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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…
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COVID-19 cases mount at the ends of the Earth in Timbuktu
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — Harandane Toure started taking malaria pills when he first spiked a fever but as the days passed his illness only worsened.
Blast at electricity plant in southern India kills 5
NEW DELHI (AP) — A boiler exploded at a government-run electricity plant in southern India on Wednesday, killing at least five workers, police said.
Court: Permit for oil refinery planned near national park OK
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has sided with state regulators in a challenge to an air quality permit for a proposed oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the western part of …
Businesswoman upsets 5-term congressman in Colorado primary
DENVER (AP) — Five-term Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton was upset in Tuesday’s Republican Party primary by Lauren Boebert, a pistol-packing businesswoman, ardent defender of gun rights and border wall supporter who…
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-PUBLIC HEALTH-STATE LOCAL SPENDING — Chart. An investigation by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News has found that per person spending at state and local public health departments has fallen …
Mexico re-brands 1520 Spanish defeat as 'Victorious Night'
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico City held a small ceremony and unveiled a plaque Tuesday to re-brand the way the 1520 defeat of Spanish conquistadores in Mexico's capital has been remembered.
UN says 140 million females `missing' due to son preference
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 140 million females are considered “missing” today because of a preference for sons over daughters and extreme neglect of young girls leading to their death, the U.N. Population Fund…
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-PUBLIC HEALTH-AGENCY STAFFING AND SPENDING — Map. An investigation by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News has found that per person spending at state and local public health departments has f…
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Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening
`You broke my wrist!' Police sued for taking down wrong man
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Body camera video shows Antonio Arnelo Smith handing his driver's license to a Black police officer and answering questions cooperatively before a white officer walks up behind him, wraps him i…
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Taiwan opens Hong Kong migration office in rebuke to Beijing
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan on Wednesday opened an office to facilitate migration from Hong Kong following China’s passage of a national security law for the former British colony seen as sharply restricting polit…
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VIRUS-OUTBREAK-SHRINKING WORKFORCE — Chart. An investigation by The Associated Press and Kaiser Health News has found that per person spending at state and local public health departments has fallen over the past d…