Manila residents crowd vaccination centers in rush before lockdown
By Yasmin Coles, Sophie Jeong and Jessie Yeung, CNN Residents in the Philippine capital are rushing to get Covid-19 vaccines, crowding into…
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Militia finds 40 bodies in Myanmar jungle after army crackdown, says UN envoy
Story by Reuters A Myanmar militia force fighting the army in a central part of the country and residents have found at least 40 bodies in jungle…
Continue Reading China doubles down on baseless ‘US origins’ Covid conspiracy as Delta outbreak worsens
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN As Beijing grapples with a worsening outbreak of the Delta variant, an outlandish conspiracy theory linking the…
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Survivors of acid attacks in Mexico unite to push for change
By MARÍA VERZA and GINNETTE RIQUELME Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Elisa Xolalpa has had three daughters and found a job she enjoys since a…
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US likely enjoyed hiring spree in July as economy rebounds
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy likely enjoyed a burst of job growth last month as it bounced back with…
Continue Reading Data raises concerns as Brazil’s forest fire season begins
By DIANE JEANTET and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The season of Brazilian forest fires has begun, and early data plus…
Continue Reading Coast Guard: 6 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says a sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in…
Continue Reading Asian stocks sink as investors watch for US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have sunk after Wall Street rose to a high as investors wait for U.S. jobs…
Continue Reading Thousands flee fires in Greece, Turkey; some rescued by sea
By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS, ELENA BECATOROS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press DROSOPIGI, Greece (AP) — Thousands of people have fled wildfires burning…
Continue Reading Senators struggle to amend, finish $1T infrastructure bill
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are struggling to wrap up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan.…
Continue Reading LIVE Blog: Latest updates from Tokyo Olympics 2021
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Continue Reading California mandates virus vaccination for all 2 million health care workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care and long term care workers to be fully vaccinated…
Continue Reading Brazil forest fire season underway and raising concern
By DIANE JEANTET and DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The season of Brazilian forest fires has begun, and early data plus…
Continue Reading Offers flooding in after woodland hermit’s cabin burns down
By PATRICK WHITTLE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as “River…
Continue Reading Schools sue and mayor defies Arkansas mask mandate ban
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ ban on mask mandates faces a new legal challenge and defiance from the…
Continue Reading Defense queries widow of murder victim about affair comment
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — The wife of one of four people killed in an attack at a North Dakota property management firm has testified at trial that…
Continue Reading ‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and NOAH BERGER Associated Press GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A raging wildfire that swept through the tiny Northern California…
Continue Reading 3 Miami Dolphins removed from COVID-19 reserve list
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Three of the four Miami Dolphins players who had been on the COVID-19 reserve list have been removed from it. Coming off…
Continue Reading Beyond Meat sees Q2 sales jump on restaurant demand
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat says that its revenue jumped 32% in the second quarter as demand from…
Continue Reading J.R. Richard, power pitcher for Astros in ’70s, dies at 71
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — J.R. Richard, a huge, flame-throwing right-hander who spent 10 years with the Houston Astros…
Continue Reading Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golf star, dies at 74
TORONTO (AP) — Star Canadian golfer Jocelyne Bourassa has died. Her death was announced Thursday by Golf Canada, which did not give details.…
Continue Reading Raiders’ receivers ready to produce in high-flying offense
By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr says this year’s Raiders have a do-it-all group of…
Continue Reading FAA head seeks more prosecution of unruly airline passengers
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The nation’s top aviation regulator is asking local officials to consider filing criminal charges more often…
Continue Reading Richard Trumka, longtime president of AFL-CIO, dies at 72
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The longtime president of the AFL-CIO labor organization has died at age…
Continue Reading Novavax seeks COVID-19 vaccine use in India ahead of US
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Vaccine maker Novavax is asking regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines to allow emergency use of…
Continue Reading Murder charges filed in Miami Beach spring break overdoses
MIAMI (AP) — Two North Carolina men accused of raping a tourist who died of an overdose during a spring break trip to Miami Beach are now facing…
Continue Reading US to probe Phoenix police over excessive force allegations
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force…
Continue Reading What Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s accusers felt, in their own words
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Eleven women described to investigators hired by the New York attorney general’s office how Gov.…
Continue Reading Argentine star Lionel Messi is leaving FC Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel “Leo” Messi is leaving FC Barcelona, the Spanish club said on Thursday. “Despite club and player reaching an agreement and…
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Feds to probe Phoenix police over excessive force, homeless abuse
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been…
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