Scenes from Week 2 of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The second week of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial in New York City proved to be an exercise by the…
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Decrepit smuggling boat with 539 migrants nears Italy
ROME (AP) — Italian military vessels have aided a decrepit fishing boat crammed with 539 migrants aboard, which was approaching the tiny southern…
Continue ReadingLouisiana hasn’t yet recovered from two major hurricanes in 2020. Now another is taking aim
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Last year’s hurricane season devastated parts of Louisiana with no reprieve. In August 2020, Hurricane Laura made…
Continue ReadingMask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The often-heated debate over whether returning students should wear masks…
Continue ReadingWashington man convicted of hate crime in transgender teen’s murder
By Kelly Murray, CNN A Washington state man was found guilty Friday in the death of a transgender teenager, Nikki Kuhnhausen. David Bogdanov, 27, was…
Continue ReadingBiden in the ‘loneliest job,’ a presidency driven by crisis
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The need for crisis-driven leadership comes to all U.S. presidents. Now, on several fronts at…
Continue ReadingExperts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting…
Continue ReadingExperts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting…
Continue ReadingPope replaces Australian bishop in alleged misconduct probe
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has replaced an Australian bishop who stepped down amid a Vatican investigation into what Australian media have…
Continue ReadingFinal UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head home
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British troops have left Kabul, ending the U.K.’s evacuation operation, and its 20-year military…
Continue ReadingA bust of Marsha P. Johnson went up near the Stonewall Inn as a tribute to the transgender activist
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Visitors to New York’s Christopher Park this week were greeted by the bust of Marsha P. Johnson, stoic yet softly…
Continue ReadingGermany: Survivors, leaders remember victims of July floods
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Survivors of last month’s extreme flooding in western Germany have joined first responders, religious leaders…
Continue ReadingTaliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, JILL LAWLESS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces have sealed off…
Continue ReadingNine family members killed in US airstrike in Kabul targeting suspected ISIS-K bomber, relative says
CNN By Laura Smith-Spark, Saskya Vandoorne, Oren Liebermann, Nick Paton Walsh and Sandi Sidhu, CNN Nine members of one family — including six…
Continue ReadingUS carries out Afghanistan drone strike as Kabul evacuation effort enters final stretch
By Laura Smith-Spark, Barbara Starr, Nick Paton Walsh and Sandi Sidhu, CNN The US military carried out a drone strike against what it said was an…
Continue ReadingVoting rights march leaders honor the sacrifice made by foot soldiers killed during the civil rights era
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN When Medgar Evers and Jimmie Lee Jackson were killed amid a yearslong battle for voting rights, it brought a sense of…
Continue ReadingGaza protesters clash with Israeli troops near the border
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Hamas-backed activists have launched what they say is the first in a…
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Bentz applauds opening of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program to grass seed producers
Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) on Friday applauded the decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to update the Coronavirus Food Assistance…
Continue ReadingWhy older people are so much more vaccinated than younger people
By Eric Levenson, CNN Vaccination rates in America vary widely between blue and red states, between urban and rural populations and between those…
Continue ReadingMuseum chief is only candidate for Estonia’s presidency
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia is gearing up for an unusual presidential election. There’s only one candidate…
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