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Updated 1 month, 3 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
The Latest: VP Pence calls off campaign bus tour of Florida

WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence is calling off a planned bus tour in Florida to benefit his and President Donald Trump’s re-election as the state experiences a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
UK police charge suspect with murder of 3 in Reading park

LONDON (AP) — U.K. counter-terrorism police have charged a 25-year-old man with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for a stabbing attack in an English park that killed three men a week ago.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Police: Baby girl dies in Virginia after being left in car

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — A 11-month-old girl has died after being inadvertently left unattended in a vehicle for “an extended period of time,” police in northern Virginia said Saturday.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Bomb blast kills 2 Afghan human rights commission staffers

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb exploded in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killing two employees of the country's human rights commission, the organization said in a statement.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Lebanese judge bans media from interviewing US ambassador

BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese judge Saturday banned local and foreign media outlets in the country from interviewing the U.S. ambassador to Beirut for a year, calling a recent interview in which she criticized the power…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
The Latest: Florida records new daily high in COVID-19 cases

MIAMI — The state of Florida has set another record in daily confirmed coronavirus cases.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Speedway loses partnerships after 'Bubba rope' post

PINE HALL, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack has lost some partnerships after its owner advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale online days after NASCAR said a noose had been found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallac…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Virginia man charged in connection with cross burning

MARION, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man was charged in federal court this week in connection with the burning of a cross on the front lawn a Black teenager who had recently organized a civil rights protest.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Malawi leader blasts vote rerun as opposition poised to win

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi’s president on Saturday called the historic re-run of the presidential election “the worst in Malawi’s history” but urged the country to move on peacefully as it awaits official resul…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Ethiopian monk said to be 114 years old survives coronavirus

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian Orthodox monk whose family says he is 114 years old has survived the coronavirus.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
The Latest: Italy

ROME — Italy has registered the lowest day-to-day tally of COVID-19 deaths on Saturday since March 1, a week before the country went into nationwide lockdown.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
'Occupy City Hall' protest urges budget cuts for NYC police

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of protesters camped outside City Hall are demanding that lawmakers slash the New York City police budget.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Critics question `less lethal' force used during protests

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When a participant at a rally in Austin to protest police brutality threw a rock at a line of officers in the Texas capital, officers responded by firing beanbag rounds — ammunition that law en…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Ethiopian monk thought to be aged 114 survives coronavirus

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian monk believed to be 114 years old has survived the coronavirus.