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Francis opens clinic on the first papal visit to Mongolia. He says it’s about charity not conversion
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia on…
Four astronauts return to Earth in SpaceX capsule to wrap up six-month station mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth early Monday after a six-month…
Parents worried about new supervised drug-use site near Montreal elementary school
MONTREAL – Worried parents say they were blindsided by a decision to open Montreal’s first…
Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death…
Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential primary. Here’s how he discusses race
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does…
Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about…
Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules as their rivals rack up the stops
WASHINGTON (AP) — Their rivals are busy answering voters’ questions at town halls across South…
Nova Scotia ceremony marks 25th anniversary of deadly Swissair crash
INDIAN HARBOUR, N.S. – Paul Service can still remember the smell of jet fuel wafting…
‘Equalizer 3’ cleans up, while ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ score new records
The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise topped the domestic box office this…
Sweet emotion in Philadelphia as Aerosmith starts its farewell tour, and fans dream on
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aerosmith is one of the best things to come out of Boston,…
How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of ‘Freedom Convoy’ movement
OTTAWA – It’s a sunny July day at an outdoor hockey rink outside North Bay,…
Americans have long wanted the perfect endless summer. Jimmy Buffett offered them one
It seemed wistfully appropriate, somehow, that news of Jimmy Buffett’s death emerged at the beginning…
N.W.T. officials say start planning now for lifting of Yellowknife evacuation order
YELLOWKNIFE – Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation who have been evacuated for…
An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents’ messaging is on parental rights
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s fall ballot…
Bill Richardson, a former governor and UN ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Richardson, a two-term Democratic governor of New Mexico and an American…
Ryan Preece ready to race at Darlington after frightening Daytona crash
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Preece had a message to deliver, no matter how bad…
More than a meal: Restaurant-based programs feed seniors’ social lives
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. (AP) — A group of friends and neighbors meets for a weekly meal,…
CSIS disinformation campaign leans on Soviet imagery, as Ottawa tracks ‘grey media’
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public…
Thailand’s king approves a new Cabinet more than 3 months after elections
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s king has formally endorsed members of a new Cabinet, paving the…
AP photos of Kashmir’s mental health clinics show the invisible scars of decades of conflict
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled…
Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help
They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning…
States and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky
Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key fault line in…
New COVID variant no cause for parental panic, says doctor, but kids need flu shot
VANCOUVER – A pediatric infectious disease doctor says there’s nothing to suggest that British Columbia…