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Crush at Kabul airport kills 7 as Afghans try to flee
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - At least seven Afghans died in a panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport, the British military said Sunday, as thousands were still trying to f...
Aug 22, 2021
22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) - At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain ...
Aug 21, 2021
Rev. Jesse Jackson, wife Jacqueline hospitalized for COVID
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according ...
Aug 21, 2021
Military called in to help N.W.T. as territory sees surge of COVID-19 cases
Public Safety Canada says it has approved a request for help from the Northwest Territories as the territory deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases. The territory says there are 198 active cases, with t...
Aug 21, 2021
Boundary Waters wilderness in Minnesota closed due to fire
FINLAND, Minn. (AP) - The U.S. Forest Service on Saturday closed the popular Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota as the largest active wildfire in the state threatens the 1...
Aug 21, 2021
Second Canadian flight leaves chaotic Kabul on Friday with 106 Afghans on board
By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - A C-17 Globemaster transport plane evacuated 106 more Afghans from the chaotic Kabul airport on Friday and brought them to a safe third country, Canadi...
Aug 21, 2021 FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 file photo hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane along the perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers have been flown to safety since the Taliban reasserted control over the country. Yet still unprotected, and in hiding, are untold numbers of Afghans who tried to build a fledgling democracy. They include Afghans who worked with foreign forces, and who are now stranded and being hunted by the Taliban, along with aid workers.(AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani, File)
IS threat forces US changes to evacuations at Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a senior U.S. offi...
Aug 21, 2021
Three federal parties on offensive despite Trudeau sitting out 6th day of campaign
The three main federal parties lobbed attacks at each other Saturday, undaunted by the absence of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on the sixth day of the federal campaign. While it is not unusual for pa...
Aug 21, 2021
Second Canadian fight leaves chaotic Kabul on Friday with 106 Afghans on board
OTTAWA - A C-17 Globemaster transport plane evacuated 106 more Afghans from the chaotic Kabul airport on Friday and brought them to a safe third country, Canadian officials said Saturday. The flight w...
Aug 21, 2021
Hurricane Henri: What to know as rare storm heads north
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's everything to know about this weekend's weather that's tropical in name, but far from its titular home: HUH, A HURRICANE IS HITTING NEW ENGLAND? Maybe! Rare tropical weather is ...
Aug 21, 2021
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