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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…
Economic concerns high as Mongolia holds national elections
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia conducts parliamentary elections on Wednesday, upholding a nearly 30-year democratic system in a vast but lightly populated country sandwiched between authoritarian regimes in …
Protesters try to pull down Andrew Jackson statue in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House Monday night before being dispersed by police.
Police: Tennessee woman shoots man she suspected of stealing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 88-year-old white woman in Tennessee who was arrested for allegedly shooting a man she suspected to be taking alcohol from her liquor store said she was “fed up” with people stealing from…
Police in, then out, as Georgia hate crimes bill moves ahead
ATLANTA (AP) — In an abrupt turn, Republicans in the Georgia Senate removed protections for police from hate crimes legislation on Monday night, just days after adding them in over the objection of civil rights gro…
SKorean activist floats leaflets to North amid high tensions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean group launched hundreds of thousands of leaflets by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight, an activist said Tuesday, after the North repeatedly warned it woul…
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Surging US virus cases raise fear that progress is slipping
Fired US attorney refused to sign letter critical of NYC
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before Geoffrey S. Berman was axed from his job as head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan, he refused to sign onto a letter crafted by senior officials in Washington lambasting New …
Mexican triplets test positive for virus on day of birth
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s novel coronavirus cases mounted and added their youngest infections Monday, when triplets tested positive for the virus on the day they were born.
At least 15 dead in southern Mexico wind-farm feud killings
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A longstanding feud over a wind-power project has boiled over into grisly violence, after at least 15 people were bludgeoned to death with stones and cement blocks, and some bodies were partly bu…
Federal prosecutor who led Cohen probe now atop NY office
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor who held a key role in the case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney worked Monday to restore calm to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, following the abrup…
The Latest: SCarolina city requires masks in grocery stores
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — A South Carolina city has voted to require people to wear masks in grocery stores and pharmacies, becoming the first in the state mandating face coverings to fight COVID-19.
Mail voting: Pence, aides embrace practice panned by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and a half-dozen other senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press. That under…
Man wronged in past by police saves officer from burning car
There was a boom, then the house shook. Daylan McLee thought for a minute it might have been a small earthquake until a relative came running inside to say there had been a car crash involving a police cruiser outs…
Medicare data: Blacks likelier to be hospitalized for COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Blacks were nearly four times more likely than whites to be hospitalized with COVID-19 among people with Medicare, the government said Monday.
24 organizations urge UN chief to blacklist Saudi coalition
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Two dozen human rights and humanitarian organizations urged Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday to reconsider his decision to take the Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s government o…