Right-sizing the force: Army offers armor for smaller troops
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Capt. Kim Pierre-Zamora remembers the protective vest she was issued when she went to…
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Irish foreign minister warns of breakdown in EU-UK relations
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a “further breakdown in…
Continue Reading Czech president hospitalized; Could affect forming new govt
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman has been rushed to the hospital a day after a parliamentary election in…
Continue ReadingWorld Mental Health Day: Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe’s journey through panic attacks to Olympic gold
CNN By Jack Bantock, CNN Stephanie Labbe is smiling. Swedish striker Kosovare Asllani has just placed the ball on the spot to take the first kick of…
Continue Reading S Korea’s ruling party nominates maverick politician in race
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ruling liberal party has nominated its candidate for next year’s…
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Could Brian Laundrie still be alive if he’s in Florida’s Carlton Reserve? Here’s what survival experts think
By Christina Maxouris, CNN For more than three weeks, local and federal authorities have been combing through a 25,000-acre nature reserve searching…
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Hollywood makeover breathes new life into Welsh soccer club
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — It is nearly a year since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney completed their…
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Hollywood makeover breathes new life into Welsh soccer club
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — It is nearly a year since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney completed their…
Continue Reading Hollywood makeover breathes new life into Welsh soccer club
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — It is nearly a year since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney completed their…
Continue Reading Terror & tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains
By DAKE KANG The Associated Press Four years after Beijing launched a brutal crackdown that swept up to a million or more Uyghurs and other mostly…
Continue Reading Spain to evacuate more Afghan workers, families left behind
MADRID (AP) — Spain has started a new evacuation operation to extract more Afghans and their families left behind following the Taliban takeover of…
Continue ReadingThese simple ways to focus on your mental health can make a huge difference
By John Duffy, CNN On this World Mental Health Day, the second of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that people — most people — are…
Continue Reading How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
By ADAM GELLER and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press When a 37-year-old data scientist went before Congress  to accuse Facebook of pursuing profit…
Continue Reading 15 dead after Russian skydiver plane crashes
MOSCOW (AP) — A plane carrying skydivers has crashed shortly after takeoff in central Russia, killing 15 of the 22 people aboard. The L-410, a…
Continue Reading Two Orban challengers face off in Hungary primary race
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Opposition voters in Hungary are choosing between two opposition politicians hoping to…
Continue Reading ‘SNL’ has the Facebook whistleblower help Congress understand social media
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Social media can be difficult to understand, but luckily for Congress they had the Facebook whistleblower walk…
Continue ReadingBy Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of French luxury fashion house Balmain, has revealed he sustained serious injuries…
Continue Reading Vincent Chin’s family never got the justice they wanted. But his case changed things for those who came after him
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party at the Fancy Pants strip club in Detroit when he and another patron got into a…
Continue Reading Actor dies in accident at Bolshoi Theater
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say an actor has died in an accident during a scene change at Moscow’s Bolshoi theater. The reports cited…
Continue ReadingThe rate of Covid-19 cases is dropping nationally but rising in these 5 states
By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations…
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