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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…
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SUPREME COURT-IMMIGRATION — Chart. Number of participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows people brought to the U.S. illegally as children live and work without fear of de…
Amid protests for racial justice, Juneteenth gets new renown
DETROIT (AP) — Protesters marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, chanted “We want justice now!” near St. Louis' Gateway Arch, prayed in Atlanta and paused for a moment of silence at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial i…
Court says Trump rally attendees don't have to wear masks
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa this weekend to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing insi…
Phoenix mandates wearing masks amid surge of virus cases
PHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix on Friday approved a measure requiring people to use face masks in public to ward off the spread of the coronavirus as Arizona hit an all-time high for new daily cases.
Puerto Rico hit with water rationing amid severe drought
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government announced water rationing measures on Friday as 26% of the U.S. territory faces a severe drought amid the pandemic.
Somali-owned wellness clinic works to heal South Minneapolis
(RNS) — In late May, Sulekha Ibrahim opened the doors of
Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nat…
Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor pleads guilty to state perjury charge related to self-published children’s books
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor pleads guilty to state perjury charge related to self-published children’s books.
AP Interview: Ethiopia to fill disputed dam, deal or no deal
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — It’s a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before the filling of Africa’s most pow…
Congressman: Remove Confederate traces from West Point
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy has been asked again to rename buildings honoring Confederate officers like Robert E. Lee by the Democratic congressman who represents the area.
1 dead in Toronto shooting; 2 suspects seen fleeing scene
TORONTO (AP) — One man has died after a shooting in Toronto's north end, Canadian police said Friday.
West Va. city debuts anti-mine vehicle amid policing debate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — During a national debate about law enforcement, a police department in a tiny West Virginia city has unveiled a gift from the federal government: a massive mine-resistant vehicle.
UN rights body to report on racism after Floyd killing
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body agreed unanimously Friday to commission a U.N. report on systemic racism and discrimination against black people while stopping short of ordering a more intensive inve…
Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two senior commanders on a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier didn't “do enough, soon enough," to stem the outbreak, the top U.S. Navy officer said Friday, a stunning reversal that upheld t…
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