WASHINGTON (AP) – 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 in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 to deny an emergency appeal from abortion providers and […]
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By Alex Sanz And Tammy Webber
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They move from place to place at a moment’s notice in a desperate bid to evade the Taliban – girls whose lives are in danger simply because they chose to play a sport they loved. An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls soccer team, along with […]
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OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says an estimated 1,250 Canadian citizens, permanent residents and family members are still in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of all U.S. troops on Monday. Garneau revealed the figure during a news conference this morning in which he and Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced […]
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service […]
By Rebecca Santana and Jay Reeves
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity in the oppressive, late-summer heat. Ida ravaged the region’s power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands […]
By Aya Batrawy
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Qatar played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. Now the tiny Gulf Arab state is being asked to help shape what is next for Afghanistan because of its ties with both Washington and the Taliban, […]
By Stephen Groves
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday pleaded no contest plea to two misdemeanor traffic charges for a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking along a rural highway. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to charges of making […]
By Mike Blanchfield
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was playing his cards close to his chest on whether he wants the G7 to push for an extension of the American military commitment to Afghanistan. Trudeau joined a special virtual meeting of the G7 leaders Tuesday on the crisis in Afghanistan and President […]
By Alexandra Jaffe
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Singapore – SINGAPORE (AP) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and affirming that the U.S. will support its allies in the region against Beijing’s advances. “We know […]
With Kathy Hochul officially taking the reins as New York’s governor, a historic number of women are currently leading U.S. states – a push towards equality and representation that could continue into next year’s midterm elections. There are now nine women serving as governor in the U.S. That ties a […]
By Jim Bronskill
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Canada airlifted another 121 people from strife-ridden Afghanistan on Saturday, including Canadian citizens and family members as well as Afghan nationals accepted for resettlement by Ottawa and its allies, officials said Sunday. Canada will work tirelessly to evacuate people from Afghanistan “for as long as it is safe […]
By Robert Burns And Darlene Superville
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military reported its biggest day of airlifts out of Afghanistan by far on Monday, but deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul’s airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled they might soon seek to shut down the evacuation. Twenty-eight U.S. military flights […]
