Two anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans. Two…
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Blinken and Austin to visit Gulf to address postwar stresses
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are heading to…
Continue ReadingSoldiers detain Guinea’s president, dissolve government
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea have detained…
Continue ReadingNew York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.
By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen…
Continue ReadingPrince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims
LONDON (AP) — A former close aide to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his role as chief executive of a royal charity amid reports…
Continue ReadingPrince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims
LONDON (AP) — A former close aide to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his role as chief executive of a royal charity amid reports…
Continue ReadingCustoms officers seize counterfeit jewelry that if genuine would have been worth $5.2 million
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized two shipments of counterfeit jewelry that would have been worth more than…
Continue ReadingReport: 12 killed when bus overturns on Egypt highway
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s state-run news agency says at least 12 people were killed, and 30 others injured when a bus overturned on a highway…
Continue Reading13 police killed in suspected IS attack in northern Iraq
By QASSIM ABUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says suspected Islamic State militants have opened fire at a…
Continue ReadingSuicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta
By Asim Khan and Sophia Saifi, CNN Three people have died and 15 were injured in an attack on paramilitary troops in the city of Quetta in…
Continue ReadingUAE announces plan to invest in economy, liberalize laws
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced a major plan to stimulate its economy…
Continue ReadingWest Point will unveil a statue honoring a group of Black soldiers
By Leah Asmelash, CNN After years of fundraising, the US Military Academy at West Point will finally unveil a new monument dedicated to the Buffalo…
Continue ReadingUAE announces plan to invest in economy, liberalize laws
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has announced a major plan to stimulate its economy…
Continue Reading9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The act of remembering is a complex one, particularly when it comes to an event like…
Continue ReadingLike Washington and Jefferson, he championed liberty. Unlike the founders, he freed his slaves
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly…
Continue ReadingCordeiro, Parson help Hawaii beat Portland State 49-35
HONOLULU (AP) — Chevan Cordeiro passed for three touchdowns, Dedrick Parson ran for two scores and Hawaii beat Portland State 49-35 in the…
Continue ReadingIndia probes Kashmir leader’s family under anti-terror law
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Kashmir have opened a case against family members of late resistance leader Syed…
Continue ReadingExtremist stayed in New Zealand despite immigration fraud
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Islamic State-inspired extremist who attacked shoppers in a New Zealand…
Continue ReadingMeasuring Ida’s losses: From human lives to historic sites, a path of broken hearts
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales, Louisiana.…
Continue ReadingMeasuring Ida’s losses: From human lives to historic sites, a path of broken hearts
CNN By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales,…
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