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Afghan vet: 'What have we ended up with at the end of it?'

Jul. 12, 2021 14:56 PM EDT

Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in Afghanistan, as the U.S. launched an invasion targeting the Afghanistan-based al-Qaida leaders who plotted the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. More than 800,000...

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests

Jul. 12, 2021 17:47 PM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana on Monday following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. Cuba's president said the demonstrations were stirred up on social media by Cuban...

Florida suspect in Haiti president killing deepens mystery

Jul. 12, 2021 17:06 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The arrest of a failed Haitian businessman living in Florida who authorities say was a key player in the killing of Haiti’s president deepened the mystery Monday into an already convoluted plot surrounding the assassination. Haitian...

Firefighters make progress against big fires in US West

Jul. 12, 2021 16:32 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of wildfires burned across the torrid U.S. West on Monday but fire agencies reported some progress in corralling the flames and forecasters predicted a gradual decrease in extreme temperatures. The fires have forced evacuations in numerous...

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop GOP voting bill

Jul. 12, 2021 16:54 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats in the Texas Legislature on Monday bolted for Washington, D.C., and said they were ready to remain there for weeks in a second revolt against a GOP overhaul of election laws, forcing a dramatic new showdown over voting rights in America. ...

Summer camps hit with COVID outbreaks -- are schools next?

Jul. 12, 2021 16:46 PM EDT

The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, in what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. In some cases the outbreaks have spread from the camp...

Lively leader of Cuban American community among Fla. victims

Jul. 12, 2021 11:13 AM EDT

Sixty years before Juan Mora’s Florida condo building came crashing down, killing him and at least 89 others, he was among hundreds of Cuban exiles who signed up for a covert, CIA-funded operation to overthrow Fidel Castro’s Soviet-backed dictatorship. Mora’s dream...

Musk on trial: Defends SolarCity, calls lawyer 'bad human'

Jul. 12, 2021 16:51 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Tesla founder Elon Musk took to a witness stand Monday to defend his company’s 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a lawsuit that claims he’s to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never delivered the profits...

FDA adds warning of rare reaction risk to J&J COVID vaccine

Jul. 12, 2021 17:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem. The Food and Drug...

France's Macron orders all health workers to get vaccinated

Jul. 12, 2021 15:21 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered all French health care workers to get virus vaccine shots by Sept. 15 and urged all of his compatriots to get vaccinated as soon as possible, to fight resurgent infections that are threatening the country’s economic recovery....

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Audit: Maine utility can improve, not 'irredeemably flawed'

Jul. 12, 2021 17:53 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent audit of the management structure at Maine's largest power provider has found the organization faces challenges but is likely equipped to overcome them. The Maine Public Utilities Commission ordered the review of Central Maine...

Court tosses lawsuit over articles on lawyer's neo-Nazi ties

Jul. 12, 2021 17:53 PM EDT

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit in which a Baltimore attorney accused the Southern Poverty Law Center of defaming him in articles highlighting his ties to a neo-Nazi group. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S....

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests

Jul. 12, 2021 17:47 PM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana on Monday following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. Cuba's president said the demonstrations were stirred up on social media by Cuban...

FDA adds warning of rare reaction risk to J&J COVID vaccine

Jul. 12, 2021 17:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine about links to a rare and potentially dangerous neurological reaction, but said it’s not entirely clear the shot caused the problem. The Food and Drug...

Missouri attorney general: Strickland is guilty of 3 murders

Jul. 12, 2021 17:46 PM EDT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Attorney General’s Office on Monday said it believes longtime inmate Kevin Strickland is guilty of killing three people in Kansas City and should remain in prison, despite several other prosecutors saying they believe he is innocent. ...

Colorado woman's body found in Florida condo collapse rubble

Jul. 12, 2021 17:46 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman who had been missing since a Florida condo building partially collapsed last month has been identified among those killed in the wreckage. The body of Cassondra Stratton was identified Sunday, her husband's law firm said in a statement...

GOP state Sen. Matt Dolan exploring US Senate run in Ohio

Jul. 12, 2021 17:46 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state Sen. Matt Dolan launched a listening tour Monday to explore a bid for Ohio's open U.S. Senate seat, casting himself as a tough but pragmatic politician in the tradition of exiting GOP Sen. Rob Portman and the late astronaut and Democratic Sen. John...

The Latest: Idaho senators eye blocking required vaccination

Jul. 12, 2021 17:44 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho — Republican state senators in Idaho are discussing the possibility of convening a special session to consider legislation to block three large health care providers from requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Senate Pro...

COVID-19 outbreak reported after Ohio church retreat

Jul. 12, 2021 17:44 PM EDT

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (AP) — Local health officials are reporting a COVID-19 outbreak among people who attended a church retreat in Ohio several weeks ago. Dayton and Montgomery County public health officials said more than 800 people attended the Baptist Church retreat at...

Black Lives Matter mural defaced in North Carolina town

Jul. 12, 2021 17:44 PM EDT

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A Black Lives Matter mural drawn in honor of a North Carolina man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies was damaged one day after it was unveiled, and police are investigating the incident. A video posted to Facebook on Sunday by Glenda...