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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…
8 more die in Mexico from methanol-tainted liquor
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least eight more people in Mexico have died from drinking alcohol adulterated with methanol, the latest round of mass alcohol poisoning incidents that have cost around a hundred lives in the c…
1 dead, 1 wounded in suspected homicide-attempted suicide
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — One man was killed and another critically woundedin a suspected homicide-attempted suicide Friday at an Oklahoma shooting range, police said.
Barr says he didn’t give tactical order to clear protesters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr says law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White House when he arrived there Monday evening, and he says he…
Footage shows police shot fleeing man over 20 times in Utah
Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away, body camera footage released Friday shows.
Texas GOP condemns posts days before Floyd's Houston burial
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…
Mexico alleges some doctors sold false death certificates
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City officials said Friday that prosecutors are investigating several doctors who allegedly issued false death certificates for people who may have died of the coronavirus.
Venezuela jails 3 DirecTV managers over US firm service end
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan authorities on Friday jailed the last of three local managers of DirecTV under an arrest warrant following the Dallas-based company's abrupt cutoff of services to the South Amer…
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The Latest: U of Minnesota backs resuming in-person classes
MINNEAPOLIS — The president of the University of Minnesota is recommending the school resume in-person classes this fall after shifting to online offerings during the coronavirus pandemic.
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After 30 years, wrongfully convicted death row inmate freed
A man who spent nearly three decades in behind bars, most of them on death row, after he was convicted at his second trial of killing a 4-year-old girl in Philadelphia was released Friday after prosecutors conclude…
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US unemployment drops unexpectedly to 13.3% amid outbreak
The Latest: Pennsylvania easing lockdown in 12 more counties
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf will allow 12 more counties that are home to 1.3 million people to join the nearly 4 million who are now in the least-restrictive phase of his three-step pandemic reopening plan, eve…
US shares proposal to extend Iran arms embargo with Russia
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said Friday she has shared a draft U.N. Security Council resolution with Russia that would extend the arms embargo against Iran indefinitely.
California governor ends police training in 'sleeper hold'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered the state's police training program to stop teaching officers how to use a neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain and endorsed …