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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…
Chicago's holiday weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded
CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago's bloodiest holiday weekends in memory ended with 17 people fatally shot, including a 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, and 70 more wounded, despite a concerted effort to quell th…
California Assembly indefinitely postpones session after lawmaker, 4 others at Capitol test positive for coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Assembly indefinitely postpones session after lawmaker, 4 others at Capitol test positive for coronavirus.
Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will be tested for COVID-19
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said he will be tested for COVID-19 after having an X-ray of his lungs on Monday. He didn't say whether he was showing symptoms of the new coronavirus.
The Latest: UN warns terrorist groups could exploit pandemic
GENEVA — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic can provide new opportunities for the Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida and their affiliates as well as neo-Nazis, white su…
Oklahoma attorney general convinced of Julius Jones' guilt
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate whose case has drawn the attention of actors and athletes was convicted because of overwhelming evidence of his guilt, Attorney General Mike Hunter said Monday.
Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoffs Americans have suffered in the face of the coronavirus pandem…
American student released after 486 days in Egyptian prison
CAIRO (AP) — An American medical student detained without trial in an Egyptian prison for nearly 500 days has been freed and returned to the United States, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
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Police: Texas cop shoots man threatening clerk with knife
GARLAND, Texas (AP) — Police in a Dallas suburb shot and injured a man Monday after a standoff in which he held a convenience store clerk at knife point and threatened to kill the clerk if officers did not kill him…
'Senseless crime': The victims of July Fourth shootings
A 6-year-old computer whiz. A young mother working for a better home for her kids. An 8-year-old who loved to make dance videos.
Woman pleads guilty in scheme to offer information to Russia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman who previously served in the Air Force planned to offer top-secret information from the National Security Agency to the Russian government, prosecutors said Monday in …
AP Photos: Argentines try to find happiness under quarantine
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A few days of the silence and solitude of quarantine was all that Marcela Álvarez could stand.
Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone oil pipeline
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has handed another blow to the disputed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada by keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key permit for the project.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-STATE TRENDS — Table. This interactive tracks increasing and decreasing trends in new coronavirus cases, deaths, testing and positivity rates for each US state over the past 14 days. You can look up …
Police: Man who traded gunfire with Texas police killed self
IRVING, Texas (AP) — A preliminary investigation shows that a man who exchanged gunfire with suburban Dallas police officers after shooting and injuring his wife died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said …