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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…
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…
The Latest: Former Hurricane Delta weakens to a depression
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):
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…
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…
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.
Poland's Iga Swiatek beats Sofia Kenin for French Open title
PARIS (AP) — Poland's Iga Swiatek beats Sofia Kenin for French Open title.
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.
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Latest: Sheriff says Lake Charles area remains dangerous
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):