dead; 2 agents shot, wounded
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Two FBI agents were shot and wounded Friday at an apartment complex in a Phoenix suburb while executing a search and arrest warrant for a bank robbery suspect who was found dead, the FBI said.
Jesus statue beheaded at Catholic church in South Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Someone beheaded a statue of Jesus Christ in the courtyard of a South Florida church, an act of vandalism now being investigated by the Miami-Dade police and the Department of Homeland Security.
Ecuadorian hummingbirds chirp ultrasonic songs of seduction
WASHINGTON (AP) — Perched on a flowering shrub on a windy Andean mountainside, the tiny Ecuadorian Hillstar hummingbird chirps songs of seduction that only another bird of its kind can hear.
Amid virus, Nicaragua forgoes celebration, unveils monument
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government is being deterred by the coronarvirus from holding the usual mass celebration to mark the victory of the country's revolution July 19. Inste…
Investigators list potential crimes in Indiana assault case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State investigators identified six potential crimes Thursday in an incident report concerning the
US sanctions son of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The United States Treasury sanctioned a son of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo Friday, as well as his communications company,for alleged ties to drug t…
Details released in crash of plane carrying Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a pilot struggled to open a crashed airplane's wing emergency exit as the aircraft began to burn and fill with smoke before the race car driver and his family managed to escape from the main …
In Bolivian city, people buy fake - and toxic - virus cure
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AP) — Long lines form every morning in one of the Bolivian cities hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic as desperate people wait to buy small bottles of chlorine dioxide, a toxic bleaching ag…
Texas lets schools stick to online learning well into fall
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas on Friday gave public schools permission to keep campuses closed for more than 5 million students well into the fall as the state scrambles to contain one of the largest resurgences of th…
Police detain suspect in killing of dismembered tech CEO
NEW YORK (AP) — A person was taken into police custody Friday in the killing of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo, two law enforcement officials said.
Kansas congressman forced to leave committees after charges
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A freshman Kansas congressman