The Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for 3 years. Here are 5 things to know
Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It’s been three years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. They have transitioned from…
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Takeaways: Harris’ approach to migration was more nuanced than critics or allies portray it
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of immigrants approached the U.S. border in early 2021, President Joe Biden tapped his…
Continue Reading Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out…
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Presented with rise in border crossings, Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, watching tens of thousands of migrants from Central America reach the U.S.-Mexico border…
Continue Reading Arizona and Missouri join states with abortion amendments on the ballot. What would the measures do?
Associated Press Voters in more than a half dozen states will decide ballot measures on abortion rights this year, with potentially more to come.…
Continue Reading Trump’s campaign called it an economic address. He made big promises but mostly veered off topic
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message Wednesday at a rally in North Carolina that his campaign…
Continue Reading Longest-held Russian dissident freed in swap says ‘colors get brighter by the day’ in his new life
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Of all the Russian dissidents freed in the historic East-West prison swap on Aug. 1, Andrei Pivovarov spent the most…
Continue Reading Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the…
Continue Reading House Democrats dig in amid ongoing fight in Congress over compensation for US radiation victims
Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that…
Continue Reading Why AP called Minnesota’s 5th District primary for Rep. Ilhan Omar over Don Samuels
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar won the Democratic primary in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating…
Continue Reading Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will step down next month, won’t run for re-election
By Yumi Asada, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will…
Continue Reading Trump-backed US Rep. Celeste Maloy wins Republican primary in Utah after recount, court case
Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy narrowly won the Republican primary in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District on…
Continue Reading Kishida will not seek another term, meaning Japan will get a new prime minister in September
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not seek another term as his party’s leader, meaning Japan will get…
Continue Reading UCLA can’t allow protesters to block Jewish students from campus, judge rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the University of California, Los Angeles, cannot allow pro-Palestinian protesters to block…
Continue Reading Houston’s former mayor is the Democrats’ nominee to succeed the late US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s former mayor is the Democrats’ pick to succeed the late Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee on the November ballot.…
Continue Reading California serial killer on death row confessed to 1986 cold case homicide, authorities say
By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Following a happenstance case break, detectives in Southern California found the person responsible…
Continue Reading Maui judge’s ruling bars insurers from going after defendants who agreed to $4B wildfire settlement
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement. Judge Peter…
Continue Reading Ferguson police release videos showing officer pushed to sidewalk during protests marking decade since Michael Brown killing
KPLR, KSDK, KTVI, CNN By Emma Tucker and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released new videos from last…
Continue Reading More than 2,300 pounds of meth is found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
FOREST PARK, Ga. (AP) — Drug agents say that celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines at a farmers market south of…
Continue Reading Guatemala police arrest member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s police have arrested a member of President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration for alleged campaign finance…
Continue Reading New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed candies…
Continue Reading US agency tasked with border security to pay $45 million over pregnancy discrimination, lawyers say
Associated Press Lawyers representing pregnant employees who worked for Customs and Border Protection say the agency is paying $45 million to settle…
Continue Reading Ex-NFL player gets prison time in death of 5-year-old girl in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former pro football player Cierre Wood has been sentenced to prison in the 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old…
Continue Reading Study finds rains that led to deadly Indian landslides were made worse by climate change
Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse…
Continue Reading In Nebraska special session on taxes, some ideas to raise millions in revenue get little attention
Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have begun debate on a special session bill to ease soaring property taxes. The relief…
Continue Reading A Gazan father went to register his twins’ births. They were killed in an Israeli strike, hospital officials say
CNN By Abeer Salman, Sana Noor Haq and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Mohammad Abu Al Qumsan quivered and gasped in disbelief. His eyes glazed over…
Continue Reading 2nd woman sentenced in straw purchase of gun used to kill Illinois officer and wound another
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — An Indianapolis woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after taking part in the straw purchase of a handgun that was…
Continue Reading Auto workers union seeks NLRB investigation of Trump and Musk comments about firing striking workers
AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald…
Continue Reading Connecticut Republicans tap restaurant owner Matt Corey to challenge Sen. Chris Murphy in a rematch
Associated Press Matt Corey, a Connecticut entrepreneur who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. House and Senate in the past, has won the Republican…
Continue Reading Fighting wildfires, psychedelic treatments, ‘zombie star’ mystery: Catch up on the day’s stories
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Continue Reading Houston prosecutors find no evidence of efforts to sway 2022 elections but charge a county worker
Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes in…
Continue Reading US Army soldier pleads guilty to selling sensitive military information
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Army soldier has pleaded guilty to selling sensitive information related to U.S. military capabilities.…
Continue Reading A 1994 plane crash looms over investigation into Brazil flight tragedy
By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — While it is too early to determine with any certainty what caused a devastating airplane crash in Brazil last…
Continue Reading Jewish groups allege in federal complaint antisemitism permitted to ‘flourish’ at schools in Fulton County, Georgia
