Ex-UK Marine leaves Kabul with dogs, cats but no local staff
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200…
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Britain defeats US 54-49 for gold in wheelchair rugby
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Britain defeated the United States 54-49 in the gold-medal game of Paralympic wheelchair rugby, the…
Continue Reading Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that…
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US says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
By KATHY GANNON, LOLITA C. BALDOR, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. officials say a drone strike has…
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East El Paso man didn’t die from being assaulted; death not a homicide
UPDATE #2, Aug. 30: The El Paso County Medical Examiner has determined that a man’s death following a weekend assault in east El Paso isn’t a…
Continue Reading France’s Macron visits Iraq’s Mosul destroyed by IS war
By HADI MIZBAN and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting Iraq’s northern city of…
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Meet the 17-year-old swimmer and TikTok star who just won Paralympic gold
This 4 year old shares his love of eating fresh vegetables from the garden in videos on…
Continue Reading Spain: 2 hospitalized when ferry runs into islet near Ibiza
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a passenger ferry has run aground on an islet near the Spanish island of Ibiza and a child and a man…
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Spain: 2 hospitalized when ferry runs into islet near Ibiza
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say that a passenger ferry has run aground on an islet near the Spanish island of Ibiza and a child and a man…
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Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
The Department of Defense has released the names of the 13 US service members who were killed in an attack outside Kabul’s airport, as the US and…
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Bolsonaro says he will either be arrested, killed or win Brazil’s next election
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees only three possibilities for his future: death, prison or winning the…
Continue Reading Messi era begins as PSG beats Reims; Mbappe scores 2
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer The Lionel Messi era has begun at Paris Saint-Germain. Messi finally made his debut for PSG in a 2-0 win at Reims…
Continue Reading Yemeni official: Missile, drone attack on airbase kills 30
BY AHMED AL-HAJ AND SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni military spokesman says a missile and drone attack on a key military…
Continue Reading Witnesses describe life inside R. Kelly’s ‘Chocolate Factory’
By Sonia Moghe, CNN About 25 miles outside of Chicago in the village of Olympia Fields sits a mansion that R. Kelly once lived and worked in. The…
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Forecasters say Hurricane Ida has rapidly intensified with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, a Category 4 storm
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Hurricane Ida has rapidly intensified with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, a Category 4…
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Two die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan days after receiving doses from a batch of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines whose use…
Continue ReadingTwo die in Japan days after receiving Moderna shots suspended over contamination risk
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, MODERNA By Emiko Jozuka and Chie Kobayashi, CNN Two people have died in Japan…
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First, surges in Covid-19 infections led to shortages of hospital beds and staff. Now it’s oxygen
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Parts of the South are running out of oxygen supply as Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue soaring, primarily driven…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Jacob Blake speaks out a year later. ‘I have not survived until something has changed’
By Omar Jimenez, CNN During the Fourth of July weekend, Jacob Blake says he called 911 over what he later realized was an anxiety attack. The…
Continue Reading SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is on its way to…
Continue Reading How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Your cousin knows for a fact that coronavirus vaccines have mind-controlling microchips. “Stop the steal”…
Continue Reading Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue Reading Afghans arrive for Paralympics; to be mostly out of sight
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo, via what’s been…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Gazans protest blockade along Israeli frontier
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians have ended a protest along Gaza’s separation fence with Israel.…
Continue Reading Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue Reading Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
By DARKO BANDIC Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Summer tourism has exceeded even the most optimistic expectations in Croatia this year.…
Continue Reading Concerts and Covid: Can the show go on?
By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to Break…
Continue Reading LEADING OFF: Yankees seek new winning streak vs A’s
By The Associated Press A day after ending their longest winning streak in nearly 60 years, the Yankees try to get back in the win column against…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ida strengthens into a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Ida strengthens into a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, forecasters…
Continue Reading Starkel passes MWC defending champ San Jose State to win
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Nick Starkel threw for four touchdowns and 394 yards and defending Mountain West Conference champion San Jose State kicked…
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