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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…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Sudan’s premier sacks provincial governor after protests

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s prime minister on Tuesday sacked the governor of an eastern province, less than three months after his appointment, the state-run news agency reported.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Barrett tells senators she's not a Scalia clone

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AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020

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Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Woman charged with dumping trash on ICE official's property

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The executive director of an advocacy organization has been charged with misdemeanor offenses for protesting in Virginia on the property of the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforc…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Palestinian premier: 'God help us' if Trump wins re-election

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian prime minister said Tuesday it will be disastrous for his people and the world at large if President Donald Trump wins re-election next month.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Study: Hurricane Irma caused 400 senior deaths in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The aftereffects of 2017's Hurricane Irma appear to have killed more than 400 senior residents of Florida nursing homes, a new university study shows.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Prosecutors: Longer sentences needed for Floyd officers

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors have offered additional explanation about why they believe longer sentences should be given if four former Minneapolis police officers are convicted in the death of George Floyd.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Poland's PM in quarantine after virus contact

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says he’ll quarantine after he met last week with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Nominee Barrett to field questions from senators

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Thai police arrest protesters camping out ahead of rally

BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand have arrested several political activists who planned to camp out at the site of a rally scheduled for Wednesday in Bangkok that is along the route the country’s king is expected t…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
WWII jungle fighting unit approved for congressional medal

The soldiers spent months behind enemy lines, marching hundreds of miles through the tangled jungles and steep mountains of Burma as they battled hunger and disease between firefights with Japanese forces during th…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Chicago police: Pregnant woman fatally shot, baby survives

CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who was eight months pregnant has died after being shot in Chicago and doctors delivered her baby, who was hospitalized in critical condition early Tuesday, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
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Europe eyes new restrictions as virus cases hit record high

GENEVA (AP) — Governments across Europe ratcheted up restrictions Tuesday in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the continent recorded its highest weekly number of new infections since the start …