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The Latest: 9/11 commemoration begins at ground zero in NYC

NEW YORK - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Presid...

Sep 11, 2021

US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war's end

NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began Saturday with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. so...

Sep 11, 2021

German town seeks owner of baby ostrich found in local park

BERLIN (AP) - Is anyone missing an ostrich? An animal shelter says it is looking for the owner of an ostrich chick that was found in the German town of Krefeld late Friday. German news agency dpa repo...

Sep 11, 2021

Israel arrests 4 Palestinian fugitives who escaped prison

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police on Saturday said they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week - including a famed militant leader whose exploits...

Sep 10, 2021

US gives 1st public look inside base housing Afghans

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - The Biden administration on Friday provided the first public look inside a U.S. military base where Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan are being screened, amid questions about ...

Sep 10, 2021

Israeli police catch 2 Palestinians who broke out of prison

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police on Friday night said they had caught two of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week in a daring prison raid that has captured the coun...

Sep 10, 2021

Woman who admitted to Slender Man attack to be freed Monday

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin woman who admitted to helping stab a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will be freed Monday from a mental health institution, a judge ruled Friday. ...

Sep 10, 2021

US: Afghan evacuee flights halted from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas for unspecified "health safety concerns," a move U.S. officials warn will have a severe impact on the evacuat...

Sep 10, 2021

Lebanon forms new government, 1st in over a year

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese presidency says a new government has been formed, breaking a 13-month deadlock that saw the country slide deeper into financial chaos and poverty. Lebanon has been without a...

Sep 10, 2021

Pope Francis to visit impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia

KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) - Pope Francis is paying a visit next week to a neighborhood in Slovakia most Slovaks would not even think about going, which until recently even the police would avoid after dar...

Sep 09, 2021