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Official: Crash, "likely" due to storm, kills 10 in Alabama

ATLANTA (AP) - An official tells local media that 10 people - including nine children - are dead after a two-vehicle crash in storm-drenched Alabama. Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock says did not r...

Jun 20, 2021

Moderate Iran candidate concedes win by judiciary chief

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The sole moderate in Iran's presidential election conceded his loss early Saturday to the country's hard-line judiciary chief. It signaled the protege of Supreme Lea...

Jun 18, 2021

EU envoy: Ethiopian leadership vowed to 'wipe out' Tigrayans

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy earlier this year said "they are going to wipe out the Tigrayans for 100 years," the envoy said this w...

Jun 18, 2021

Israel to send 1M coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinia...

Jun 18, 2021

Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner's favor

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran began voting Friday in a presidential election tipped in the favor of a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local...

Jun 17, 2021

Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas fires incendiary balloons

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip late Thursday for a second time since a shaky cease-fire ended last month's 11-day war after activists mobilized by the territory's milita...

Jun 17, 2021

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors ...

Jun 17, 2021

St. Louis gun-waving couple pleads guilty to misdemeanors

ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators last year pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges and agreed to give up the weapons th...

Jun 17, 2021

High court sides with Catholic agency in foster care dispute

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The ...

Jun 17, 2021

UK records over 10,000 virus cases for first time since Feb

LONDON (AP) - The U.K.'s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread o...

Jun 17, 2021