As many as 5 rockets were fired on Kabul airport, says US official
By Alex Marquardt and Jessie Yeung, CNN As many as five rockets were fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday local time, a…
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Taliban celebrate victory as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters have watched the last U.S. planes…
Continue ReadingIsrael OKs gestures to Palestinians after high-level meet
By ILAN BEN ZION and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has held talks with the Palestinian president in…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Nora fading, after leaving 1 dead, 7 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane that set off floods…
Continue ReadingConsumer confidence, construction spending, nonfarm payrolls
The Associated Press The Conference Board issues its latest U.S. consumer confidence index Tuesday. The Commerce Department delivers its monthly U.S.…
Continue ReadingUS military flies out evacuees in waning hours of withdrawal
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war in Afghanistan is in its final hours as the military flew more…
Continue ReadingIAEA: N Korea appears to have resumed nuke reactor operation
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency says North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after US Fed signals on low rates
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors interpreted comments from the head of the U.S. Federal…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after US Fed signals on low rates
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors interpreted comments from the head of the U.S. Federal…
Continue ReadingOL Reign set NWSL attendance record in 2-1 win over Portland
SEATTLE (AP) — Megan Rapinoe scored two first-half goals and OL Reign beat the Portland Thorns 2-1 on Sunday in front of an NWSL-record crowd of…
Continue ReadingFour young children hiding in a Kabul apartment have reunited with their mother in the US
CNN, US STATE DEPT, TWITTER, SHAFI KARIMI, ASHBAL KLAFA, Twitter/Shafi Karimi By Christina Maxouris, CNN Four young siblings who had been hiding…
Continue ReadingFirst death reported in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida continues wreaking havoc across southern US
CNN, KPRC, WVUE-DT, WDSU By Amir Vera and Jay Croft, CNN At least one person is dead as Hurricane Ida moves inland along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana,…
Continue ReadingNicole Gee, Marine killed in Kabul attack, described as a ‘light in this dark world’
By Madeleine Fitzgerald, Paul P. Murphy and Susannah Cullinane, CNN “There was an explosion. And just like that, she’s gone.”…
Continue ReadingAs Ida leaves Gulf, analysts foresee modest economic damage
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi having lost…
Continue ReadingAs Ida leaves Gulf, analysts foresee modest economic damage
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi having lost…
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Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc in Louisiana, leaving more than 500,000 without power
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, early Sunday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150…
Continue ReadingPolice: Station shooting, Lyft driver’s death may be linked
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if there is a connection between a confrontation at a Dallas suburb in which police…
Continue ReadingPolice: Station shooting, Lyft driver’s death may be linked
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if there is a connection between a confrontation at a Dallas suburb in which police…
Continue ReadingHow you can help Hurricane Ida victims
By Lauren Lee, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29 near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds…
Continue ReadingFour young children hiding in a Kabul apartment have reunited with their mother in the US
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan’s capital reunited with their mother on…
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