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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 …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Couple complain Animal Planet show cast them as pot growers

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A couple say they were cast in a false light on an Animal Planet reality television show about state Fish and Game conservation officers, but a lawyer for the show's production companies disagr…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Biden marks Veterans Day at Korean War Memorial

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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Missouri woman gets federal prison in terrorism case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to help a former Missouri man who died in Syria while fighting for the Islamic State.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Georgia audit to trigger hand recount of presidential vote

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said will trigger a full hand recount.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Aid group helping French nursing homes as virus deaths jump

PARIS (AP) — Aid group Doctors Without Borders is recruiting emergency help for French nursing homes, where more people with the coronavirus have died so far in November than reported in the previous five months co…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Turkey offended by Pompeo's plan to discuss religious issues

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focu…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Overwhelmed authorities on the Canary Islands are asking Spain’s government for help amid rising tensions between migrants and police at a crowded, makeshift tent camp for a steady stream of…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Georgia's secretary of state has announced a full hand recount of the presidential race; Biden leads by about 14,000

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state has announced a full hand recount of the presidential race; Biden leads by about 14,000.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Virus makes for one of Europe's loneliest WWI remembrances

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — When a dawn fog lifted over countless World War I battlefields, cemeteries and monuments in Belgium and France Wednesday, the pandemic ensured that the remembrance of the millions killed in th…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Wall Street ticks up again, even Big Tech stocks this time

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher Wednesday, and this time big technology stocks are rising too on Wall Street.

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery

PARIS (AP) — Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Clashes at Poland's Independence Day far-right march

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police used tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with far-right supporters Wednesday during an annual Independence Day march attended by thousands in Warsaw that went ahead despite a …

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Typhoon-ravaged northeast Philippines pummeled by new storm

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas as it passed over the storm-battered northeast Philippines, where rescuers were deployed early Thursday to help people flee the rising…

Updated 5 years, 7 months ago
Palestinians hold funeral for veteran negotiator Erekat

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians held a funeral Wednesday for Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and spokesman for their cause who died after being hospitalized with the coronavirus.