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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…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 3:05 a.m.

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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Prosecutors seek Friday court appearance for Epstein friend

New York (AP) — Prosecutors on Sunday asked a judge to schedule a Friday court appearance in New York for Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate to face charges she helped him recruit women to sexually abuse.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Japan floods leave up to 34 dead, many at nursing homes

TOKYO (AP) — Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilit…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Israel announces successful launch of new spy satellite

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel announced the successful launch of a new spy satellite Monday that will help it monitor Iran's nuclear activities as the Israeli foreign minister hinted that his country may have been behind…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Hospitals approaching capacity as Miami closes restaurants

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Coast Guard alters training for incoming class due to virus

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — There will be nobody screaming in the face of 18-year-old Ellie Hiigel when she arrives Wednesday for training in advance of her first year at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and that has her…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
National Gallery of Art acquires painting by Native American

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Official: Tree falls on garage in storm, 19 to hospitals

PASADENA, Md. (AP) — A large tree toppled onto a detached garage in a Maryland neighborhood where people attending a child's birthday party sought shelter from a storm, sending 19 people to hospitals Sunday afterno…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Virus fear prompts Mexican town to block road from US border

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents of the town of Sonoyta, across from Lukeville, Arizona, briefly blocked the main road leading south from the U.S. border over the weekend over fears of coronavirus outbreaks.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Bald eagle trapped in Alaska tree rescued on 4th of July

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A bird symbolizing America's freedom had to be liberated on Independence Day after becoming stuck in a tree in Alaska, a wildlife official said.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
7-year-old among 13 killed in weekend shootings in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — At least 13 people, including a 7-year-old girl at a family party and a teenage boy, were killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, police said. At least 59 others were shot and wounded.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions

BEIRUT (AP) — Alaa Arnous and his family found the photo of his father Mohammed online last week, the first proof of his fate since he was seized by Syrian government forces seven years ago. The image showed his co…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Man charged in Alabama mall shooting that left boy, 8, dead

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A man has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with a recent shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left an 8-year-old boy dead and three other people injured, authorities said Sund…