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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
Exit poll: Croatia's ruling conservatives win big in vote

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's ruling conservatives have a strong lead over their main center-left rivals at a parliamentary election Sunday held amid a spike in the new coronavirus cases, according to an exit po…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Cities want stay-home orders as Texas cases rise

DALLAS — Leaders in two of Texas’ biggest cities are calling on the governor to empower local governments to order residents to stay home as the state’s continued surge in confirmed cases of the coronavirus tests h…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Arkansas gov: Trump event goers must wear masks

WASHINGTON -- Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says if President Donald Trump were to hold a campaign rally in his Trump-friendly state, people will need to wear masks.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Correction: Election 2020-Digital story

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story July 4, 2020, about social media and the 2020 presidential campaign, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an Instagram account for a group that bakes bread and ships so…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Museum: 'Dukes of Hazzard' car with Confederate flag to stay

VOLO, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois auto museum has no plan to stop displaying a Dodge Charger from the “Dukes of Hazzard” television show with the Confederate battle flag painted atop the vehicle.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Israeli military says Gaza militants fire 2 rockets

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Sunday said two rockets were fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Italy reports dip in virus cases after 5 days

ROME — After five straight days of small increases, the number of day-to-day confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy has dipped.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Dominican Republic chooses leader amid rising COVID-19 cases

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — With COVID-19 cases still surging, the Dominican Republic on Sunday held presidential elections that had already been delayed by the pandemic, and polls indicated that a bus…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Florida hits more than 200,000 coronavirus cases

MIAMI — Florida health officials say the state has reached a grim milestone: more than 200,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Former officer charged in Floyd's death posts $750K bond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd has been released from jail, according to Hennepin County jail records.

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: FDA head rejects Trump's 'harmless' virus claim

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner is declining to back up President Donald Trump’s claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “harmless.”

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Debates turn emotional as schools decide how and if to open

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — School districts across America are in the midst of making wrenching decisions over how to resume classes in settings radically altered by the coronavirus pandemic, with school buses running …

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
Israel, Palestinians face new restrictions amid virus surge

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said Sunday it has ordered thousands of people into quarantine after a contentious phone surveillance program resumed while Palestinians in the West Bank returned to life under lockdo…

Updated 6 years, 1 month ago
The Latest:Phoenix mayor says virus test shortage a 'crisis'

WASHINGTON — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego is pointing to a “crisis” involving coronavirus testing shortages in her city due to surging cases in Arizona, which leads the U.S. in new coronavirus cases per capita.