Algeria gives disgraced ex-leader Bouteflika 3-days mourning
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s leader has declared a three-day period of mourning for former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose…
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Schools get the brunt of latest COVID wave in South Carolina
By MICHELLE LIU and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19…
Continue Reading China, pandemic, energy top Japan’s leadership race debate
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Four candidates vying to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party _ and replacing outgoing…
Continue Reading Advocates fear US weighing climate vs. human rights on China
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press U.S. envoy John Kerry is on a diplomatic quest to stave off the worst scenarios of global warming, but…
Continue Reading Communists, observers report violations in Russian election
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Communist Party, the country’s second-largest political party, is…
Continue Reading Top doctors say not so fast to Biden’s boosters-for-all plan
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a month ago, President Joe Biden and his health advisers announced big plans to soon deliver…
Continue Reading Pope to bishops: Listen to abuse victims for sake of church
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging European bishops to listen to survivors of clergy sexual abuse and consider…
Continue Reading After Afghanistan pullout, US seeks NATO basing, intel pacts
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend,…
Continue Reading France’s Notre Dame cathedral secured at last. Next: rebuild
PARIS (AP) — France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it. It took more than two years…
Continue Reading Attack on gas pipeline in Syria causes brief power outage
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s electricity minister says an attack with explosive devices laid along a natural gas pipeline southeast of…
Continue Reading Yemen Houthi rebels execute 9 over senior official’s killing
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have executed nine people for their alleged…
Continue Reading Taliban replace ministry for women with ‘virtue’ authorities
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have set up a ministry for the “propagation of…
Continue Reading New tropical depression forms; Odette well offshore
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have announced Saturday night the formation of a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National…
Continue ReadingSearch for Gabby Petito’s fiancé Brian Laundrie focuses on Florida nature reserve
By Alta Spells, Dakin Andone, Travis Caldwell and Jenn Selva, CNN The search for the now-missing fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito is focused on a…
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Gabby Petito’s family attorney says fiancé Brian Laundrie ‘is not missing, he is hiding’
CNN, WINK, WFTS By Alta Spells, Rob Frehse and Travis Caldwell, CNN Along with the search for missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito, local and federal…
Continue Reading The Murdaugh family saga: a tangled web of secrets and murder
By Faith Karimi, CNN A powerful family. A deadly boating accident. Two mysterious slayings. Drug addiction, stolen money and a botched shooting in an…
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Calexico boxing coach dies from COVID
A father and boxing coach lost his battle to COVID-19 on
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LEADING OFF: Scherzer unbeaten with Dodgers, faces Reds
By The Associated Press Max Scherzer has dominated since being traded to the Dodgers, and tries to extend his streak of success when he pitches…
Continue Reading ‘We’re here to help you.’ What Afghan Americans want refugees fleeing the Taliban to know
By Sahar Akbarzai and Nicole Chavez, CNN Decades after the last major exodus from Afghanistan, refugees find themselves forced to flee their homeland…
Continue Reading In Russian Far East city, discontent smolders amid election
By DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press KHABAROVSK, Russia (AP) — In the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East. a few demonstrators gather nightly…
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