By Chelsea Bailey, Devon M. Sayers and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Multiple Jewish civil rights groups have filed a federal complaint…
Continue Reading Maine regulators reject utility proposal to report suspected marijuana grow operations to police
Maine utility regulators have unanimously rejected an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals an illicit…
Continue Reading Georgia officials say Kennedy, 2 others have signatures for presidential ballot as disputes remain
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia’s presidential ballot on…
Continue Reading Brazil’s air force flies the remains of 3 victims of last week’s plane crash to their families
Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian air force plane has carried the remains of three of the 62 people killed in last week’s plane crash…
Continue Reading Confusion over new legislative district leads to ballot error in northern Wisconsin Assembly primary
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A local clerk failed to realize that new legislative maps moved a rural Wisconsin town into a new district,…
Continue Reading Walz launches 5-state fundraising blitz in LA, warns Trump will wage ‘war’ on working people
AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kicking off a five-state fundraising swing, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz warned a second…
Continue Reading Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, former House Democratic leader, is recovering from mild stroke
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer, the former House Democratic leader, is recovering after experiencing a mild stroke on Sunday.…
Continue Reading 3-year-old hospitalized after black bear attack at campground in Montana
By Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — A child has been hospitalized after being attacked by a black bear at a campground south of Red Lodge, Montana,…
Continue Reading A journalist tells Mexico’s president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A reporter told Mexico’s president that his supporters attacked her in public in June, and complained that his polarization of…
Continue Reading Ferguson police release videos showing officer pushed to sidewalk during protests marking decade since Michael Brown killing
By Emma Tucker and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday released new videos from last week’s protests…
Continue Reading Death Valley’s scorching heat kills second man this summer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man died from overheating at Death Valley National Park after hiking on a day where temperatures reached nearly 120…
Continue Reading Family and friends of actor Johnny Wactor urge more action to find his killers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family and friends of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor are making a public plea for help in finding and…
Continue Reading December execution date set for man convicted of killing a young Missouri girl
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has set a December execution date for Christopher Collings, an inmate convicted of raping and…
Continue Reading Hundreds able to return home after fleeing wildfire along California-Nevada line near Reno
Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of people have been allowed to return home after being forced to flee a wildfire west of Reno that also…
Continue Reading US approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel amid threat of wider Middle East war
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has approved $20 billion in arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets and advanced…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek detention for Pentagon employee charged with mishandling classified documents
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Defense Department civilian employee who is a U.S.-Turkish dual citizen can remain…
Continue Reading What we know about suspected Iranian cyber intrusion in the US presidential race
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has blamed Iran for a hack it said resulted in…
Continue Reading DNA investigation links California serial killer to 1986 killing of young woman near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long-unsolved 1986 killing of a young Southern California woman has been linked to a convicted serial killer who authorities…
Continue Reading There’s an apostrophe battle brewing among grammar nerds. Is it Harris’ or Harris’s?
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Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A manufacturer of “lab-grown” meat has filed a lawsuit challenging a recently…
Continue Reading Google rolls out Pixel 9 phones earlier than usual as AI race with Apple heats up
AP Technology Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google on Tuesday unveiled its next generation of Pixel phones, providing the maker of Android…
Continue Reading San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco prosecutors have charged 26 protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in April to demand a…
Continue Reading Banksy London Zoo mural offers clue to why wild animals have been appearing all over city
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Workers arriving at the London Zoo early Tuesday were surprised to discover an unexpected exhibit that suggested the…
Continue Reading Indiana attorney general drops suit over privacy of Ohio girl who traveled for abortion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general has dropped a lawsuit accusing the state’s largest hospital system of violating patient privacy…
Continue Reading Woman who hurled racist slur at a Black University of Kentucky student pleads guilty following mediation
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A former University of Kentucky student facing assault charges after repeatedly hurling a racial slur at a Black…
Continue Reading Steward Health Care reaches deal to sell its nationwide physicians network
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Steward Health Care said it has reached an agreement to sell its nationwide physicians network to a private equity…
Continue Reading Before lobster, Maine had a thriving sardine industry. A sunken ship reminds us of its storied past
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 83-foot (25-meter) motor boat that was one of the first refrigerated sardine carriers during the heyday…
Continue Reading Dentist charged with invasion of privacy after camera found in employee bathroom, police say
WEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia dentist is facing invasion of privacy charges after police say a concealed camera was allegedly found in his…
Continue Reading A Gazan father went to register his twins’ births. They were killed in an Israeli strike, hospital officials say
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Continue Reading Plan approved by North Carolina panel to meet prisoner reentry goals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A panel has laid out specifics designed to bring numerous North Carolina state government agencies together to improve…
Continue Reading Death of Ohio man who died while in police custody ruled a homicide by coroner’s office
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The death of an Ohio man who died in police custody earlier this year has been ruled a homicide. The Stark County Coroner’s…
Continue Reading UN expert panel sent to Venezuela blasts lack of transparency in presidential elections
