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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…
Ruptured pipeline in Egypt causes massive blaze, injuring 17
CAIRO (AP) — A ruptured crude oil pipeline set off a monstrous blaze on a desert highway in Egypt on Tuesday, injuring at least 17 people, local authorities said.
Wall Street ticks higher in another day of unsettled trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher Tuesday afternoon after pinballing through another day of unsettled trading.
Fed' Brainard warns US economy may slow, urges more support
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy appears to be slowing after an initial burst of recovery and called for the Fed to take aggressive steps to spur growth.
Kentucky Governor's Mansion to get fence after protest
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A security fence will go up around the Kentucky Governor's Mansion in response to a spring demonstration where armed protesters gathered outside the home and then hanged Gov. Andy Beshear in e…
Cargo plane with aid crashes in Somalia, all crew survive
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A cargo plane carrying humanitarian food aid crashed at an airport in central Somalia but the crew members survived, officials said Tuesday.
Thousands of protesting Israelis call on Netanyahu to resign
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis on Tuesday demonstrated outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on the embattled leader to resign as he faces a trial on corruption charge…
Man wins $2M lottery after clerk gives him wrong ticket
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — A man in suburban Detroit was given the wrong lottery ticket. But there was no mistake about the result: a $2 million winner.
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The Latest: France aims to open schools by new academic year
PARIS — France is aiming to reopen all schools for the new academic year under as “normal” conditions as possible, President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday, despite lingering virus concerns from some parents and…
Judge to hear arguments in challenge to foreign student rule
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge scheduled arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration policy requiring international students to transfer schools or leave the country if their colleges hold …
Ex-NBA superstar Shaq assists stranded Florida driver
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A woman whose car was left stranded along a Florida interstate when her tire blew out got a little unexpected help from former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, sheriff's officials say.
Maxwell pleads not guilty in Epstein-related sex abuse case
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges she recruited girls and women for the financier to sexually abuse more than two decades ago.
Confederate statue removed from prominent spot at Ole Miss
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Confederate monument that’s long been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi was removed Tuesday from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus, just two weeks after Mississippi surr…
British journalist Jo Tuckman dies in Mexico after illness
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soon after arriving in Mexico in 2000, British journalist Jo Tuckman reported on what many Mexicans could scarcely have imagined: the election defeat of the political party that had governed auto…
Gunmen ambush Pakistani troops in SW, killing 3, wounding 8
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Assailants armed with assault rifles ambushed security forces as they patrolled a remote town in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least three troops and wounding eight others, the m…