After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New population data from the 2020 census is being used by citizens commissions in some states to try to influence…
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Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve…
Continue ReadingAnxious tenants await assistance as evictions resume
By MICHAEL CASEY and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching…
Continue ReadingExpedition discovers island believed world’s northernmost
HELSINKI (AP) — A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they have accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost…
Continue ReadingIran and Syria vow to confront U.S. sanctions
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran and Syria have vowed to take “mighty steps” to confront U.S. sanctions imposed on…
Continue ReadingUAE capital mandates booster shot for Sinopharm recipients
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates has ordered all residents who received the Chinese state-backed…
Continue ReadingAs troops return, UK under pressure over Afghans left behind
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised the “colossal” effort to airlift civilians from…
Continue ReadingBiden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — At a military base in Delaware, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving…
Continue ReadingProtest on wheels in Thai capital seeks government’s ouster
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A long line of cars, trucks and motorbikes has wended its way through the Thai…
Continue ReadingEx-UK Marine leaves Kabul with dogs, cats but no local staff
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200…
Continue ReadingDealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that…
Continue ReadingUS says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
By KATHY GANNON, LOLITA C. BALDOR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. officials say a drone strike has…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
By HADI MIZBAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Iraq’s northern city of…
Continue ReadingSpain: 2 hospitalized when ferry runs into islet near Ibiza
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a passenger ferry has run aground on an islet near the Spanish island of Ibiza and a child and a man…
Continue ReadingYemeni official: Missile, drone attack on airbase kills 30
BY AHMED AL-HAJ AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military spokesman says a missile and drone attack on a key military…
Continue ReadingSpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is on its way to…
Continue ReadingAfghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue ReadingHundreds of Gazans protest blockade along Israeli frontier
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have ended a protest along Gaza’s separation fence with Israel.…
Continue ReadingCroatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue Reading‘Dune’ and A-listers all set to launch from Venice film fest
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Dune” is just one of the high-profile premieres coming to 78th Venice International Film Festival, which begins…
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