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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…
Yemeni officials say clashes kill 23 in Hodeida, Marib
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials and tribal leaders said Saturday fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels has killed at least two dozen people in the past three days in Marib province and the key p…
Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis travelled to the tomb of his nature-loving namesake and signed an encyclical Saturday laying out his vision of a post-COVID world built on solidarity, fraternity and care for the e…
Florida man who tried to get ballot for dead wife charged
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say they've filed a voter fraud charge against a man who said he said he “wanted to test the system" when he tried to obtain a mail-in ballot for his deceased wife.
The Latest: GOP Minnesota congressmen criticized for flight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on coronavirus infections hitting President Donald Trump and others in his circle (all times EDT):
Cunningham admits sending sexually suggestive texts
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Democratic challenger in North Carolina's closely contested U.S. Senate campaign has acknowledged exchanging sexually suggestive text messages with a woman who's not his wife, but he said h…
Trump's diagnosis shows US vulnerability to the coronavirus
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s startling COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a cruel reminder of the pervasive spread of the coronavirus and shows how tenuous of a grip the nation has on the crisis, heal…
Two killed, 24 missing in severe floods in Italy and France
PARIS (AP) — Flooding from record rains in the mountainous region that spans France and Italy killed two people in Italy and left at least 24 people in the two countries missing Saturday.
Egypt reveals 59 ancient coffins found near Saqqara pyramids
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minster said on Saturday archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo.
Migrant caravan from Honduras faces roadblocks in Guatemala
POPTUN, Guatemala (AP) — Early Saturday, hundreds of Honduran migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border by authorities after running into a lar…
Suspicious object found on train in Germany, deactivated
BERLIN (AP) — Police say experts have deactivated a suspicious object found in an out-of-service train in the German city of Cologne.
The Latest: Wisconsin senator confirms coronavirus infection
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — The Latest on coronavirus infections hitting President Donald Trump and others in his circle (all times local):
One killed, 25 missing in severe floods in Italy and France
PARIS (AP) — Flooding from record rains in the mountainous region that spans France and Italy killed an Italian firefighter and left at least 25 people missing Saturday.
Amid pandemic challenges, houses of worship show resiliency
The coronavirus pandemic has posed daunting challenges for houses of worship across the U.S., often entailing large financial losses and suspension of in-person services. It also has sparked moments of gratitude, w…
Surge in new GOP voters puts pressure on Florida Democrats
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) —
VP Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the U.S. borders, overruling the agency’s scientists who said ther…