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Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Former President Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Ivory Coast on Thursday, a decade after his refusal to concede defeat in a presidential election sparked months of violence...
Jun 17, 2021
UK records over 10,000 virus cases for first time since Feb
LONDON (AP) - The U.K.'s latest surge in coronavirus infections gathered pace Thursday with new confirmed cases rising above 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months as a result of the spread o...
Jun 17, 2021
Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at age 97
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambia's first president and champion of African independence Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97, the country's president Edgar Lungu announced on Facebook Thursday evening...
Jun 17, 2021
Fauci: US to spend $3.2B for antiviral pills for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral pills for COVID-19, officials said Thursday. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease exp...
Jun 17, 2021
High court sides with Catholic agency in foster care dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples as foster parents. The ...
Jun 17, 2021
China launches first three-man crew to new space station
JIUQUAN, China (AP) - China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years Thursday. The astronauts are traveling in the Shenzhou-12 spaceship lau...
Jun 16, 2021
Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can't void federal gun laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can't ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing federal gun r...
Jun 16, 2021
Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation. The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th fed...
Jun 16, 2021
2 South Carolina executions halted until firing squad formed
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the planned executions of two inmates by electrocution, saying they cannot be put to death until they truly have the choice ...
Jun 16, 2021
Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders' sex abuse response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denominatio...
Jun 16, 2021
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