Probe of Southern Baptist sex abuse response moves forward
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A new Southern Baptist Convention task force is overseeing a third-party investigation…
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Festival season returns to Nepal amid declining COVID cases
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tens of thousands of devotees have packed the old palace courtyard in the heart of…
Continue Reading Capsized river boat leaves 10 dead in southwest China
BEIJING (AP) — State media says that a capsized river boat in southwest China has left at least 10 people dead, with another five still missing.…
Continue Reading France’s Macron to talk to Biden amid crisis over submarines
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days…
Continue Reading Thousands march in Ukraine for LGBT rights, safety
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Some 7,000 people have gathered in Ukrainian capital for the annual March for Equality in support of the rights of the…
Continue Reading Boxer-senator Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao says he will run for president in the 2022 elections. Pacquiao…
Continue Reading Biden pitching partnership after tough stretch with allies
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week to address the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Democrats push to retool health care programs for millions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dental work for Medicare recipients. An end to sky’s-the-limit…
Continue Reading Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital says female employees in the Kabul city…
Continue Reading Volcano erupts on Atlantic island; lava destroys some homes
By JONATHAN RODRÍGUEZ and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE, Spain (AP) — A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La…
Continue Reading Gunmen release 10 Nigerian students after collecting ransom
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An official says gunmen have released 10 more students abducted earlier in July in…
Continue Reading Tropical Storm Peter forms over the Atlantic Ocean
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Peter has formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says…
Continue Reading Australia says France knew of ‘grave’ submarine concerns
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill constable protecting polio team in Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a police constable guarding polio…
Continue Reading Two Afghans who trekked to France have lessons for evacuees
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Two men in their early 30s who were part of a mass migration wave to Europe in 2015 have hard-won…
Continue Reading Same goal, different paths: US, EU seek max vaccine rates
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question. That is how…
Continue Reading Indonesia retrieves most-wanted militant’s body from jungle
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The bodies of Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group…
Continue Reading Voters choose new Hong Kong electors under pro-Beijing laws
By ALICE FUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Select Hong Kong residents are voting for members of the Election Committee that will…
Continue Reading Emmys: ‘Crown,’ ‘Lasso,’ ‘Queen’s Gambit,’ streaming triumph
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Crown” is the winner of the best drama series Emmy Award, giving Netflix its first…
Continue Reading Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ wins TIFF People’s Choice Award
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city…
Continue Reading Israeli army arrests last 2 of 6 Palestinian prison escapees
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces have arrested the last two of six Palestinian prisoners who…
Continue Reading 7 people injured in Honolulu by falling branch of huge tree
HONOLULU (AP) — At least seven people were injured Saturday in the collapse of a large tree branch in Honolulu’s Waikiki neighborhood, Hawaii…
Continue Reading Mourners in California honor 3 Marines killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last…
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Trailblazing tourist trip to orbit ends with splashdown
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A trailblazing tourist trip to orbit has ended safely with a splashdown in the…
Continue Reading US Border Patrol hires civilians to free up agents for field
By CEDAR ATTANASIO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol hopes to free up agents to go back into the field by…
Continue Reading Classmate in college bribery trial: Recruit’s profile bogus
BOSTON (AP) — A former classmate has testified that one of the students prosecutors say was admitted to the University of Southern California with…
Continue Reading Rep. Zeldin was treated for leukemia and is now in remission
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin said Saturday that he was diagnosed last November with early stage chronic myeloid leukemia but that he…
Continue Reading Dueling Tunisian protests erupt over president’s power grab
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Protesters angry at the Tunisian president’s seizure of broad powers have faced off…
Continue Reading Drought tests centuries-old water traditions in New Mexico
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — The Rio Chama begins at the edge of the Rocky Mountains and courses through rugged…
Continue Reading Latin American leaders divided on OAS at regional meeting
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to leave questions of human rights and democracy to the United Nations, as…
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