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Updated 1 month, 2 weeks 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
Tucson police reveal suspect died in March arrest attempt

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have concluded that Tucson police officers used an appropriate amount of force in a violent struggle three months ago with a man who died while resisting arrest and told officers several …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Singaporeans vote in polls expected to return ruling party

SINGAPORE (AP) — Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Singapore polls open; governing party set to extend power

SINGAPORE (AP) — Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting Friday in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-governing party to power.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Voting begins in Singapore general elections, with strict safety precautions being taken against the coronavirus

SINGAPORE (AP) — Voting begins in Singapore general elections, with strict safety precautions being taken against the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Tropical Storm Fay edges north from off North Carolina coast

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, began to edge away from the North Carolina coast Thursday evening, its sights set on the mid-Atlantic coast and southern New …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: ICU beds filling up in Mississippi's virus surge

JACKSON, Miss. — Officials in Mississippi say the state’s five largest hospitals had no intensive care unit beds available for patients by midweek because of a surge in coronavirus cases. Four more hospitals had 5%…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Son says dad was killed asking for directions in California

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area doctor who was on an off-roading trip with his 15-year-old son was shot and killed after he stopped to ask a man for directions, his son and other relatives said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Govt Watchdog: Politics caused 'Sharpiegate' frantic rebuke

Political pressure from the White House and a series of “crazy in the middle of the night” texts, emails and phone calls caused top federal weather officials to wrongly admonish a weather office for a tweet that co…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Video shows officer point gun at doctor on his own property

A Colorado police department where officers were fired after re-enacting the chokehold death of a young Black man is under scrutiny again after video emerged of an officer pulling a gun on a doctor trying to park a…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
UN says Latin America and Caribbean are COVID-19 `hot spot'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Latin America and the Caribbean have become “a hot spot” for the COVID-19 pandemic, with several countries now having one of the highest per capita infection rates and absolute number of cases…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Bolsonaro again urges reopening for Brazil

SAO PAULO — Two days after being diagnosed with COVID-19, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made an online broadcast from the presidential residence as defiant as in previous occasions.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Bolivia's interim president has COVID-19 but ‘feels strong’

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez announced Thursday that she has tested positive for the new coronavirus, becoming the third Latin American leader to be infected in recent weeks.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Virus hits Bolivian president, Venezuela's No. 2

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The interim president of Bolivia and Venezuela’s No. 2 political leader have both announced they are infected with the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Big Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemic

The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.