Associated Press Missouri headlines

This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published in the past week.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Super Bowl champion Philadelphia will host Atlanta to kick off the 2018 NFL season on Thursday night, Sept. 6.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Super Bowl champion Philadelphia will host Atlanta to kick off the 2018 NFL season on Thursday night, Sept. 6.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Former U.S. men's captain Carlos Bocanegra and retired women's midfielder Angela Hucles will chair a new technical development committee established by the U.S. Soccer Federation.

FIFA's willingness to prosecute any racism complaints at the World Cup in Russia was questioned by activists Thursday after the governing body dropped a case from the final of the Under-17 edition without taking action.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will head to England's home of soccer when they take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in one of four NFL international games next season.

BERLIN (AP) -- After another difficult season for Borussia Dortmund, Peter Stoeger has yet to show he can revitalize a club still missing the charisma of Juergen Klopp.

Red Bulls general manager Marc de Grandpre was so committed to making sure young fans with autism and their families were welcomed to the team's matches that he gave up his office.

MOSCOW (AP) -- About 200 Cossacks will be drafted in to provide security at World Cup games in Russia.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Although Zlatan Ibrahimovic still hasn't officially confirmed he's playing in Russia this summer, the LA Galaxy superstar has already landed a big World Cup endorsement deal.

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian star Neymar expects to be in better shape at the World Cup in Russia than he was before his foot injury.

MOSCOW (AP) -- FIFA charged World Cup host Russia with fan racism on Tuesday, less than two months before the tournament begins.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's chief prosecutor says law enforcement agencies have thwarted an alleged plot by right-wing soccer fans to derail events at the World Cup.

BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors say a man accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on a train full of soccer fans was convicted of another rape in November, but had not yet started serving his sentence.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Animal rights groups have condemned the use of a bear that performed before a Russian soccer match.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has been fined by Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber for criticizing referee Baldomero Toledo after a 3-2 loss to Orlando on April 8.

A FIFA task force arrived in Morocco on Monday to inspect a World Cup bid that obscures one potential impediment to hosting the 2026 soccer showpiece: Homosexuality is a criminal offense in the north African country.

It was a promotion push funded in China, masterminded in Portugal, and realized in an industrial city in central England.

LONDON (AP) -- Andy Carroll scored a 90th-minute equalizer for West Ham to draw with relegation-threatened Stoke 1-1 in the English Premier League and come to teammate Joe Hart's rescue after the goalkeeper's latest error on Monday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will drop some of the high-profile players who gifted the English Premier League title to Manchester City at the weekend, saying "the price they cost, their salary, their beautiful face" doesn't guarantee a place in his team.