WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was recommending people who have been fully inoculated against COVID-19 receive a booster shot of vaccine to better protect the …
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By Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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8/18/21
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L'ASILE, Haiti – Even the graveyards weren’t spared.
To see the destruction of Haiti’s powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake, one just has to drive the rocky, rural stretch of road …
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By Jacqueline Charles and Alex Daugherty / Miami Herald (TNS)
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8/18/21
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WASHINGTON — Both Democrats and Republicans are united in viewing China as the United States’ No. 1 long-term strategic threat.
In a time of deep political polarization, the two …
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By Rachel Oswald / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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8/18/21
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NEW YORK – In the years leading up to his last trial, R&B superstar R. Kelly toured nationally and sold countless records. The day of the verdict in 2008, he bowed his head, praised Jesus, …
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By Megan Crepeau and Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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8/18/21
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President Joe Biden’s rapid pullout from Afghanistan has left thousands of Afghans who worked as translators and guides for the U.S. military in a desperate race to escape the country to avoid …
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By Daniel Flatley and Sophia Cai / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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8/18/21
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John Bolton, the former national security adviser, said the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is a big mistake — and there’s no difference between the policies of President Joe Biden and …
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Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News (TNS)
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8/17/21
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Seeking to reassure a frightened Afghan public and woo foreign governments whose aid money has long kept the country afloat, the Taliban movement pledged Tuesday to restore …
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Marcus Yam, Nabih Bulos and Laura King / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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8/17/21
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Hundreds of Afghan civilians surrounded an Air Force C-17 aircraft Monday during chaotic evacuations at the international airport in Afghanistan's capitol, according to an Air Force statement …
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Peter Talbot / The News Tribune
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8/17/21
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On the eve of the U.S. invasion in 2001, a top Taliban diplomat issued a warning: “Afghanistan is a swamp. People enter here laughing, are exiting injured.”
The U.S., which soon …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, facing the biggest political crisis of his term, defended the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan amid the rapid collapse of the country’s …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times
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8/16/21
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will return from Camp David to address the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in remarks from the White House on Monday afternoon.
The decision to cut short …
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By Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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8/16/21
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NEW YORK — A Queens supporter of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty Monday to posting on social media threats against U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Eduard Florea, 41, made the threat one day before …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Steeped in multiple crises at once, Haiti may not reconstitute a government as soon as previously thought after a powerful earthquake rattled the country’s …
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By Jacqueline Charles and Joey Flechas / Miami Herald (TNS)
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8/16/21
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The U.S. has opened a formal investigation of Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system, citing collisions with parked emergency vehicles, according to documents posted Monday on the National Highway …
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WASHINGTON – Seven weeks before an important wildfire monitoring program is slated to lose access to Pentagon satellite data, 31 Democrats from California on Monday demanded the Defense …
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By Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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8/16/21
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Just last month President Joe Biden defended his Afghanistan pullout by saying that “the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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8/16/21
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SAN DIEGO – What better way to celebrate a 100th birthday than on the beach in front of the Hotel del Coronado — even if you jump out of a plane to get there.
That's exactly what …
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Diane Bell / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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8/15/21
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The supply constraints plaguing the U.S. recovery show few signs of dissipating any time soon, weighing on growth and stoking inflation.
Forecasters lowered economic growth projections for this …
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Augusta Saraiva and Sarina Yoo / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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8/15/21
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More than 700 people have lost their lives and officials fear the number of dead will rise from the major earthquake that struck southwestern Haiti, a region experiencing common aftershocks following …
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Jacqueline Charles, Syra Ortiz-Blanes and Jay Weaver / Miami Herald (TNS)
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8/15/21
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To several U.S. senators, it looked wasteful, even outrageous. Every year, taxpayers pay for at least $750 million worth of expensive pharmaceuticals that are simply thrown away. Companies ship many …
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