Month: August 2021

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health officials in Alabama say they are seeing a spike in cases among young adults and…

By JULIE PACE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has ticked down and Americans…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — People are protesting in the streets of Dutch cities to call for an end to the government’s…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, JANIE HAR and SARA CLINE Associated Press ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — Across the U.S., some public officials and other community leaders…

By JO KEARNEY and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The last week has been a frantic mix of fear and frustration for people in west London…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After the success that Democrats in Georgia had in 2020, the Deep South battleground is working with…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A weakening Henri is now a tropical depression and is churning eastward over New England and back…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is visiting Ukraine to attend the festivities…

NEW YORK (AP) — A superstar-laden Central Park concert meant to celebrate New York City’s recovery from the coronavirus was cut short because of…

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press Henri is now a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading the…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s would-be successor is pledging to “fight with everything that I…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial program to explore the red planet and search for whether it…

By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been sworn in, bringing back…

By AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. official says potential Islamic…

The Associated Press NEW DELHI — An Indian official says an air force transport plane has left Kabul for New Delhi carrying 168 people on board.…

BEIJING (AP) — China will now allow couples to have a third child as the country seeks to hold off a demographic crisis that threatens its hopes of…

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s government says it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh City to help deliver food and aid to households as it further…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For senior military and Pentagon leaders, this week’s news was profoundly personal. The…

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews are digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds will bring renewed fury to a…

By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace hit Mexico’s Gulf as a major Category 3…

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden actually made up his mind a long time ago about…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS, JAMES LAPORTA and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea Saturday…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and…