Buckingham Palace guard ceremony returns after COVID hiatus
LONDON (AP) — British soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats have paraded outside Buckingham Palace as the Changing the Guard ceremony…
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Washington state’s mask mandate goes into effect Monday
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A universal mask mandate for indoor public spaces regardless of vaccination status went into effect in Washington state on…
Continue ReadingInsider Q&A: Making the online world safe for children
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Filmmaker Beeban Kidron, a member of the House of Lords, has been a driving force behind a U.K.…
Continue ReadingSo many people in this Texas town got Covid-19 that the school district shut down and then the city essentially closed
By Rosa Flores and Ashley Killough, CNN From the front lawn of her friend’s house, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook recently and burst into…
Continue ReadingSo many people in this Texas town got Covid-19 that the school district shut down and then the city essentially closed
CNN By Rosa Flores and Ashley Killough, CNN From the front lawn of her friend’s house, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook recently and burst…
Continue ReadingStudents’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lag in routine school immunizations is threatening a smooth start to the school year…
Continue ReadingAfghans in India call for refugee status after Taliban blitz
RISHABH R. JAIN and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans living in India are taking to the streets to ramp up…
Continue ReadingUK struggles for influence as Afghan crisis strains US ties
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The messy exit of Western military forces from Afghanistan and the swift takeover of the country by…
Continue ReadingSchool mask, vaccine mandates supported in US: AP-NORC poll
By COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A new poll finds that a majority of Americans support mask and vaccine…
Continue ReadingLeaked footage shows grim conditions in Iran’s Evin prison
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online account describing itself as a group of hackers has shared footage of…
Continue ReadingLeaked footage shows grim conditions in Iran’s Evin prison
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online account describing itself as a group of hackers has shared footage of…
Continue ReadingWHO head calls for two-month vaccine booster moratorium
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on…
Continue ReadingWHO head calls for two-month vaccine booster moratorium
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s leader vows to do all he can to bring back Crimea
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president has vowed to do all he can to bring back the peninsula of Crimea,…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan flag to be displayed in Paralympic ceremony
TOKYO (AP) — The Afghanistan flag will be displayed in Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympics even though the country’s athletes were…
Continue ReadingPark Police officers seek immunity from manslaughter charge
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for two U.S. Park Police officers told a judge that local prosecutors are not…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to bounce back when your income drops
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Having a good grasp of your expenses and budget is the best preparation for a drop in income. But if that ship has…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to bounce back when your income drops
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Having a good grasp of your expenses and budget is the best preparation for a drop in income. But if that ship has…
Continue ReadingAfghan visa applicants told to stay away from Kabul airport as US races to meet exit deadline
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Sam Kiley and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Afghans who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US were told to stay away…
Continue Reading‘Tidal wave’ of floodwaters overtook Tennesseans in minutes and killed 21, including 7-month-old twins
By Ralph Ellis and Hollie Silverman, CNN Casey Hipshire knew flooding was possible, she said, but she thought the rainwater that filled the yard of…
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