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Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last mon...
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’
Crowds gather to protest Biden's Idaho visit
More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Boise, Idaho, on Monday morning ahead of a visit by President Joe Biden to express their displeasure about his coronav...
Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul
Some 200 foreigners, including Americans, left Afghanistan on a commercial flight out of Kabul on Thursday, the first such large-scale departure since U.S. a...
Surviving 9/11 was 'just the first piece of the journey'
Trapped deep in the wreckage of the World Trade Center, Will Jimeno lived through the unthinkable. Twenty years later, he's still living with it.
High court divides 5-4 to leave Texas abortion law in place
A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion ...
US says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport
A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying "multiple suicide bombers" from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the o...
Biden promises more strikes on Afghanistan extremist group
President Joe Biden vowed Saturday to keep up airstrikes against the Islamic extremist group whose suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed scores of Afgh...
Hurricane Ida strengthens, Louisiana braces for severe blow
Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations Saturday ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected ...
Taliban largely seal off Kabul airport as airlift winds down
American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another terror attack pressed ahead with the evacuation from Kabul's airport Friday, the ...
7 reported dead amid chaos at Kabul airport as desperate Afghans try to flee
Wrenching scenes unfolded Monday at Kabul's airport as thousands of Afghans tried to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, clambering over barriers, thro...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed na...
Cuomo urged to resign after probe finds he harassed 11 women
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting pressure Tuesday to resign, including from President Joe Biden and other onetime Democratic allies, after an invest...
CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing...
Tears, politics and money: School boards become battle zones
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such issues as COVID-19 mask rules, the treatment of ...