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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…
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TROPICAL WEATHER-HURRICANE TRACKER — Map. The following digital embed shows real-time tracking for hurricane Delta. It measures the scale of intensity, cone of uncertainty, location path and potential storm surge. …
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Michigan governor links Trump to foiled kidnapping plot
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer linked a
Trump, Barr at odds over slow pace of Durham investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is increasingly at odds with Attorney General William Barr over the status of the Justice Department's investigation into the origin of the Russia probe, with the president …
Next Trump-Biden debate now uncertain as rival camps argue
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the campaigns offered dueling proposals for moving forward with faceoffs tha…
Officials: 2 Cuban doctors held hostage in Somalia not freed
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The foreign ministers of Cuba and Somalia say two Cuban doctors held hostage by the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia have not been freed.
Slain Black man's family vows legal fight against police
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the family of a Black teen killed by a suburban Milwaukee police officer vowed Thursday to keep fighting and working to prove racism pervades the officer’s department, after a p…
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Texas officer charged in Black man's fatal shooting fired
DALLAS (AP) — A white police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man in a small East Texas city was fired Thursday.
National Hurricane Center: Delta regains major hurricane strength over western Gulf, packing sustained 115-mph winds
MIAMI (AP) — National Hurricane Center: Delta regains major hurricane strength over western Gulf, packing sustained 115-mph winds.
The Latest: Hurricane Delta regains Category 3 strength
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):
In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump's fitness to serve
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is questioning President Donald Trump's fitness to serve, announcing legislation Thursday that would create a commission to allow Congress to intervene under the
Trump says he's ready for rallies but details slim on health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he is ready to resume campaign rallies and feels “perfect” one week after his diagnosis with the coronavirus that has killed more than 210,000 America…
'This is not a bad dream': New hurricane menaces Louisiana
ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana residents confronting the menace of a new hurricane weeks after one battered parts of the state got stark warnings Thursday to brace for winds that could turn still-uncollected debri…
2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to two researchers Wednesday for a gene-editing tool that has revolutionized science by providing a way to alter DNA, the code of life — technology already being u…