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Florida city weighs how to honor lost souls at 'holy site'

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - As crews keep searching for the last missing remains of the souls who perished in their collapsing beachfront condos nearly three weeks ago, the question is swirling across the r...

Jul 12, 2021

Biden calls Cuba 'remarkable' protests a 'call for freedom'

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday called protests in Cuba "remarkable" and a "clarion call for freedom," praising thousands of Cubans who took the streets to protest food shortages and h...

Jul 12, 2021

Texas Democrats plan to leave state to stop GOP voting bill

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrats in the Texas Legislature were planning Monday to leave the state for Washington, D.C., in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, creating another drama...

Jul 12, 2021

Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker's request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President J...

Jul 12, 2021

Coronavirus infects vaccinated leader at Florida condo site

MIAMI (AP) - A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested p...

Jul 12, 2021

UK's Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead

LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week's time while urging people to remain cautious a...

Jul 12, 2021

Florida resident detained as key suspect in Haiti killing

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The latest suspect detained amid the search for the masterminds and assassins in the killing of President Jovenel Mose is a Haitian in his 60s living in Florida who identi...

Jul 12, 2021

For democracy, it's a time of swimming against the tide

The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the goatee that he had finally let turn grey, spoke calmly into the camera as police swarmed toward his house, hidden behind a high wal...

Jul 12, 2021

Top US commander to exit Afghanistan amid Taliban surge

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is to hand over his command at a ceremony in the capital of Kabul on Monday, as America winds down its 20-year military presence and Tal...

Jul 12, 2021

Pope to spend a few more days in Rome hospital after surgery

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis will spend a few more days in the hospital following his July 4 intestinal surgery to "optimize" recovery and rehabilitation treatment and therapy, the Vatican said Monday. Th...

Jul 12, 2021