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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…
6-year-old boy fatally shot in San Francisco neighborhood
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 6-year-old boy was killed in a San Francisco shooting that left another person wounded, police said Sunday.
The Latest: Californians mostly avoid beaches over weekend
LOS ANGELES -- Californians mostly heeded warnings to stay away from beaches and other public spaces during the long weekend.
'Killed a baby:' 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd of armed people opened fire on a car she was riding in near a flash point of recent protests in Atlan…
Family lawyer: Army investigators have identified remains of soldier who vanished more than 2 months ago from Texas base
DALLAS (AP) — Family lawyer: Army investigators have identified remains of soldier who vanished more than 2 months ago from Texas base.
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.
Lawyer: Remains of missing Texas soldier identified
DALLAS (AP) — Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas, according to a lawyer for the soldier's family.
Police: Men yelled racial slurs at Black family in Oregon
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Seven men were arrested after police say they taunted a Black family by yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes during a Fourth of July incident in an Oregon beach town.
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The Latest: WVirginia sees biggest 2-day jump in virus cases
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has experienced its biggest two-day jump in confirmed coronavirus cases, according to health statistics released Sunday.
Woman who made racist remarks in video faces separate charge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman whose racist, anti-Asian tirades were caught on video last month is facing a warrant for her arrest in connection with a separate confrontation last year.
The Latest: US House Speaker tests positive for coronavirus
JACKSON, Miss. — House Speaker Philip Gunn says he has tested positive for the coronavirus as state health officials report more than 200 new infections and five deaths linked to the pandemic.
Suspected jihadists fire on UN aid copter in Nigeria; 2 dead
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists opened fire on a U.N. aid helicopter in northeastern Nigeria over the weekend, killing two civilians in an escalation of hostilities in the long troubled region.
Croatia's ruling conservatives winning parliamentary vote
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The ruling conservatives are overwhelmingly winning Croatia's parliamentary elections held Sunday amid a spike in new coronavirus cases as the latest European Union member leans further to th…
Iran confirms damaged nuclear site was centrifuge facility
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Sunday confirmed that a damaged building at the underground Natanz nuclear site was a new centrifuge assembly center, the official IRNA news agency reported.