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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…
Turkey, Iran summoned over bombing of Kurdish rebels in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — Baghdad on Thursday summoned ambassadors from Turkey and Iran over their countries’ separate military operations this week targeting Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, calling the attacks an affront to…
Israeli soldier gets community service after killing Gazan
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier who shot and killed a Palestinian fisherman near the Gaza frontier in 2018 has been given 45 days of community service after an army investigation concluded he fired without auth…
The Latest: Pakistan reopens border with Iran for goods
QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan on Thursday announced that it is reopening its key southwestern Taftan border crossing with neighboring Iran to allow trade between the two countries.
Naval Academy opens investigation into social media posts
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Naval Academy has opened an investigation into social media posts allegedly made by a midshipman in the wake of protests over the police custody death of George Floyd in Minnesota, a …
Michigan board: Take 2nd look at anti-abortion signatures
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's elections board on Thursday ordered the state to take a second look at whether an anti-abortion group collected enough signatures to put veto-proof legislation before the Republican…
Court: Chicago can preserve old records of police complaints
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Chicago can keep all records of complaints against police officers that are more than five years old, delivering a victory for police reform a…
Wall Street drifts in midday trading, Treasury yields fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is flipping between small gains and losses Thursday as rising infection levels of the coronavirus clash with hopes for a coming economic recovery.
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Charges dropped against man accused in Chicago slaying of 4
CHICAGO (AP) — Murder charges have been dropped against a man who was accused of fatally shooting four people at a Chicago restaurant in 2017, with prosecutors citing unreliable eyewitness accounts in their request…
Polish leader's Trump card: a pre-election U.S. invite
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Donald Trump will be giving an image boost to Poland's populist president, Andrzej Duda, by hosting him at the White House next week, just four days before Poland holds a presidentia…
India says it seeks to ease tensions with China after clash
NEW DELHI (AP) — India said Thursday it was using diplomatic channels with China to de-escalate a military standoff in a remote Himalayan border region where at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed this week.
Injunction extended against removing Lee statue in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a famed avenue in the former capital of the C…