New capsule installed within pedestal where Lee statue stood
RICHMOND,, Va. (AP) — Workers at the site in Richmond, Virginia, where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was taken down this week have…
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Bush alludes to US Capitol rioters when condemning violent extremists behind 9/11 attacks
CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former President George W. Bush called on Americans Saturday to confront domestic violent extremists, comparing…
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By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to remove two members of the state’s…
Continue ReadingHow a NASA astronaut fulfilled this 9/11 victim’s space dream
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Today is one for remembrance and holding your loved ones a little tighter. There’s no way around it. September 11…
Continue ReadingDivided over talks with Spain, Catalonia’s separatists rally
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in…
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man presumed dead after jumping Oregon cove
YACHATS, Ore. (AP) — A California man who attempted to jump across a wide cove of frothing water at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is presumed dead.…
Continue ReadingSuit filed over Confederate statue in mostly black Tuskegee
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed that could decide the fate of a Confederate monument that has stood in a square at the center of…
Continue ReadingUK fans can watch Raducanu match for free after Amazon deal
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teen sensation Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the U.S. Open tennis final will be carried live on…
Continue ReadingEXCERPT: An Afghan reporter recalls 9/11’s aftermath there
By AMIR SHAH Associated Press Retired Associated Press Afghanistan correspondent Amir Shah faced a delicate situation in Kabul after the 9/11…
Continue ReadingChina pledges 3 million COVID vaccine shots to Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China plans to donate 3 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam. The Chinese foreign minister made the pledge…
Continue ReadingJapan, Vietnam sign defense transfer deal amid China worries
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan can now give Vietnam defense equipment and technology under an agreement signed by the two…
Continue ReadingEvangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San…
Continue ReadingSerbs protest against lithium mining, other eco problems
By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people in Serbia have attended a protest demanding a ban on planned…
Continue ReadingSerbs protest against lithium mining, other eco problems
By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people in Serbia have attended a protest demanding a ban on planned…
Continue ReadingCould Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly…
Continue ReadingPeru: Abimael Guzmán, head of Shining Path insurgency, dies
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Peruvian government says Abimael Guzmán, the leader of the brutal Shining Path…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 infections spread through gorillas at Atlanta zoo
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s zoo says at least 13 western lowland gorillas have tested positive for COVID-19, including 60-year-old Ozzie, the oldest…
Continue ReadingTV’s Cartoonito aim: to help tots be ‘best humans’ possible
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a good time to be a preschooler with TV privileges. You get to watch classics…
Continue ReadingMerkel calls migrant push at EU’s border ‘unacceptable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she finds it unacceptable that refugees are being used…
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