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Updated 1 month, 1 week ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Search continues for remains from Tulsa massacre; none found

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The search for remains of victims of the

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
UN official: Catastrophe looming from oil tanker off Yemen

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. environment chief said Wednesday that “time is running out” to avert an environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe from a deteriorating oil tanker loaded with 1.1 million barrels of …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Ex-oil company director returning to face charges in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A plane carrying the former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company took off from Spain and was expected to land late Thursday in Mexico, where the former executive faces charges equivalent to mon…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Embed-Virus Outbreak-Brazil-LAT Total Cases, ADVISORY

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BRAZIL-LAT TOTAL CASES — Chart. With Brazil nearing 2 million coronavirus cases and 75,000 dead, this digital embed shows a chart of cumulative coronavirus cases for Latin American countries with a s…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Brazil nears 2 million coronavirus cases, with 75,000 dead

SAO PAULO (AP) — A thousand deaths a day.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Dershowitz as law group's keynote speaker faces backlash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The selection of famed trial attorney Alan Dershowitz to deliver the keynote at this year's Alaska Bar Association annual convention is being criticized by members upset over Dershowitz's p…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Space station power upgrades nearly finished after spacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts completed their part of a three-year power upgrade to the International Space Station on Thursday, replacing six more outdated batteries with powerful new ones.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Governor: NYC not ready to open malls, museums yet

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City won't open malls and museums Monday even if the city is allowed to move into the next phase of reopening, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo promises more crackdowns on bars and restaurants.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
For 17th straight week more than 1M Americans seek job aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million Americans sought unemployment benefits for the 17th consecutive week as infections began surging in some of the nation's most populous states. Layoffs in places like Florida, G…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Gooding’s misconduct case back on docket after virus delays

NEW YORK (AP) — When Cuba Gooding Jr. returns to court next month for a hearing in his New York City sexual misconduct case, he’ll find the room outfitted with Plexiglas and other measures to prevent the spread of …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Report: Chicago's ex-top cop drove impaired, lied to public

CHICAGO (AP) — An inspector general’s report concluded Thursday that former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson drove a city vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and lied about the incident that led…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Florida reports nearly 14,000 new virus cases

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida announced a single-day record of 156 deaths from the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Spain: U.S. man tells judge he was duped into carrying drugs

MADRID (AP) — A 77-year-old American man facing drug smuggling charges in Spain told a judge Thursday that he didn't know cocaine had been hidden in the jackets he carried across the world on behalf of a man he tho…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Investigators: Texas couple defrauded Army out of millions

DALLAS (AP) — Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas, saying the pair used personal information stolen from soldiers to…