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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…
The Latest: UK is 2nd nation after US with 40K virus deaths
The U.K. has become the second country to officially record more than 40,000 coronavirus-related deaths as more than 100 scientists wrote to the British government to urge it to reconsider lifting virus lockdown re…
US cardinal at Vatican prays for Floyd, and America's future
ROME (AP) — The highest-ranking American cardinal at the Vatican on Friday deplored the “unjust” killing of George Floyd, saying it laid bare that the Christian principles of the U.S. Constitution aren’t being appl…
Arbery killing stirs call to scrap citizen arrest in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A group of Georgia lawmakers called Friday for the legislature to quickly scrap the state's 19th-century citizen arrest law, which one prosecutor cited in a controversial legal opinion justifyi…
3 Mexican police officers arrested for alleged beating death
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in western Mexico arrested three police officers, including the commissioner, and took over their local police department Friday in connection with the alleged beating death of a man …
3 Chinese nationals sentenced for taking Navy base pics
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Three Chinese nationals have been sentenced to prison for illegally taking photographs at a Florida Navy base.
The Latest: Seattle police union pressed for reform
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Death row inmate walks free after 30 years in girl's killing
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…
Comparisons drawn between Floyd's death and Missouri case
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri NAACP and black lawmakers on Friday urged a new investigation into the death of an African American jail inmate who died in 2017 in a similar circumstance to George Floyd — with a …
Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in conservation area
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump took action Friday to allow commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast.
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Cristobal regains tropical storm force on track to US coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A storm that appears to be headed for the U.S. Gulf Coast regained tropical storm force Friday while drenching southern Mexico and Central America.
Cristobal regains tropical storm force, on a track for U.S. Gulf Coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cristobal regains tropical storm force, on a track for U.S. Gulf Coast.
Pakistani activists: Lawmaker inciting against journalist
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani human rights group and several senior journalists on Friday lambasted a lawmaker from the ruling party, saying he has been inciting to violence against a local TV station’s news present…
Black officers are torn between two worlds amid protests
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black police officers find themselves torn between two worlds: They feel the pain of seeing yet another black man killed at the hands of fellow officers, yet they must also try to keep the peac…
The Latest: Protesters in Cyprus highlight inequalities
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