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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…
Trump administration to give Congress full virus loan data
WASHINGTON (AP) — After prodding from Democratic lawmakers, the Trump administration has agreed to give Congress — but not the public — complete data on the millions of small businesses that received loans from a $…
Police chief says 2 people have been killed in a warehouse shooting in Illinois; suspected gunman found dead
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Police chief says 2 people have been killed in a warehouse shooting in Illinois; suspected gunman found dead.
The Latest: Newsom urges stay-home order in hard-hit county
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he wants an agricultural Southern California county to reimpose stay-home orders amid a surge in positive coronavirus tests there and through much of the …
Family's lawyer continues her own investigation for McClain
DENVER (AP) — The lawyer for the family of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after being stopped by suburban Denver police last year because he was “being suspicious,” said Friday she and McClain's relatives wil…
Coronavirus task force briefs — but not at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was no presidential appearance and no White House backdrop when the government's coronavirus task force briefed the public for the first time since April — in keeping with an administration …
2 dead, 1 hurt in Illinois warehouse shooting; suspect dead
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two employees were killed and another was critically injured Friday morning at a warehouse in central Illinois, all apparently shot by a coworker who was found fatally shot in his car later…
Man shot in back of head by S. Carolina cop sues department
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Black man who was shot in the back of the head during a traffic stop in South Carolina last fall is suing the Columbia Police Department, the city and the officer.
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Police solve case of girl abducted, raped, killed in 1982
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A nearly four-decade-old cold case involving the abduction, rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl was pronounced closed Friday when Columbus police said a new genealogical testing technique id…
Family's lawyer plans her own probe in Colorado man's death
DENVER (AP) — The lawyer for the family of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after being stopped by suburban Denver police last year because he was “being suspicious,” said Friday she and McClain's relatives wil…
3 die in New Mexico from drinking hand sanitizer
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Three people have died, three others are in critical condition and one person is permanently blind after apparently drinking hand sanitizer that contained methanol, New Mexico health officials…
Facebook to label all rule-breaking posts - even Trump's
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook said Friday that it will flag all "newsworthy" posts from politicians that break its rules, including those from President Donald Trump.
Trump tweets wanted poster related to statue-removal attempt
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used Twitter on Friday to call for the arrest of protesters involved in this week's attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson from a park directly in front of the Wh…
Virus hits Venezuelan city, raising fears of broader crisis
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hospitals in the capital of Venezuela's main oil-producing state are filled with coronavirus patients and dozens of health workers have been infected, witnesses said this week in the first…
Annual Michigan boat party threatens social distancing rules
GULL ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of boats congregated Friday around a small island in Lake St. Clair in an annual celebration of water and sun that was expected to place thousands of people at odds with Michigan'…