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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…
Taiwanese vote to recall city mayor who sought presidency
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese in the southern port city of Kaohsiung voted Saturday in a special election to recall their mayor, whose failed bid for the presidency on behalf of the China-friendly Nationalist Par…
China urges citizens to shun Australia as dispute simmers
BEIJING (AP) — China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing’s latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an…
Mail ballots from Tuesday's election push Biden over the top
WASHINGTON (AP) — After primaries and caucuses in 42 states and the District of Columbia, Joe Biden won the last few delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination for president late Friday as states worked t…
The Latest: Beijing eases coronavirus pandemic restrictions
BEIJING — China’s capital is lowering its emergency response level to the second-lowest starting Saturday for the coronavirus pandemic.
Texas GOP condemns George Floyd posts by its local leaders
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three promoted a Facebook post suggesting George Floyd's death was staged. Another shared a Martin Luther King Jr. quote over a picture of a banana. A fifth nudged followers to consider that li…
Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop o…
Buffalo officers suspended in shoving of 75-year-old man
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dozens of Buffalo police officers stepped down from the department's crowd control unit Friday, objecting to the suspensions of two fellow officers in the shoving of a 75-year-old protester who…
Plane crashes in rural Georgia; 2 children among the 5 dead
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — A small plane crashed Friday in rural Georgia, killing all five on board, including four members of a Florida family who were traveling to a funeral in Indiana.
Police arrest man accused of assaulting people posting signs
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A 60-year-old Maryland man was arrested Friday after a video appeared to show him violently grab an object from a young adult who was posting signs protesting the death of George Floyd, park po…
Sheriff: Five killed in small plane crash in Georgia, including four family members who were traveling to a funeral
EATONTON, Ga. (AP) — Sheriff: Five killed in small plane crash in Georgia, including four family members who were traveling to a funeral.
Surfers 'paddle out,' circle up in memory of George Floyd
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — On a sliver of sand that before the Civil Rights era was derisively dubbed "The Ink Well" because of its popularity among black people, hundreds of surfers gathered Friday to honor the l…
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Demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens
Texas GOP condemns George Floyd posts by some local leaders
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three promoted a Facebook post suggesting George Floyd's death was staged. Another shared a Martin Luther King Jr. quote over a picture of a banana. A fifth nudged followers to consider that li…
California man gets life in prison in race-related killings
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man convicted of killing four white men in 2017 in a race-related rampage in California’s Central Valley was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, prosecutors…
AP PHOTOS: Images of calm emerge after days of protests
Amid the anger, violence and grief evident in the massive protests shaking the country after the death of George Floyd, images of calm are beginning to emerge as the mood shifts to more peaceful calls for change.