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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 18:20 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 18:01 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 about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine

Jul. 12, 2021 18:19 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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US drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

Jul. 12, 2021 18:34 PM EDT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president, underscoring President Joe Biden’s reluctance to more forcefully curb petroleum production in the face of...

Former player unlikely to participate in Blackhawks review

Jul. 12, 2021 18:33 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney who represents a former Chicago Blackhawks player who alleges he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010 is open to the possibility of her client participating in the team's review of the accusations under certain conditions. ...

Police officer hurt when driver hits patrol car

Jul. 12, 2021 18:31 PM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) — A Springfield police officer was hurt when a motorist hit his patrol car while he was inside, authorities said. According to the Springfield Police Department, the officer was responding to a different vehicle crash when a motorist failed to...

Expanded jobless benefits will continue into August

Jul. 12, 2021 18:28 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal enhanced unemployment benefits will continue in Maryland at least through August, the state labor secretary testified Monday during a hearing related to two lawsuits seeking the continuation of the benefits. News outlets report that Labor...

2 men sentenced to life for killing real estate agent

Jul. 12, 2021 18:25 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two men convicted in the 2019 kidnapping and slaying of a real estate agent in Minnesota were sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cedric Berry and Berry Davis, both 42, were found guilty in Hennepin County District...

$200K grant goes to western Kentucky recovery center for men

Jul. 12, 2021 18:22 PM EDT

PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A western Kentucky center that helps men recover from alcohol and drug addiction has received a $200,000 grant, officials said. The funding from the Community Development Block Grant CARES Act program will help the CenterPoint Recovery Center...

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests

Jul. 12, 2021 18:20 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 about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine

Jul. 12, 2021 18:19 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...

80-year-old woman sentenced in shooting death of husband

Jul. 12, 2021 18:16 PM EDT

McCOOK, Neb. (AP) — An 80-year-old McCook woman was sentenced Monday to eight to 10 years in prison for the shooting death of her husband, who she said had abused her for years. Lavetta Langdon was sentenced after pleading no contest on June 1 to manslaughter, KNOP...

Former teacher walkout leader sentenced for 'sexting' minor

Jul. 12, 2021 18:13 PM EDT

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A former Stillwater Junior High School history teacher and coach who helped organize the teacher walkout in 2018 has been sentenced to prison for engaging in sexual communication with a minor. Alberto Morejon, 28, was sentenced Friday to ten...