Russia was ready for Taliban’s win due to longtime contacts
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the Taliban swept over Afghanistan, Russia was ready for the rapid developments after…
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If you live in a state with a low vaccination rate, you’re 4 times more likely to be hospitalized and more than 5 times more likely to die
By Jason Hanna, Steve Almasy and Madeline Holcombe, CNN A vast majority of US residents live in an area with high Covid-19 transmission, but…
Continue ReadingAs tanks rolled in 1991, AP photographer sprang into action
By ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — On Aug. 19, 1991, a group of top Communist Party hard-liners declared they had removed…
Continue ReadingTerremoto en Haití, minuto a minuto: ya son más de 2.000 los muertos
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Continue ReadingBangladesh disputes study into alleged forced disappearances
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is disputing a Human Rights Watch investigation into disappearances of government critics and others as built…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: Hungary evacuates 2 dozen nationals from Kabul
The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than two dozen Hungarian nationals evacuated from Kabul have arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, and…
Continue ReadingGulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a virus hotspot
By JAY REEVES Associated Press GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Gulf Coast is glowing like a bad sunburn on maps that show COVID-19 trouble spots…
Continue ReadingReport: 2 Hong Kongers plead guilty to foreign collusion
HONG KONG (AP) — Two Hong Kongers have reportedly pleaded guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign forces as well as Next Digital founder Jimmy…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter, trounced in 1980, gets fresh look from history
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is sometimes called a better former president than he was president. The backhanded…
Continue ReadingHuawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s extradition hearings have finally wrapped up. The case isn’t over yet
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Extradition hearings for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou have concluded more than two years after she was arrested in Vancouver,…
Continue ReadingBooming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The northern Colorado city of Greeley is in one of the fastest-growing regions in the United…
Continue Reading8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A woman convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch…
Continue ReadingDodgers pummel Pirates 9-0 for 6th straight win, gain on SF
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy slugged two homers and drove in five runs to highlight a power performance by the Los…
Continue ReadingWayne Hughes, billionaire businessman and horse owner, dies
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder and chairman of Public Storage has died. B. Wayne Hughes died at home in Lexington,…
Continue ReadingPolice jailed a man for murder; algorithm was key evidence
By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams, a 65-year-old grandfather…
Continue ReadingCastellanos leads D-backs to 4-2 win over slumping Phillies
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Humberto Castellanos earned his first major league win and added two hits to push the Arizona…
Continue ReadingHow AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence
By GARANCE BURKE, MARTHA MENDOZA, JULIET LINDERMAN and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to…
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Les Schwab Amphitheater to soon require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test for all events
The Les Schwab Amphitheater will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test at all concerts “in short order,” but still plans to only…
Continue ReadingEthnic health care systems strained in Myanmar amid pandemic
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Independent ethnic organizations that have been providing health care in Myanmar…
Continue ReadingAugust 19, 2021, Afghanistan-Taliban news
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