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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
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World shares slip on doubts over COVID vaccines, outbreaks
World stocks fell back on Thursday after a comeback by big technology shares that have thrived during the pandemic.
DeChambeau has grand plan to cut Masters course down to size
Bryson DeChambeau is golf’s latest litmus test, hammering drives that sound and soar like mortar fire and cut corners in ways golf-course designers and his fellow pros never dreamed.
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Montana: Revise Conceal Carry Laws (End local govt authority)
Vatican's McCarrick report forces debate on power and abuse
ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable questions the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it’s going to do about current and fut…
Shots fired at Saudi embassy in The Hague; no injuries
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague was sprayed with gunfire early Thursday, leaving bullet holes across the facade and in several windows. Police said nobody was injured in the sho…
Italian hospitals face breaking point in fall virus surge
MILAN (AP) — Dr. Luca Cabrini was certain his hospital in the heart of Lombardy‘s lake district would reach its breaking point caring for 300 COVID-19 patients. So far, virus patients fill 500 beds and counting.
UK economy saw big bounceback in summer before fresh curbs
LONDON (AP) — The British economy bounced back strongly in the third quarter of the year as many of the restrictions associated with the spring lockdown were lifted, official figures showed Thursday.
Australia to prosecute troops for war crimes in Afghanistan
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday announced a new investigative agency to build criminal cases against Australian special forces suspected of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.
Saudi golf Ladies European Tour kicks off with prize of $1M
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's leg of the Ladies European Tour kicked off Thursday with a prize of $1 million up for grabs in the latest push by the kingdom to host major sports and entertainment…
In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule
BEIRUT (AP) — On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence from France in 1946, a…
Ethiopia conflict tensions spread as 150 'operatives' held
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tensions over the deadly conflict in Ethiopia are spreading well beyond its cut-off Tigray region, as the federal government on Thursday said some 150 suspected “operatives” accused of seeking…