Gusty winds bring new worries to California fire lines
QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests are girding for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility has…
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Kabul airport plunges into chaos as Taliban patrol capital
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least seven people are dead after the…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s worst day of pandemic sees restrictions tighten
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s worst day of pandemic sees restrictions tighten
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s most populous state has reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478…
Continue Reading2020 was Europe’s hottest year on record ‘by a considerable amount,’ scientists say
CNN By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Last year was Europe’s hottest on record, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Meteorological…
Continue ReadingThis Week: Walmart, Deere earnings, housing starts
The Associated Press Walmart delivers its second-quarter results Tuesday. The Commerce Department issues its July tally of new home construction…
Continue ReadingMalaysian PM resigns after failing to get majority support
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has resigned less than 18 months in power,…
Continue ReadingSounders score 4 straight goals to beat Timbers 6-2
By EDWARD ELSTON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Raul Ruidiaz scored the go-ahead goal directly off a free kick and the Seattle Sounders…
Continue ReadingSounders score 4 straight goals to beat Timbers 6-2
By EDWARD ELSTON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Raul Ruidiaz scored the go-ahead goal directly off a free kick and the Seattle Sounders…
Continue ReadingBiden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision
By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he stands “squarely behind”…
Continue Reading‘Game over’: Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport has…
Continue ReadingTexas Supreme Court sides with governor and temporarily blocks mask mandates
By Rosa Flores, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Texas Supreme Court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday in a ruling that temporarily blocks…
Continue ReadingTexas Supreme Court sides with governor and temporarily blocks mask mandates
CNN By Rosa Flores, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN The Texas Supreme Court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday in a ruling that temporarily…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was…
Continue ReadingHaiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
By MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities have raised the death toll from the powerful…
Continue ReadingFood stamp benefits to increase by more than 25% in October
By ASHRAF KHALIL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the…
Continue ReadingBiden: Afghan chaos ‘gut-wrenching’ but stands by withdrawal
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is calling the violent chaos at…
Continue ReadingIndia’s harsh anti-terror law comes under rare scrutiny
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s harsh anti-terror law is coming under rare scrutiny. Some Indian courts and legal…
Continue ReadingDetainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
By The Associated Press A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at…
Continue ReadingDetainee says China has secret jail in Dubai, holds Uyghurs
By The Associated Press A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in Dubai along with at…
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