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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…
Hawaii extends 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige extended the state's mandatory 14-day quarantine for all arriving travelers on Wednesday in a bid to keep coronavirus cases in the islands low.
Biden says questions about 1994 crime bill are 'legitimate'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden acknowledged Wednesday that questions raised about his support for the 1994 crime bill are “legitimate.” But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee insisted that people should j…
Cristobal remnants head to Canada after battering Midwest US
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Severe thunderstorms accompanied by winds approaching 70 mph battered lower Michigan late Wednesday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal moved out of the Midwest and into Canada.
Report: Bullet that killed woman fired from airman's rifle
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A bullet taken from the skull of a woman whose body was discovered in northern Arizona was fired from a rifle owned by an Air Force airman charged in her death, authorities said Wednesday.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT
'Stop the pain,' George Floyd's brother pleads with Congress
California Assembly backs plan to let voters decide on overturning affirmative action ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Assembly backs plan to let voters decide on overturning affirmative action ban.
Jon Ossoff wins Georgia Senate primary; will face Perdue
ATLANTA (AP) — Jon Ossoff, a young Georgia media executive known for breaking fundraising records during a 2017 special election loss for a U.S. House seat, beat back a field of Democratic primary opponents to win …
California Assembly backs repealing affirmative action ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A decades-long push to let California's public universities and government agencies consider race when making admissions and hiring decisions passed its first test Wednesday as more than t…
The Latest: China reports 11 new virus cases, all imported
BEIJING — China has reported a small spike in imported confirmed cases of coronavirus to 11. There were no new deaths or cases of local transmission in Thursday’s report.
Missouri paper owners resign in protest over racist cartoon
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The co-owners of a family-owned Missouri newspaper resigned from their positions in protest Wednesday after the publication of a racist syndicated cartoon that depicted a black man stealing a p…
Police investigate connection between bodies, highway chase
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of leading police on a vehicle chase through South Florida earlier this week might be connected to the bodies of two stabbing victims found on a beach around the time of t…
Ossoff holds strong lead in Georgia US Senate primary
ATLANTA (AP) — A media executive backed by civil rights icon John Lewis held a strong lead in Georgia’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, but with vote tabulation still underway in several large coun…
Judge blocks ICE from civil arrests at New York courthouses
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration authorities can’t make civil arrests at New York state courthouses or arrest anyone going there for a proceeding because a policy change was made in an arbitrary and capricious m…
2 Brazil governors under fire in probes of COVID spending
RÍO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two Brazilian governors came under more fire Wednesday over allegations of corruption related to COVID-19 spending, with one having his home raided and another set to face an impeachment proce…
Scott's challenge: Uniting Senate GOP behind police overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP is looking for an answer on how to respond to national outrage over the police killing of George Floyd. And they are looking to Sen. Tim Scott to provide it.