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Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were ...

Sep 17, 2021

IOC urges Olympic teams to ask for more vaccines

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympic teams were urged Friday by the IOC to request more Chinese and Pfizer vaccines ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, which will be held in the country where the coron...

Sep 17, 2021

Ex-teammate pleads not guilty to killing Miami football star

MIAMI (AP) - A former University of Miami football player pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of killing a teammate outside a South Florida apartment complex in 2006. An attorney for Rashaun Jones...

Sep 17, 2021

Milley: Calls to China were `perfectly' within scope of job

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump's presidency were "perfectly within the duties ...

Sep 17, 2021

China astronauts return after 90 days aboard space station

BEIJING (AP) - A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to earth Friday after a 90-day stay aboard their nation's first space station in China's longest mission yet. Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hon...

Sep 16, 2021

Minnesota high court OKs ballot question on Minneapolis PD

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has cleared the way for Minneapolis to vote on the future of policing in the city where George Floyd was killed. The state's highest court Thursday eveni...

Sep 16, 2021

Lawyer charged in probe of Trump-Russia investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) - The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government's investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false s...

Sep 16, 2021

Murdaugh surrenders to face charges in $10M insurance fraud

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lawyer Alex Murdaugh surrendered Thursday to face insurance fraud and other charges after state police said he arranged to have himself shot in the head so that his son would get...

Sep 16, 2021

Idaho rations health care statewide as COVID surge continues

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide amid a massive increase in the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization. The Idaho ...

Sep 16, 2021

Police detain teenager after threat to German synagogue

BERLIN (AP) - German security officials said Thursday they had detained a teenager who was allegedly planning to attack a synagogue in the western city of Hagen with explosives, news agency dpa said. ...

Sep 16, 2021