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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
Just 19, ranked 54th, Swiatek wins French Open for 1st Slam

PARIS (AP) — Minutes after suddenly becoming a Grand Slam champion at age 19, while ranked just 54th, Iga Swiatek held a microphone during the French Open trophy presentation and was hesitant for pretty much the on…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Former Hurricane Delta weakens to a depression

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Families seek new investigations into old police killings

Richmond, Va. (AP) — One man died after a police officer in New York state told him to move his illegally parked car. Another, in the midst of a mental health crisis, was fatally shot by an officer on a Virginia hi…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Opposition parties win big in Czech Senate election

PRAGUE (AP) — Opposition parties in the Czech Republic have cemented their dominant position in Parliament’s upper house after winning big in an election for a third of the seats in the Senate, as the ruling center…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Baby born on Maine island for 1st time in more than 90 years

ISLESFORD, Maine (AP) — A woman has given birth to a baby on Maine’s Little Cranberry Island for the first time in more than nine decades.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Poland's Iga Swiatek beats Sofia Kenin for French Open title

PARIS (AP) — Poland's Iga Swiatek beats Sofia Kenin for French Open title.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Dr. Fauci: Avoid large gatherings without masks

WASHINGTON -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious-disease expert, is again cautioning against large-scale gatherings of people without masks.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
North Korea unveils new weapons at military parade

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned that his country would “fully mobilize” its nuclear force if threatened as he took center stage at a military parade that unveiled what appeared to b…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Tobacco commission grants can leave communities on the hook

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The executive director of a Virginia economic development commission bent rules to forgive a six-figure grant to a politically connected developer whose planned biofuel project didn’t pan out, …

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Egypt’s president signs strategic maritime deal with Greece

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president Saturday ratified a maritime deal setting its Mediterranean Sea boundary with Greece and demarcating an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights, the state-run news age…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Egypt begins trial of ex-student in case fueling #MeToo wave

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Saturday began the trial of a former student of an elite university on charges of sexual assault of three minors, in a case that has launched a new wave of the #MeToo movement in the Arab worl…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Mideast wildfires kill 2, force thousands to flee homes

BEIRUT (AP) — Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave hitting the region have killed two people, forced thousands of people to leave their homes and detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel bor…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP Interview: Top Afghan negotiator lauds India's support

NEW DELHI (AP) — Afghanistan’s chief peace envoy said Saturday that India’s civil and military leadership are supportive of an inclusive, peaceful settlement of the Afghan peace process and that Kabul’s interaction…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Armenia, Azerbaijan say Nagorno-Karabakh truce violated

MOSCOW (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a Russia-brokered cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting Saturday, but immediately accused each other of derailing the deal intended to end the worst outbreak of host…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Sheriff says Lake Charles area remains dangerous

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):