Thai prime minister plans to drop required virus quarantines
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister says the country plans to no longer require…
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Ovechkin begins 5-year contract chasing Gretzky’s goals mark
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Alex Ovechkin starts a new five-year contract ready to chase Wayne Gretzky’s career…
Continue ReadingIndyCar picks Levi Jones to run Indy Lights feeder series
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Veteran sprint car driver and current USAC executive Levi Jones has been named director of Indy Lights. The…
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La policÃa londinense no toma “ninguna otra medida” contra el prÃncipe Andrés tras revisión de denuncia por presunto abuso sexual
Juan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN) — El cuerpo de policÃa de Londres ha decidido “no tomar más medidas” contra el prÃncipe…
Continue ReadingNorthwestern names UW-Madison chancellor as next president
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Chancellor Rebecca Blank is leaving the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become the first female president of Northwestern…
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The Museum at Warm Springs kicks off year-end fundraising campaign
The Museum at Warm Springs kicked off its 2021 year-end fundraising campaign Monday. Designed and built to Smithsonian Institution standards in 1993,…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Pamela strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Pamela is strengthening as it moves along Mexico’s Pacific coast and it is forecast to become a major hurricane…
Continue ReadingAfghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced…
Continue ReadingAfghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
CNN By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was…
Continue ReadingNedumudi Venu, acclaimed Indian film actor, dies aged 73
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Indian film star Nedumudi Venu has died at the age of 73, the doctor treating him has confirmed. Venu was a renowned actor…
Continue Reading2 men charged in St. Paul bar shootout that left 1 dead
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two men have been charged in connection with a weekend shootout at a busy St. Paul bar that…
Continue ReadingSouthwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has canceled hundreds more flights following a weekend of major service…
Continue ReadingHumans were using tobacco at least 12,000 years ago
By Katie Hunt, CNN The tobacco plant has shaped the fortunes of humanity. Today, the substance is used and abused by a billion people around the…
Continue ReadingClimate crisis is ‘single biggest health threat facing humanity,’ WHO says, calling on world leaders to act
By Jacqueline Howard and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The World Health Organization, in a new special report, is calling for governments and policymakers to…
Continue ReadingAdvocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an abortion…
Continue ReadingAdvocates fear Texas and Mississippi abortion laws will worsen the Black maternal health crisis
CNN By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Briana McLennan was 19 years old and at least eight weeks pregnant when she had to make a tough decision: get an…
Continue ReadingGerman city of Cologne permits broadcast of muezzin’s call
BERLIN (AP) — The German city of Cologne will start permitting mosques to broadcast muezzin calls for prayer. The city says calls can be broadcast…
Continue ReadingBiden to LGBTQ Americans on National Coming Out Day: ‘You are loved and accepted just the way you are’
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated National Coming Out Day by saying the US still has work to do to achieve equality…
Continue ReadingFor Thill, taking Luxembourg to a World Cup is family affair
By The Associated Press After stunning one of Europe’s soccer giants by scoring the winner against Real Madrid in the Champions League, anything…
Continue ReadingGranville Adams, ‘Oz’ actor, has died
By Chloe Melas, CNN Granville Adams, who starred as Zahir Arif on HBO’s “Oz,” has died following a lengthy battle with cancer,…
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