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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…
Veteran AP video, photo-journalist in Congo dies of COVID-19
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — John Bompengo, who covered Congo's political turmoil as a freelance photographer and video journalist for The Associated Press over the course of 16 years has died, relatives said Sunday. He w…
The Latest: Italy eyes new WHO advice on isolating patients
ROME — Italy’s Health Ministry is asking government advisers to evaluate new World Health Organization recommendations that people with COVID-19 can come out of isolation even before they test negative for the viru…
Chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem to step down after 27 years
JERUSALEM (AP) — The chairman of Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum and Memorial said Sunday he will be stepping down after 27 years.
NYC virus tracing off to a bumpy start: report
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus through contact tracing has been hampered by the reluctance of many people who are infected with the virus to provide information to trac…
Tennessee lawmakers adjourn without addressing race, reform
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Black lawmakers came back to the Capitol earlier this month with a request for their white colleagues: Advance public policy to send modest signals that say, "Yes, Black lives do…
Longtime AP video journalist in Congo dies of COVID-19
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — John Bompengo, who covered Congo's political turmoil as a freelance photographer and video journalist for The Associated Press over the course of 16 years has died, relatives said Sunday. He w…
Skeletal remains are missing Texas soldier from Oklahoma
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — Skeletal remains found in Texas have been identified as those of a soldier from Oklahoma who was missing from Fort Hood, the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Command in Quantico, Virginia, s…
Minority officers allege discrimination over Chauvin booking
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eight minority corrections officers who work at the jail holding a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd allege that they were barred from guarding or…
Report: Pussy Riot member held in Russia extremism probe
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agency Tass says a prominent member of the protest group Pussy Riot has been detained by the police anti-extremism division.
The Latest: Official describes 'great job' opening US safely
WASHINGTON -- The acting U.S. homeland security secretary says he thinks the Trump administration is doing a “great job” with reopening the country during the coronavirus epidemic despite infections rising in key s…
Dad, brother's deaths leave family bereft on Father's Day
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Philip Reagan had a new job in California, and his older brother Matthew wanted to go along for the ride.
Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new cases soar
BAGHDAD (AP) — In Baghdad’s vast exhibition grounds, masked workers lugged hospital beds into rows for makeshift coronavirus wards, as doctors and officials sounded the alarm Sunday over a surge in virus cases in t…
UK police: Park stabbing that killed 3 was a terror attack
READING, England (AP) — A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. A 25-year-old man who is believed to…
Police say 9 shot, wounded at party in Syracuse, New York
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Nine people were shot at a large party in Syracuse, authorities said, and one victim, a 17-year-old boy, was in critical condition Sunday.
A 'second wave' of coronavirus cases? Not yet, experts say
What's all this talk about a “second wave” of U.S. coronavirus cases?