MIAMI (AP) — A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and…
Continue Reading How a term widely debunked by medical groups came up in D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death inquiry
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Daniel Prude – and now D’Vontaye Mitchell – all…
Continue Reading Trial begins in case of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor during dispute
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida jury will determine whether a 60-year-old white woman was justified when she fired through the door of her central…
Continue Reading Why ‘very demure, very mindful’ is on the tip of everyone’s tongue
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Traditionally, women considered “demure” behave in a way that is modest, reserved and inoffensive to the…
Continue Reading Former Kansas police chief charged one year after raid on local newspaper
By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — The former police chief who led a raid last year on a small Kansas newspaper was formally charged Monday with one…
Continue Reading An ex-commander of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels is convicted in Uganda of atrocities in rare trial
Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group has been convicted of dozens of crimes…
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Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister says Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to…
Continue Reading Ohio officer who fatally shot pregnant 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young charged with murder
By Eric Levenson, Sabrina Souza and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN (CNN) — A police officer in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, was indicted by a grand jury…
Continue Reading Black bear mauls 3-year-old girl in tent at Montana campground
RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — A black bear mauled and injured a 3-year-old girl in a tent at a private campground in Montana just north of Yellowstone…
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Associated Press Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta is a more-than 400-square-mile (1,036-square-kilometer) expanse of cypress swamps, oxbow lakes,…
Continue Reading Ferguson police release body camera footage showing protester knocking officer to sidewalk
Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police have released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police…
Continue Reading An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with…
Continue Reading High-stakes Gaza ceasefire talks have ended. Here’s what to know
By Mostafa Salem, Nic Robertson, Ben Wedeman, Rob Picheta, Mostafa Salem and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Mediators in talks for a ceasefire…
Continue Reading Arkansas police officer fired after video captures him beating a detainee in the back of a patrol car
KAIT, CNN By Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he…
Continue Reading Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth ‘Tristan und Isolde’ by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson
Associated Press BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth…
Continue Reading Arkansas police officer fired after video captures him beating a detainee in the back of a patrol car
By Melissa Alonso and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The Jonesboro Police Department in Arkansas has terminated an officer after he was seen…
Continue Reading Officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman who was accused of shoplifting
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio police officer was indicted Tuesday on murder and other charges in the shooting of Ta’Kiya Young,…
Continue Reading Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators
DETROIT (AP) — Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous…
Continue Reading A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020…
Continue Reading Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional…
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AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical…
Continue Reading 3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day
Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say suspected militants have hurled hand grenades at a house and store selling Pakistani…
Continue Reading Filipino gymnast who won 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero’s welcome and free buffets for life
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo has flown home to a hero’s welcome after winning two gold medals at the…
Continue Reading US wholesale inflation cooled in July in sign that price pressures are continuing to ease
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale price increases in the United States eased in July, suggesting that inflation pressures are further…
Continue Reading Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot
LONDON (AP) — A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district has been charged with attempted murder.…
Continue Reading A burglary is reported at a Trump campaign office in Virginia
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — A burglary was reported over the weekend at a Virginia campaign office for former President Donald Trump, and authorities are…
Continue Reading Russia says it thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion. Kyiv says it won’t occupy land
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Tuesday that its forces checked an effort by Ukrainian troops to expand a stunning weeklong…
Continue Reading Starbucks CEO replaced by Brian Niccol, a fixer who revived Chipotle when the chain was in distress
AP Business Writer In 2018, when Chipotle was reeling from multiple food poisoning outbreaks that had sickened 1,100 people, the company called Taco…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes on Gaza leave children without parents and parents without children
Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive an Israeli…
Continue Reading California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student cellphone use
Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is sending letters to school districts, urging them to…
Continue Reading Netanyahu accuses defense minister of ‘anti-Israel narrative,’ exposing rift over war in Gaza
By Christian Edwards, Lauren Izso and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lambasted his Defense Minister Yoav…
Continue Reading A strengthening Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past Puerto Rico late…
Continue Reading Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack
JERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister. The latest spat…
Continue Reading Bangladesh’s ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a call from her self-exile in India for…
Continue Reading Will the attacks on Walz’s military service stick like they did to Kerry 20 years ago?
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In some corners of the Democratic Party, last week felt like déjà vu. The party’s vice-presidential…
Continue Reading Man who died flying a helicopter that crashed on Cairns hotel roof had not flown in Australia before
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man who died when the helicopter he was flying crashed onto a hotel roof in Queensland,…
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