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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…
The Latest: Philippines puts city back under virus lockdown
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials have placed a central city back under strict lockdown and retained quarantine restrictions in the capital for another two weeks as coronavirus infections continue to spike…
NKorea's military threatens to reenter demilitarized areas
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South…
Asia Today: More controls used in Beijing as outbreak grows
BEIJING (AP) — China increased testing and lockdown measures in parts of the capital Tuesday to control what appeared to be its largest coronavirus outbreak in more than two months.
Man accused of being 'Golden State Killer' to plead guilty
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death …
The Latest: China's capital imposes further virus measures
BEIJING — Beijing is imposing further control measures in an attempt to prevent a new outbreak in the capital from spreading to other parts of the country.
The Latest: Seattle City Council votes to bar gas, spray
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Mexico begins reopening even as cases, deaths remain high
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico began more re-openings of businesses shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, even as deaths and new cases continued at an unbroken pace.
Obama to hold joint fundraiser for Biden next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is getting some help from his “former boss," Barack Obama, as he looks to fill his campaign coffers and unify the Democratic Party ahead of th…
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Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law
Kansas officers shoot, kill man who pointed gun after chase
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas law enforcement authorities on Monday shot and killed a man wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service who led them on a car chase then pointed a gun at them, according to the Kansas Highway P…
Atlanta mayor: Shootings of 3 homeless people appear linked
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said they are investigating the fatal shootings of three homeless people in Atlanta and that they believe the shootings are connected.
Oklahoma father of 2 children who died in hot truck released
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma father accused of the deaths of his young son and daughter after they spent five hours in a hot truck was released after surveillance footage showed the children had climbed into the…
Mississippi DA releases case files in fatal police shooting
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi district attorney has released evidence files in the case of a white officer who fatally shot a black man during a 2015 traffic stop.
Statue of pioneer linked to California Gold Rush is removed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A statue honoring a colonizer who laid claim to the land where the discovery of shiny flakes of gold sparked the California Gold Rush was removed Monday outside a hospital bearing his name…
Feds to review cases into hanging deaths of 2 black men
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities will review local investigations into the hanging deaths of two black men in Southern California to determine whether federal law was violated, officials said Monday.