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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…
Australia 'disheartened' by death sentence in China
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia on Sunday described as “deeply disheartening” a death sentence China imposed on an Australian man accused of drug smuggling, and the trade minister said it shouldn’t be linked to ongoing fri…
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West Point graduates its first observant Sikh woman
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — The United States Military Academy at West Point will make history Saturday when it graduates the first observant Sikh woman to successfully complete the path to a four-year degree.
Atlanta officer fired after fatal shooting of black man
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police said Sunday the department fired one officer and placed another on administrative duty for the fatal shooting of a black man who resisted arrest after failing a field sobriety test — a…
S Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Sunday convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to uphold reconciliation agreements, hours after the North threatened to demolish a liaison office and ta…
China reports 57 new confirmed coronavirus cases, highest daily number in 2 months
BEIJING (AP) — China reports 57 new confirmed coronavirus cases, highest daily number in 2 months.
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Atlanta mayor: Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned after Saturday's fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayor: Police Chief Erika Shields has resigned after Saturday's fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal police shooting
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday hours after a black man was fatally shot by an officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test. Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer's …
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New Orleans protesters pull down bust, throw it in river
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Protesters Saturday tore down a bust of a slave owner who left part of his fortune to New Orleans' schools and then took the remains to the Mississippi River and rolled it down the banks into the…
18 dead, 189 hurt as tanker truck explodes on China highway
BEIJING (AP) — A tanker truck exploded on a highway in southeastern China on Saturday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 189 others, authorities said.
Correction: Sikh Graduate-West Point story
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — In a story June 12, 2020, about a Sikh graduate at West Point, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Second Lt. Anmol Narang is the first Sikh graduate of the United States Military Aca…
Texas prosecutors probe irregularities in 2004 Floyd arrest
DALLAS (AP) — Texas prosecutors are examining potential irregularities in a scandal-ridden former Houston police officer's arrest of George Floyd on a minor drug charge — a probe that could expand the body of convi…
Protesters in US call attention to deaths of more black men
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white Atlanta police officer and the death of another black man found hanging from a tree outside a city hall in California ignited new anti-racism protests over the weekend.