Dad who fled Afghanistan sues US to reunite with young sons
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — An Afghan man who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan says the Biden administration has…
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Russia to host Taliban, other Afghan parties for talks
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is set to host the Taliban and other Afghan factions for talks later this month, in a…
Continue ReadingWhat to expect as US weighs COVID shots for younger kids
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer It could take U.S. regulators a few weeks to decide whether to clear COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to…
Continue Reading2 white men who attacked Black man in Iowa get probation
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The second of two white men who severely beat a Black man during what the victim said was a racist attack has been…
Continue ReadingIsrael opens its pavilion with big bash at Dubai’s Expo 2020
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel has ceremonially opened its gleaming pavilion at the world’s fair in…
Continue ReadingAfrica welcomes new malaria vaccine as a ‘game-changer’
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — African health officials are optimistic that the world’s first malaria vaccine endorsed…
Continue ReadingPhoenix, other cities keep growing as climate danger rises
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Soaring temperatures fueled by climate change are making it harder to live in some of the…
Continue ReadingAt flooded restaurant near Bangkok, the special is a splash
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated Press NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — A flood-hit riverside restaurant in Thailand has become an unlikely dining…
Continue ReadingIn ‘The Rescue’ a perilous underwater mission in focus
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Rescue” is the fullest, most detailed and most heart-pounding documentary portrait of just…
Continue ReadingGOP targets rural Democrats, rare breed in Virginia politics
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two of the last remaining rural Democrats in the Virginia House of Delegates are being…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico to host show’s 1st Dec. 31 Spanish countdown
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Spanish-language countdown will be included for the first time in the “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve…
Continue Reading18 ex-NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say 18 former NBA players have been charged with…
Continue ReadingFamily of slain Florida woman questions investigation
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of a slain college student says a deputy dismissed clues that should have kept the man now suspected of killing her…
Continue ReadingThailand police seeking protesters in shooting of officer
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say they are seeking four suspects in connection with the…
Continue ReadingCongo’s famous mountain gorilla dies at 14 in Virunga Park
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The Virunga National Park in Congo says that Ndakasi, the mountain…
Continue ReadingMagnitude 5.9 quake halts trains in Tokyo area; 30 injured
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A powerful magnitude 5.9 earthquake has shaken the Tokyo area, injuring more than 30 people and…
Continue ReadingGhost towns: Nursing home staffing falls amid pandemic
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Even before the pandemic bared the truth of a profit-driven nursing home industry with…
Continue ReadingAP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10, 1871
CHICAGO (AP) — AP WAS THERE: Great Chicago fire, Oct. 8-10,…
Continue ReadingCourt rules Polish Constitution has primacy over EU laws
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s constitutional court has ruled that Polish laws have supremacy over those of…
Continue ReadingFrench Church and state at odds over sex abuse confessions
PARIS (AP) — France’s government has summoned the head of the French Catholic bishops’ conference after he said that secrets shared in the…
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