Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say at least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking…
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No. 2 Oklahoma’s defense struggles against Tulane
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma hoped days like this were in the past. The second-ranked Sooners entered the season…
Continue Reading Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding dies at 39 after cancer fight
LONDON (AP) — Singer Sarah Harding of the British pop group Girls Aloud has died at 39 after a battle with breast cancer. Her mother announced the…
Continue Reading Greek composer Theodorakis to be buried in Crete
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Communist Party says composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis will be…
Continue Reading A hurricane-hardened city coping ‘the New Orleans way’
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS. (AP) — When Ida knocked out power and dumped buckets of rain in their streets, hurricane-hardened…
Continue Reading Turkey says it ‘neutralized’ 18,500 militants over 6 years
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey says it has “neutralized” nearly 18,500 people whom it calls “terrorists” over the past six years. Defense MInistry…
Continue Reading Apple Daily parent company board resigns, plans to liquidate
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The parent company of a defunct pro-democracy paper in Hong Kong, Apple Daily, is liquidating…
Continue Reading Pope asks for prayers for pilgrimage to ‘heart of Europe’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he’ll be traveling to the “heart of Europe” when he makes a pilgrimage to Hungary and Slovakia later…
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Oil boom remakes N. Dakota county with fastest growth in US
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — The fastest-growing county in the U.S. is in the oil fields of North Dakota.…
Continue Reading Oil boom remakes N. Dakota county with fastest growth in US
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — The fastest-growing county in the U.S. is in the oil fields of North Dakota.…
Continue Reading Until 2023? Parts shortage will keep auto prices sky-high
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A shortage of computer chips that sent auto prices soaring had appeared, finally, to be easing…
Continue Reading New Zealand attacker radicalized by neighbors, mother says
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The mother of an Islamic State-inspired extremist who stabbed shoppers in a New…
Continue Reading Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Paralympics have closed to end a saga that began eight years ago when the Japanese capital…
Continue Reading Italy police stop man suspected of snatching winning ticket
ROME (AP) — Police at Rome airport say they prevented a Naples tobacco shop owner suspected of running off with a customer’s winning game…
Continue Reading Two anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Day 2021 represents a perilous crossroads for millions of Americans. Two…
Continue Reading Blinken and Austin to visit Gulf to address postwar stresses
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are heading to…
Continue Reading Soldiers detain Guinea’s president, dissolve government
By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea have detained…
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New York City was never built to withstand a deluge like the one Ida delivered. It showed.
By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen…
Continue Reading Prince Charles’ ex-aide quits charity role amid honor claims
LONDON (AP) — A former close aide to Prince Charles has stepped down temporarily from his role as chief executive of a royal charity amid reports…
Continue Reading Customs officers seize counterfeit jewelry that if genuine would have been worth $5.2 million
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized two shipments of counterfeit jewelry that would have been worth more than…
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