Taliban official: Strict punishment, executions will return
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the founders of the Taliban says the hard-line movement will once again carry out…
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… With plenty of sunshine and a return to more average temperatures, today marks the beginning of a brief warm-up…
Continue ReadingLawsuits: Murdaugh used attorney friend to manipulate
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two lawsuits say a South Carolina lawyer charged with trying to arrange his own death…
Continue ReadingNo. 3 Oregon opens Pac-12 play against struggling Arizona
By The Associated Press Oregon is rolling undefeated into the Pac-12 season. The Ducks jumped a spot in this week’s AP Top 25 to No. 3 after…
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No. 3 Oregon opens Pac-12 play against struggling Arizona
By The Associated Press Oregon is rolling undefeated into the Pac-12 season. The Ducks jumped a spot in this week’s AP Top 25 to No. 3 after…
Continue ReadingAn incident Thursday morning at Ft. Meade was a training exercise
By Liam Reilly, CNN An incident at Ft. Meade in Maryland Thursday morning was in fact a drill, according to a public affairs officer. Public Affairs…
Continue ReadingRussian plane enters Estonia airspace for 6th time this year
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member Estonia says a Russian air force plane violated its airspace in what the Baltic nation alleged was the sixth such…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Sam forms, expected to become hurricane
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Sam has formed in the Atlantic and is expected to become a major hurricane. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the…
Continue ReadingNew York health chief, defender of Cuomo policies, resigning
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has submitted his…
Continue ReadingSome Argentines turn to unusual pandemic pets for comfort
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press Millions of people have found solace during the pandemic in cuddling a dog or cat. For a…
Continue ReadingMcCormack, bishop panned for role in sex abuse scandal, dies
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Retired Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack has died after a career in which he faced…
Continue ReadingThe jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself is crumbling
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Once hailed as a prototype for a new kind of federal jail and the most…
Continue ReadingMexico fines soccer teams for capping female players’ wages
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission has fined 17 soccer teams for conspiring to impose a cap on the salaries of female…
Continue ReadingCroatian police break migrant smuggling gang, arrest 7
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say they have broken a gang that smuggled more than 100 migrants from Bosnia into Croatia and on toward…
Continue ReadingMary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough
CNN, KIRO By Harmeet Kaur, CNN In the months before Mary Johnson disappeared, her sister said she wasn’t herself. Johnson and her husband, who…
Continue ReadingFamed cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Washington National Cathedral says an artist renowned for his works depicting African American life will design new…
Continue ReadingHezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Hezbollah has threatened to “usurp” the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message to…
Continue ReadingBoy Scouts’ bankruptcy creates rift with religious partners
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the Boy Scouts of America moves through its complex bankruptcy case, it’s encountering…
Continue ReadingClashes between Yemen’s rebels, government forces kill 35
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Fighting has flared up this week between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in…
Continue ReadingThe jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself is crumbling
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Once hailed as a prototype for a new kind of federal jail and the most…
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