Biden and other G7 leaders expected to discuss whether or when they should recognize Taliban as Afghanistan’s government
An Afghan mother delivers a baby girl just after touching down at Ramstein Air Base in…
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Doobie Brothers try to keep long train running, 50 years on
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Doobie Brothers are celebrating their 50th anniversary in their 51st year, heading…
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Fati back to training nearly 10 months after knee injury
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Ansu Fati is smiling again on the practice field. The 18-year-old Barcelona forward has returned to…
Continue Reading Tunisia’s president extends decree giving him full power
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has prolonged the special powers he granted himself a month ago…
Continue Reading Disney reaches vaccination agreement with union workers
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Company and a coalition of unions have agreed that workers at Disney World will have to get COVID-19…
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With sales still surging, Best Buy raises prospects for 2021
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. has raising its full-year sales outlook after the nation’s largest…
Continue Reading Some Afghans vow to resist Taliban from mountain enclave
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press In a mountain valley north of Kabul, the last remnants of Afghanistan’s shattered security forces…
Continue Reading Blast in northern Syria kills 8 militants, wounds others
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an explosion at the base of an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Syria has killed eight fighters and…
Continue Reading Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre dies of COVID-19 at 79
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese officials say that Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre has died at the…
Continue Reading CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid evacuation efforts
Time is running out as the US deadline to evacuate American citizens and Afghans from Kabul quickly draws…
Continue Reading Winfrey picks ‘Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the year’s most anticipated debut novels is now an Oprah Winfrey book club pick.…
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Pfizer’s FDA approval is boosting these stocks
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Since 2020, investors have been rallying behind shares of Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, two companies that…
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StormTRACK Weather: Scattered storms west, temps heat up this week
Good Morning! Heavy rain hit portions of New Mexico last night; there will be plenty of moisture this afternoon to allow storm development around the…
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Asian American leaders fear Covid-19 origin report could fuel more bigotry and violence
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Asian American leaders are concerned that a report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus expected to be released this week by…
Continue Reading Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden: How four presidents created today’s Afghanistan mess
CNN’s Brianna Keilar and photojournalist Lynsey Addario become emotional after hearing a chilling voice memo from inside…
Continue Reading Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
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What is RPC? Here’s what to know about Russia and the Paralympics
US Paralympic dressage equestrian Beatrice de Lavalette was 17 years old when she was at Brussels’ Zaventem Airport when a terror attack cost her her…
Continue Reading Ukraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the…
Continue ReadingPeloton’s lower-end treadmill is finally going on sale after addressing safety issues
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton’s lower-priced and smaller treadmill is finally going on sale. The release of the Peloton Tread was…
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Try this 10-minute body-weight workout
Pro sports mobility coach Dana Santas teaches six exercises you can do without equipment to increase strength, mobility and…
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My son was lucky to get a pediatric ICU bed when he needed one. He shouldn’t have needed luck
By Ben Tinker, CNN When my husband and I were counting down the days to the birth of our son last year, one of my best friends shared this quote with…
Continue Reading Poland claims neighbor invites migrants, pushes them across
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister is insisting that efforts by Middle Eastern migrants to enter the European Union country from…
Continue Reading Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
Continue Reading Paralympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
Continue Reading Thailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
Continue Reading CIA director met with Taliban leader in Kabul on Monday amid evacuation efforts
By John Harwood, Phil Mattingly and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN CIA Director William J. Burns met face-to-face with the top Taliban leader in Kabul…
Continue ReadingVaccines are less protective against Delta infection but still reduce risk by two-thirds, CDC study shows
By Michael Nedelman, Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Vaccine effectiveness against Covid-19 infection dropped from 91% to 66% once the Delta…
Continue Reading Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces have killed two senior rebel commanders and three other militants in two separate counterinsurgency…
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Tornillo ISD serving students, entire community hit hard by Covid-19
TORNILLO, Texas — It’s the smallest district in El Paso County. Tornillo Independent School District is serving about 900 kids this semester.…
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