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Updated 1 month, 4 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
FBI looks for link between 2 ambush killings of officers

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The FBI and local investigators are trying to determine a possible link between the ambush-style killing of a Northern California sheriff's deputy Saturday night and that of a federal offi…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
NASCAR vows to do better job addressing racial injustice

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Bubba Wallace donned a black T-shirt with the words “I Can't Breathe” and NASCAR paused before Sunday's Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway to acknowledge the country's social unrest. The governi…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Italy registers 197 new cases, most in Lombardy

ROME — Italy has registered 197 new cases of COVID-19 with some 60 percent of them in Lombardy, which remains by far the country’s region with the most infections.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
High winds and rain as tropical storm nears US Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal lashed the northern Gulf Coast with high winds and drenching rain Sunday, heading toward a Louisiana landfall while swamping roads in Mississippi, prompting tornado watch…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Former Naval Academy trustee apologizes for racial remarks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former member of the U.S. Naval Academy alumni trustees issued an apology statement Sunday for racially insensitive comments made on social media.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
When protesters cry 'defund the police,' what does it mean?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters are pushing to “defund the police" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their chant has become rallying cry — and a stick for President Do…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Argentine government: Ex-officials spied on journalists

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's intelligence agency says the administration of previous President Maurico Macri spied on more than 400 journalists, and officials have released a document they say is evid…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed …

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Virginia officer charged in use of stun gun on black man

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A white Virginia police officer was charged with assault and battery in connection with the use of a stun gun on a black man, authorities announced.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Feds seek to reinstate conviction of Flynn business partner

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — While federal prosecutors are trying to dismiss their case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, they are trying to get their conviction against his one-time business part…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Former Naval Academny trustee apologizes for racial remarks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former member of the U.S. Naval Academy alumni trustees issued an apology statement Sunday for racially insensitive comments made on social media.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Forrest Fenn's treasure hidden in Rocky Mountains found

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Famed art and antiquities collector Forrest Fenn, who hid $1 million in treasure in the Rocky Mountain wilderness a decade ago, said Sunday that the chest of goods has been found.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Anti-racism protesters rally around world, topple statue

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protesters in the English port of Bristol venting their anger at the c…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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