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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…
Mexico president would sell gas to Venezuela if asked
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he would be willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela for humanitarian reasons despite United States sanctions against the South American nati…
Wall Street cuts losses as markets swing on virus fears
NEW YORK (AP) — Markets worldwide are swinging sharply Monday, with Wall Street slumping to a big morning loss only to erase all of it within a few hours, as uncertainty weighs about where the economy and the coron…
'When does it stop?' Slain man's family makes tearful plea
ATLANTA (AP) — Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violenc…
The Latest: WHO awaiting sequencing of new cases in China
LONDON — The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said he “fully expects” China to share the genetic sequences from the resurgence of coronavirus that have recently hit Beijing, even though they have …
U.S. Air Force says pilot of fighter plane that crashed into the North Sea has been found dead
LONDON (AP) — U.S. Air Force says pilot of fighter plane that crashed into the North Sea has been found dead.
HUD secretary says he'll 'work' Trump on athletes kneeling
WASHINGTON (AP) — The lone African American member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet said Monday he would “work” the president on the issue of athletes taking a knee during the national anthem, though Trump has s…
2nd man charged in death of retired St. Louis police captain
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn during a pawn shop break-in that followed a night of violent protests.
The Latest: Most new cases in Italy are in northern region
ROME — The region in northern Italy where the country’s COVID-19 outbreak began in February accounted for some 85 percent of new cases in the 24-hour period ending on Monday.
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Autopsy: Atlanta man killed by police was shot in his back
ATLANTA (AP) — An autopsy found that the black man killed in a scuffle with Atlanta police outside a fast-food drive-thru was shot twice in the back, the medical examiner's office said.
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US revokes emergency use of malaria drugs vs. coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence they don’t work and could cause serious s…
Driller charged over contamination in 'Gasland' town
An energy company faces felony charges that it polluted residential water wells in a Pennsylvania community that has long been a battleground in the national debate over natural gas drilling and fracking.
France swaps chokehold for stun guns after police protests
PARIS (AP) — Less than a week after France banned police chokeholds, the government responded to growing officer discontent by announcing it would test stun guns for wider use, adding to the ranks of European law e…
US Air Force jet crashes in North Sea; pilot missing
LONDON (AP) — Rescuers have found the wreckage of a U.S. Air Force fighter jet that crashed Monday into the North Sea on Monday, officials said. The pilot remains missing.