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By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which was postponed a year…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henry Ruggs’ lawyers are telling a judge they found a witness who says firefighters were slow to…

By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A rap battle at a local bar means good news for people in…

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — A team comprised of mostly veterans is helping Afghan refugees settle in the United…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling…

By JUAN LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston has…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street’ to receive a measles vaccine as…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial could ask the jury to consider less…

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will attend a national service of remembrance for Britain’s war dead this weekend. The…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In an impassioned speech to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Ugandan activist Vanessa…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have turned the legal screws on one of the country’s most prominent human rights groups. This is the latest…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rising stage star Emilie Kouatchou came close to quitting musical theater during…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A pilot program to help reduce bison at Grand Canyon National Park by shooting them has…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The hunger-striking husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained for more than five…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was 2015 when Congress last approved a major renewal of federal highway and other transportation…

PARIS (AP) — A French man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor to death in an antisemitic attack.…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says the government has signed a contract with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar…