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By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace in a low-key ceremony…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has ruled that felony offenders who are out of…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The French abortion drama “Happening” has won the Golden Lion at the 78th International Film Festival, while Paolo…

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say the country’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile and explosive-laden drones at a Red Sea port on…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana singer Laine Hardy will celebrate his 21st birthday Sunday with the release of his first album in a French…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city, the mayor and…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer In “The Rescue,” Oscar-winning “Free Solo” filmmakers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin trade climbing peaks for…

By RAGAN CLARK and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Maxwell says that in the past, his designs have been a more literal…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief has issued a dire warning that the world is moving in the wrong…

RICHMOND,, Va. (AP) — Workers at the site in Richmond, Virginia, where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was taken down this week have…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to remove two members of the state’s…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in…

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed that could decide the fate of a Confederate monument that has stood in a square at the center of…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teen sensation Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the U.S. Open tennis final will be carried live on…

By AMIR SHAH Associated Press Retired Associated Press Afghanistan correspondent Amir Shah faced a delicate situation in Kabul after the 9/11…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China plans to donate 3 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam. The Chinese foreign minister made the pledge…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan can now give Vietnam defense equipment and technology under an agreement signed by the two…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San…

By DARKO VOJINOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Several thousand people in Serbia have attended a protest demanding a ban on planned…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly…