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As Biden improves with vets, Afghanistan plan a plus to some

ELM GROVE, Wis. - Patrick Proctor Brown says the war in Afghanistan was lost within a year of its start. The suburban Milwaukee lawyer, who was an infantry captain in Iraq, said the trillions of dolla...

Apr 17, 2021

Myanmar pardons prisoners, unclear if activists among them

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta on Saturday announced it pardoned and released more than 23,000 prisoners to mark the new year holiday, but it wasn't immediately clear if they included pro-democracy...

Apr 17, 2021

Riot declared after windows smashed in Portland protests

PORTLAND, Ore. - Police in Portland, Oregon, declared a riot Friday night after authorities said protesters smashed windows and burglarized businesses during demonstrations that started earlier in the...

Apr 17, 2021

China says US-Japan actions are stoking division

BEIJING - China hit back at the U.S.-Japan show of alliance during talks between President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, calling it an "ironic attempt of stoking division." China ...

Apr 17, 2021

Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million

RIO DE JANEIRO - The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places ...

Apr 17, 2021

Funeral to praise Philip's 'courage' and support for queen

WINDSOR, England - Prince Philip will be remembered as a man of "courage, fortitude and faith" on Saturday, at a funeral that salutes both his service in the Royal Navy and his support for Queen Eliza...

Apr 17, 2021

Patients evacuated as fire blazes in Johannesburg hospital

JOHANNESBURG - Hundreds of patients are being evacuated from Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital where a fire is blazing through parts of the facility in South Africa's largest city. No injuries ...

Apr 17, 2021

Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's motions to toss sex charges

NEW YORK - A judge on Friday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's arguments to toss charges that she recruited three teenager girls from 1994 to 1997 for then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. U.S....

Apr 16, 2021

Retired Ohio sheriff and tiny K-9 partner die the same day

CLEVELAND - The Ohio county sheriff and his tiny police dog were inseparable, their lives unwaveringly intertwined. It thus seems fitting that retired Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland, 67, and his...

Apr 16, 2021

Jeffree Star hospitalized after Wyoming car crash

CASPER, Wyo. - YouTube personality, businessman and musician Jeffree Star was hospitalized after a car crash in Wyoming. Star veered off a slushy road in the Casper area Friday morning and overturned ...

Apr 16, 2021