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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…
Pro-India leader, his 2 family members killed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Unidentified assailants late Wednesday fatally shot a pro-India politician along with his father and brother in Kashmir, police said, in a first major attack against India’s ruling party memb…
NYC mayor unveils plan to reopen schools in fall
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a hybrid back-to-school plan Wednesday with most students inside their physical schools just two or three days a week, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it's up…
Former detention officers, nurse charged in suspect's death
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Five former detention officers and a nurse at a North Carolina jail have been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a man died last December, a district attorney said Wednesday.
Crane collapses in east London, killing 1, injuring 4
LONDON (AP) — A 20-meter (65-foot) crane collapsed onto a block of apartments under development and two houses in east London, killing one person and injuring four others, authorities said Wednesday.
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Labor union coalition announces walkout to protest racism and police violence
NEW YORK (AP) — Labor union coalition announces walkout to protest racism and police violence.
Italy cracks down on Bangladesh amid virus concerns
ROME (AP) — More than 100 Bangladeshis who arrived at Rome’s airport Wednesday were refused entry as Italy tightens restrictions on travel from coronavirus hotspots in a bid to prevent new infection clusters in the…
Virginia eliminates huge backlog of untested rape kits
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia has eliminated a backlog of thousands of untested rape kits, becoming only the seventh state in the country to do so, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said Wednesday.
The Latest: US to advise health care workers to reuse PPE
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. government will issue guidance encouraging front-line health care workers to reuse personal protective equipment.
Doggy deliveries help Colombians shop during pandemic
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — Eight-year-old Eros trots through the streets of this hilly city several times a day with a straw basket in his jaws, taking vegetables, fruit and packaged foods to customers of the El Por…
1 officer charged in George Floyd death seeks case dismissal
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of four Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd is asking to have his client's case dismissed, saying there isn't probable cause to charge him based o…
26 women accuse Paris street artist of rape, sexual assault
PARIS (AP) — Paris police are investigating accusations by 26 women that a street artist in the historic Montmartre neighborhood raped or sexually assaulted them, in what their lawyers describe as a systematic, yea…
Man convicted of killing former German president's son
BERLIN (AP) — A 57-year-old German man was convicted Wednesday of killing the son of Germany's former president Richard von Weizsaecker and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. He was ordered held in a psychiatric w…
Prosecutor: Fireworks stand attack may be racially motivated
A white man has been charged with stabbing a Black man at a Kansas fireworks stand in an attack that the prosecutor said may have been racially motivated.
Trump, Lopez Obrador visit is about trade, but politics too
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s meeting with