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Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Atlanta officer kills black man; police chief resigns

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday, less than 24 hours after a black man was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Egypt's 1-day coronavirus infections at new high

CAIRO — Egypt’s Health Ministry has announced 1,677 new confirmed cases of coronavirus — the highest 24-hour infection total since the virus was first detected in the country in mid-February.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Stitt praises Trump after he backs off rally on Juneteenth

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt praised President Donald Trump after the president backed down in the face of widespread criticism and rescheduled his first campaign rally in months away from the Jun…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Georgia nursing staff back with family after virus lockdown

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — Nadia Williams shrieked with surprise and emotion Saturday as she embraced her mother for the first time since agreeing nearly three months ago to live at the elder-care facility where sh…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Atlanta police shoot, kill black man who grabbed a Taser

ATLANTA (AP) — A black man killed by Atlanta police in a struggle following a field sobriety test was shot after he snatched an officer's Taser and pointed it back at the officer while fleeing, the head of the Geor…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: French court blocks coronavirus bans on protests

PARIS — France’s highest administrative court says coronavirus concerns no longer justify banning public protests.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Stitt praises Trump for changing rally date from Juneteenth

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt praised President Donald Trump for rescheduling his first campaign rally in months away from the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the U.S.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Iraqi army says 2 rockets hit base near Baghdad, no losses

BAGHDAD (AP) — Two rockets hit an Iraqi base frequented by U.S. troops north of Baghdad late Saturday without causing any casualties, Iraq's military said, the third such attack this month and just days after Washi…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Alabama county's DA urges new trial for death row inmate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A district attorney in Alabama says a black man who has spent two decades on death row should get a new trial amid questions about the fairness of his 1998 murder conviction.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Body camera footage released of shooting of handcuffed man

CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina released body camera video of officers fatally shooting a handcuffed black man they said was wielding a gun in a Walmart parking lot.