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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…
Prep school responds to sex assault account in Vanity Fair
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former student detailed her account of sexual assault in the 1990s at a New Hampshire boarding school in a recent Vanity Fair article, and school officials commended her for speaking out.
The Latest: VP Mike Pence says BLM wants radical left agenda
The Latest on protests over racial inequality (all times local):
The Latest: Italy adds 174 more confirmed cases, 22 deaths
ROME — Italy has added 174 more confirmed infections and 22 deaths to the official coronavirus toll in the onetime epicenter of Europe’s outbreak.
Louisville calm after man was shot and killed amid protest
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) —
Russian nickel producer admits pollution in Arctic tundra
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian metallurgical company said Sunday that it improperly pumped wastewater into the Arctic tundra and that it has suspended the responsible employees.
The Latest: Africa up to 371,000 confirmed virus cases
JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have climbed to a new high of more than 371,000, including includes 9,484 deaths.
California's alleged Golden State Killer set to plead guilty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Forty years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators later realized were a series of linked assaults and slayings, a 74-year-old former police officer i…
Shootings across Chicago kill 3 kids; cops ask public's help
CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings across Chicago over the weekend have left three children dead, including a 10-year-old girl who was struck in the head by a stray bullet that came through an apartment window.
California man faces 26 charges in Golden State Killer case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a former police officer, faces 13 rape-related charges and 13 murder counts stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 1980s across six counties in California. He is …
Roadside bomb kills 6 Afghan civilians in Helmand province
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb killed at least six Afghan civilians Sunday in the southern Helmand province, including a woman and two children, an official said. No one immediately claimed responsibilit…
Trump approvingly tweets video showing 'white power' chant
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power," a racist slogan associated with white supremacists.
The Latest: US health secretary warns `window is closing'
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is stressing that “the window is closing” for the U.S. to take action to effectively curb the coronavirus.
Experts see no proof of child-abuse surge amid pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic took hold across the United States in mid-March, forcing schools to close and many children to be locked down in households buffeted by job losses and other forms of st…
The Latest: Maryland `reopen' protest organizer has COVID-19
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland man who has helped organize “reopen” protests against measures intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus says he has the virus.
Confirmed virus cases hit 10 million as Poland, France vote
ROME (AP) — Worldwide confirmed coronavirus infections hit the 10 million mark Sunday as voters in Poland and France went to the polls for virus-delayed elections.