August 2021

Treasury Department to release impounded religious tiles

August 17, 2021 5:05 PM The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing a shipment of tiles that were intended for a northern Virginia mosque but were…

La historia de una pareja de “ecosexuales” que celebra alegres bodas con la Tierra

August 17, 2021 5:03 PM CNN Newsource

Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Cuando Annie Sprinkle y Beth Stephens, compañeras desde hacía mucho tiempo, se casaron con la Tierra en 2008, fue un…

84-year-old gets 21 years in prison for Arizona bank robbery

August 17, 2021 5:00 PM The Associated Press

JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An 84-year-old man who spent most of his adult life behind bars for robbing banks was sentenced to…

‘Do not give up’: Americans help Afghans in new homeland

August 17, 2021 4:48 PM The Associated Press

By JAMIE STENGLE and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Across the U.S., the agencies that resettle refugees and volunteers are scrambling…

DeSantis top donor invests in COVID drug governor promotes

August 17, 2021 4:46 PM The Associated Press

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON The Associated Press Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been criticized for efforts to ban mask mandates and vaccine passports.…

¿Qué hay detrás de la desafiante respuesta de Biden sobre Afganistán?

August 17, 2021 4:45 PM CNN Newsource

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Cuando las imágenes de afganos desesperados aferrados a los aviones de combate estadounidenses comenzaron a emerger de Kabul…

Peruvian foreign minister quits amid criticism for comments

August 17, 2021 4:45 PM The Associated Press

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s foreign secretary has resigned amid criticism for comments he made about terrorism in the country in the late 20th…

Cuomo issues clemency for 10 people in last days as governor

August 17, 2021 4:43 PM The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has granted clemency to 10 people in his last days in office. Cuomo has issued pardons and clemencies on several…

Voting rights groups file lawsuit challenging new Arizona election laws

August 17, 2021 4:43 PM Lisa Sturgis, Adonis Albright

A coalition of voting rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Arizona’s newest election laws.…

They worked for America in Afghanistan. Now they are in hiding.

August 17, 2021 4:43 PM CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister, Clarissa Ward and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Fawad is one of hundreds and probably thousands of Afghans whose applications for visas to…

New Zealand announces it’s locking down the entire country … over one Covid case

August 17, 2021 4:40 PM CNN Newsource

By Julia Hollingsworth and Chandler Thornton, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown after the…

New Zealand announces it’s locking down the entire country … over one Covid case

August 17, 2021 4:40 PM CNN

CNN, FOX NEWS By Julia Hollingsworth and Chandler Thornton, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a nationwide lockdown…

Arizona conservatives to seek ID requirement for mail-in ballots

August 17, 2021 4:40 PM AP News

Conservative groups and Republican lawmakers say they will ask Arizona voters to approve a voter-identification requirement for mail-in ballots.…

TSA to extend transportation mask mandate into January

August 17, 2021 4:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Wallace, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will extend its US federal transportation mask mandate through January 18, the…