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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, 2 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

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

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 states

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Stonewall Jackson removed from Richmond's Monument Avenue

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work crews wielding a giant crane, harnesses and power tools wrested an imposing statue of Gen. Stonewall Jackson from its concrete pedestal along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on …

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Asia Today: Cases rise in locked Australian suburbs, India

A coronavirus outbreak in Australia's second-largest city continued to grow Thursday and the Northern Territory detected its first case in three months.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Confirmed coronavirus cases are rising in 40 of 50 states

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Sudan's bid to ban genital mutilation sparks hope, caution

CAIRO (AP) — It’s been more than 60 years. But the scene is seared still into Kawthar Ali’s mind. The women pinned her down on a bed. She was maybe 5 1/2 or 6 years old. Holding her knees, they spread her legs open…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
The Latest: India virus count tops 600,000 amid recent surge

NEW DELHI — The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in India has topped 600,000, with health authorities reporting 19,148 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Closing bars to stop coronavirus spread is backed by science

Authorities are closing honky tonks, bars and other drinking establishments in some parts of the U.S. to stem the surge of COVID-19 infections — a move backed by sound science about risk factors that go beyond wear…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
AP Exclusive: Hair weaves from Chinese prison camps seized

Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

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

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Today in History

Today in History

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Formula 1 season starts 4 months later in a different world

SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Four months after the opening race was called off at the last minute, the Formula One season finally gets underway this weekend on another continent and in a different-looking world.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Mexican authorities say gunmen burst into a drug rehab center and opened fire, killing 24 people and wounding seven

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say gunmen burst into a drug rehab center and opened fire, killing 24 people and wounding seven.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Long-shut factory helps COVID-struck Afghans breathe free

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven years ago, Najibullah Seddiqi closed his oxygen factory, frustrated with power cuts and with rampant corruption that kept him from getting contracts with hospitals.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
AP PHOTOS: India's lockdown spurs new gardeners in Nagaland

KOHIMA, India (AP) — Two healthy pots of coriander and two of spinach are enough to provide a sense of achievement for Theyiesinuo Keditsu, a young English professor and mother of four.