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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…
Supreme Court clears the way for executions of federal prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court clears the way for executions of federal prisoners.
Foreign workers struggle to return to UAE amid virus limbo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Eudinson Uy and his pregnant wife planned to return to their home in the United Arab Emirates after a vacation in Armenia, but due to a subsequent lockdown of the Gulf country ove…
Asia Today: Another spike brings India past 900,000 cases
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's number of coronavirus cases jumped by another 28,000 on Tuesday and are fast approaching 1 million.
Masks for kids? Schools confront the politics of reopening
On one side are parents saying, let kids be kids. They object to masks and social distancing in classrooms this fall — arguing both could hurt their children’s well-being — and want schools to reopen full time.
Sailors fighting to save burning San Diego warship
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hundreds of sailors are fighting to save a Navy warship ravaged by fire while the military prepares for the worst: The USS Bonhomme Richard going down in flames, and its million gallons of oil on b…
Berkeley to consider removing police from traffic stops
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The politically liberal city of Berkeley in Northern California is considering a proposal to shift traffic enforcement from armed police to unarmed city workers in a bid to curb racial profilin…
Governor shuts bars, dining as virus hits California hard
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the coronavirus swept California with renewed ferocity, the governor once again closed bars, inside dining and, for much of the state, gyms, indoor church services and hair and nail sal…
Pence heads to Louisiana amid renewed surge in virus cases
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence travels Tuesday to Louisiana, which has reemerged as one of the nation's hot spots for the coronavirus only months after seeming to contain its outbreak.
Epstein associate to face accusers in video court appearance
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend will face a judge and at least one of her accusers by video at a hearing to determine whether she stays behind bars until trial on charges she recruited girls for…
Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing blistering criticism over an internal report that found no strong link between a controversial state directive that sent thousands of recovering coronavirus pati…
China's trade rises as economy recovers from virus slump
BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade improved in June in a fresh sign the world’s second-largest economy is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. But its exporters face threats including tension with Washington and a p…
Japan says coronavirus adds to security threat by China
TOKYO (AP) — China is pushing harder to make territorial claims in the regional seas and even using the coronavirus pandemic to expand its influence and take strategic superiority, posing a greater threat to Japan …
Queen's Australia rep was assured of power before '75 crisis
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s office assured her representative in Australia he had the power to bring down the Australian government a week before he took the extraordinary move in 1975 and creat…
White House campaign urges jobless to 'find something new'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to go out and “find something new.”
Indian leader's virus fund won't disclose donors, payments
NEW DELHI (AP) — Bejon Misra responded quickly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal in March for donations to a new fund to strengthen the country's fight against the coronavirus.