Wray: Afghanistan unrest could inspire extremism inside US
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials say the possibility of a 9/11-type attack has diminished over the…
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Ex-mayor, elected at age 23, gets 6 years in corruption case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Massachusetts mayor who was once a rising Democratic star after being elected at…
Continue ReadingIran’s president slams US in first speech to UN as leader
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s new president slammed U.S. sanctions imposed on his nation as a…
Continue ReadingLawyer: R. Kelly unlikely to take stand in trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for R. Kelly has told a judge that the R&B singer is unlikely to take the witness stand at his sex-trafficking trial.…
Continue ReadingConsumers get online tool to check nursing home vaccine data
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19…
Continue ReadingQatar’s ruler urges world leaders not to boycott Taliban
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruling emir of Qatar has urged world leaders gathered at the United Nations…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans: Flames shoot up side of Superdome roof, put out
By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Smoke and flames shot up the side of the Superdome’s roof after a pressure washer being…
Continue ReadingGyllenhaal, Fuqua on the van that made ‘The Guilty’ possible
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus has forced Hollywood to adapt in countless ways to keep productions running through…
Continue ReadingNATO leader: Allies need to stand together amid sub flap
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — NATO’s leader is suggesting that members need to focus on “the big picture” and…
Continue ReadingReport: Births decline in pandemic may have turned corner
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press While there has been a decline in births in the U.S. during the pandemic, a new report suggests the drop may have…
Continue ReadingUK minister sorry over Afghan interpreters’ data breach
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense minister has apologized and his ministry has suspended an official after a “significant” data breach…
Continue ReadingRutgers suspends 2 football players after paintball shooting
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Two Rutgers players have been suspended from the football team after they were charged in an incident in which three people…
Continue ReadingIn ‘This is the Night,’ a love letter to cinema, ‘Rocky III’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Filmmaker James DeMonaco remembers the day “Rocky III” hit theaters as if it were yesterday. On Staten Island in…
Continue ReadingKremlin’s party gets 324 of 450 seats in Russian parliament
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Election authorities announced Russia’s ruling party will get 324 of the 450 seats in the next…
Continue ReadingNo charges for police who shot anti-fascist Portland suspect
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state prosecutor has decided not to file criminal charges against police who shot and killed an antifascist…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
By ALEX SANZ Associated Press For weeks, the Afghanistan national girls soccer team had been waiting for word they could leave. On Sunday, the…
Continue ReadingBillionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space. Guterres called out…
Continue ReadingGabby Petito story boosted by social media, true-crime craze
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her…
Continue ReadingLatinos vastly underrepresented in media, new report finds
By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A new government report has found that Latinos are vastly underrepresented in newsrooms, Hollywood…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro rebuffs criticism on pandemic, Amazon
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro issued a defense of his administration at the U.N.…
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