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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…
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology or medicine.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask
Bitter US Senate contest dwells on crime, coronavirus
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Candidates in an open U.S. Senate race outlined clashing visions for the future of health care, policing strategies and civil rights struggles in the first public debate of the campaign, aired…
The Latest: India's new virus totals still on downward trend
NEW DELHI — India has registered a single-day spike of 74,442 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally since the pandemic began to 6.6 million.
Asian shares rise on optimism about Trump's recovery
TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia as investors were encouraged by positive reports about President Donald Trump’s health after he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine.
Bitter U.S. Senate contest dwells on crime, coronavirus
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Candidates for an open U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico are parrying a barrage of political attack ads with the first televised debate of the campaign scheduled for Monday evening.
The Latest: India's new virus totals still on downward trend
NEW DELHI — India has registered a single-day spike of 74,442 new coronavirus cases, driving the country’s overall tally since the pandemic began to 6.6 million.
Asia Today: Remote-learning begins in virus-hit Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Grade and high school students in the Philippines began classes at home Monday after the coronavirus pandemic forced remote-learning onto an educational system already struggling to fund …
Trump seizes on small election issues to spread concern
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine ballots discarded in Pennsylvania. A mail carrier who altered a handful of affidavit ballot applications. People being sent double ballots.
Conservation success or pests? Seals spark passionate debate
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal.
Mellon launches $250M project to remake American monuments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At a time of intense scrutiny in America over who is commemorated in public parks or in front of courthouses, the
Trump's defender: Pence's campaign role grows at key moment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is in a familiar spot: standing by President Donald Trump.
Facing a conservative turn, Supreme Court opens new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court opens a new term with Republicans on the cusp of realizing a dream 50 years in the making, a solid conservative majority that might roll back abortion rights, expand gun rights a…
A look at big issues on Supreme Court's agenda in new term
Some of the issues either already on the Supreme Court's docket when it begins its new session or likely to be before the justices soon: