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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…
Lottery State-by-State
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Thursday:
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Barrett keeps Democrats, Trump at bay in Senate hearing
Mexico experts find 2,000 ruin sites near Maya train route
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts in Mexico said Wednesday they have detected more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artefacts along the proposed route of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on t…
Thai police disperse protesters outside PM's office
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police early Thursday dispersed a group of pro-democracy protesters who camped out overnight outside the office of the prime minister to demand his resignation, leading him to implement a “sever…
US Forecast
US Forecast for Friday, October 16, 2020
Suspect in pregnant woman's slaying removed to Texas jail
TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — A woman suspected of killing a pregnant woman and removing the baby from the victim's womb was moved Wednesday from a jail in Idabel, Oklahoma, to one in Texarkana, Texas.
US warned Nevada not to use Chinese COVID tests from UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. diplomats and security officials privately warned the state of Nevada not to use Chinese-made coronavirus test kits donated by the United Arab Emirates over concerns about pa…
China fires 2 health officials following new virus outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China’s latest coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday.
Lemur missing after break-in at San Francisco Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Someone broke into the San Francisco Zoo overnight and stole a ring-tailed lemur, police said Wednesday.
UN envoy says many ex-combatants in Colombia being killed
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Colombia called Wednesday for improved protection for former combatants who continue to be killed “in alarming numbers,” and he complained of rising violence and massacres b…
A popular Ardern poised to win 2nd term in New Zealand vote
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the final days of campaigning before New Zealand holds an election on Saturday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is being greeted like a rock star.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT
Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls
Embed-Wildfires-Deadly Smoke-State Air Quality, ADVISORY
WILDFIRES-DEADLY SMOKE-STATE AIR QUALITY — Chart. Designed to be stacked together in the order provided, these five interactive charts measure the cumulative number of people exposed to unhealthy or worse air quali…
Today in History
Today in History
Australian police clear 3rd reporter of charges after raids
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police announced on Thursday that a third journalist will not be charged with obtaining classified information 16 months after high-profile police raids triggered national outrage over th…