Taliban replace ministry for women with ‘virtue’ authorities
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of…
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Romanian forest attack highlights illegal logging ‘scourge’
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian authorities say two journalists and an environmental activist have been…
Continue ReadingNew tropical depression forms; Odette well offshore
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have announced Saturday night the formation of a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National…
Continue ReadingIn Russian Far East city, discontent smolders amid election
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — In the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. a few demonstrators gather nightly…
Continue ReadingPhotos show North Korea expanding uranium enrichment plant
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite images show North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its…
Continue ReadingAluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aluminum wraps designed to protect homes from flames are getting attention as wildfires burn in…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Jurors conclude Durst heir ‘killed them all’
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Robert Durst’s long, bizarre and deadly run from the law ended when a Los Angeles…
Continue ReadingPentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple…
Continue ReadingDemocrats tackling flash points of taxes, health, climate
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats face a daunting assignment. They’re trying to complete a $3.5…
Continue ReadingAgents search in Wyoming for woman, in Florida for boyfriend
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida searched a vast wildlife reserve near the Gulf Coast for 23-year-old…
Continue ReadingCalifornia wildfires make run toward giant sequoia groves
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Two lightning-sparked wildfires in California merged and made a run to the edge of a grove of ancient sequoias, driving…
Continue ReadingOne stunning afternoon: Setbacks imperil Biden’s reset
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In one stunning afternoon, President Joe Biden was dealt a series of…
Continue ReadingIn edgy Washington, police outnumber Jan. 6 protesters
By COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, NATHAN ELLGREN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Washington still on edge after…
Continue ReadingBrian Laundrie’s family tells police, FBI he is missing
Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida said they are working with the FBI to find 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, whose girlfriend…
Continue ReadingNo injuries as 4.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Los Angeles
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, but there aren’t any immediate reports of major…
Continue ReadingUN holds emergency session on Somalia’s political crisis
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has held emergency consultations on Somalia’s worsening…
Continue ReadingFrench minister decries ‘duplicity’ in US-Australia sub deal
By ROD McGUIRK and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister has denounced what he called the “duplicity, disdain…
Continue ReadingUse of OxyContin profits to fight opioids formally approved
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned…
Continue ReadingCounty cuts deal to end fight over Arizona Senate subpoena
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Board members overseeing Arizona’s most populous county have reached a deal with the…
Continue ReadingNTSB to investigate Tesla crash in Florida that left 2 dead
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials say they will investigate a fiery Tesla crash that left two people dead in South Florida. The National…
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