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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Bosnia police arrest 7 for crimes from 1992-95 conflict
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested seven former Bosnian Serb police and army fighters on suspicion of committing atrocities against non-Serbs during the country's devastating 199…
The Latest: Trump adviser explains pass on more Pfizer doses
WASHINGTON -- The leader of Operation Warp Speed says the Trump administration was looking at several different vaccines during the summer when it had the option to lock in additional Pfizer vaccine doses.
Protesters block traffic in Armenia demanding PM to resign
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Dozens of protesters took to the streets of the Armenian capital Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the country’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nag…
Abu Dhabi investor and new owner of Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club says its 'door is open' to Arab players
JERUSALEM (AP) — Abu Dhabi investor and new owner of Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club says its 'door is open' to Arab players.
The Latest: Britain rolling out 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
LONDON — A 90-year-old retired British shop clerk has received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pa…
Impatience rises as aid still blocked to Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Impatience is rising as humanitarian officials say they still don’t have access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region more than a week after Ethiopia’s government and the United Nations signed…
Water quality, flooding mean low grade for major watershed
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A group developed to help improve management of the Mississippi River Watershed has issued it a disappointing report card, and says urgent action and billions of dollars are required to address…
Blasts badly damage 2 Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands
AALSMEER, Netherlands (AP) — Two Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands were badly damaged by explosions early Tuesday, police said. Nobody was injured in the blasts in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, and in a small town…
Egypt says 40 militants killed in Sinai since September
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — The Egyptian military on Tuesday said forces have killed at least 40 militants over the past three months in raids and airstrikes against an Islamic insurgency in the northern part of the Sin…
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Officers face 2 more misdemeanors stemming from protests
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Virginia police officers face more misdemeanor charges related to their actions during May protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
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'Nobody knows': Experts baffled by mystery illness in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Health officials and experts are still baffled by a mysterious illness that has left over 500 people hospitalized and one person dead in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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'Turning point': UK giving 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine