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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 …
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The Latest: Britain 5th nation to reach 50,000 virus deaths
LONDON — Britain become the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
5 dead, 111 rescued in Mediterranean migrant shipwreck
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Five people died after a Europe-bound rubber boat carrying 116 migrants and asylum-seekers fell apart in the central Mediterranean Sea, a Spanish humanitarian group said Wednesday.
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EU says looking forward to better ties with US under Biden
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday said it looked forward to better relations with the United States under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, and expressed hope the presidential transition wi…
German court OKs police cadet's expulsion over Nazi concerns
BERLIN (AP) — A German appeals court has upheld the decision of the state of Brandenburg to expel a police academy cadet for using Nazi-related terminology during a class exercise on using the phonetic alphabet dur…
Islamic extremists in Mozambique blamed for mass beheadings
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique's Islamic extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country's north.
NYC woman gets ill swan to clinic via foot, car and subway
NEW YORK (AP) — Ariel Cordova-Rojas went to New York's Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week to celebrate her 30th birthday.
UK becomes 5th country to exceed 50,000 coronavirus deaths
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the fifth country in the world to record more than 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths, a level that one of the nation's leading doctors says “should never have be…
Eta weakens to a tropical storm as Florida prepares for hit
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eta weakened again to a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon just hours after regaining hurricane strength as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm along the Gulf of Mexico coast …
Fired officer says he was unfairly painted as a racist
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer fired for not helping a restrained Black woman who begged for help after she became lodged upside down in the back of his patrol car is appealing his termination, saying offi…
Eta has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves toward Florida's coast
MIAMI (AP) — Eta has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves toward Florida's coast.
Minnesota governor criticizes South Dakota counterpart
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he wishes the neighboring Dakotas would take more aggressive steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus, singling out South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for criticism.
UN agency: Iran uranium stockpile still violates atomic deal
VIENNA (AP) — Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity than permitted, the U.N.’s …
'It's crushing': Survivors react to McCarrick abuse report
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed disgust, frustration and outrage after an internal Vatican report outlined what was known abo…