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Updated 5 days, 19 hours ago

U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Trump's silent public outing belies White House in tumult

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent 10 minutes in public honoring America's war veterans — a veneer of normalcy for a White House that's frozen by a defeated president mulling his options, mostly forgoing the mech…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Lawsuit: Former Louisville officer sexually assaulted woman

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who faces criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor raid is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Police: Man claims he was headed to kill former U.S. senator

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who claimed he was headed to Missouri to kill former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was arrested Wednesday in Utah after troopers caught him driving up to 130 mph (209.21 kph), according to …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Masters in November gives golf a big sendoff

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Any optimism that the next Masters will be restored to its full glory of spring blooms and the endless chorus of cheers was dampened only by the reality of the calendar and the recent spikes in …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
US voters have spoken: What's next to make it official?

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's election was not the last step in selecting Joe Biden as the next American president. Under a system that’s been tweaked over two centuries, there is still a weeks-long timeline during…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases

Temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks like the ones used at schools and doctor's offices have again proved inadequate for spotting coronavirus infections and preventing outbreaks.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Republican Thom Tillis wins reelection to U.S. Senate from North Carolina

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Thom Tillis wins reelection to U.S. Senate from North Carolina.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Republican Tillis keeps N. Carolina Senate seat

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff races in Georgia in January if they are to seize Senate cont…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Biden's agenda at stake, battle for Senate pushes to January

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Senate won’t be decided until January

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Cyprus locks down southwest over surge in coronavirus cases

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus put its entire southwest under a strict 19-day lockdown Wednesday, banning any non-essential movement of people and shuttering bars and restaurants after a string of escalating restric…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Fiery crash closes bridge linking Ohio, Kentucky 'for days'

CINCINNATI (AP) — A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as intense heat from the blaze delayed inspections of the bridge that serves as a crucial link fo…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Ivory Coast president meets opposition leader amid tensions

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie met with President Alassane Ouattara Wednesday after contesting his re-election to a third term in an effort to start a dialogue to avoid …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel team

WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive in…