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Evacuation flights resume in Kabul after deadly bombings

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed with new urgency a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover. Th...

Aug 26, 2021

Texas GOP advances voting bill after Democrats’ holdout ends

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a 38-day walkout are now all but out of ways to s...

Aug 26, 2021

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in p...

Aug 26, 2021

US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. government said Thursday it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following disgraced financier Jeffrey Epste...

Aug 26, 2021

US proceeding with Kabul pullout despite deadly ISIS attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with the evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed at least 12 U.S. servicemembers and dashed hopes of endin...

Aug 26, 2021

Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have postponed their White House meeting as Biden focused his attention on dealing with the aftermath of deadly explosi...

Aug 26, 2021

Mayor: 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting near Illinois courthouse

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Two people were killed and another was injured Thursday morning in a shooting near the courthouse in the small northern Illinois city of Kankakee, the mayor said. Mayor Christoph...

Aug 26, 2021

Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right ...

Aug 26, 2021

South Dakota AG pleads no contest to 2 counts in fatal crash

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...

Aug 26, 2021

France to stop Kabul airport evacuations by Friday night

PARIS (AP) - France's prime minister says his country will no longer be able to evacuate people from Kabul airport after Friday night. The announcement by Jean Castex on Thursday comes as the U.S. and...

Aug 26, 2021