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October 26, 2021

In fatal shooting, some political foes take aim at Baldwin

Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set, ...

October 26, 2021

'We've got to run' — Idaho mall shooting leaves 2 dead

Cheri Gypin thought something had fallen from the ceiling when she heard several large bangs at the largest shopping mall in ...

October 26, 2021

Critics: Louisiana State Police culture broken

An Associated Press investigation has found a Louisiana State Police culture mired in patronage, impunity and, in some cases, ...

October 26, 2021

US details new international COVID-19 travel requirements

Children under 18 and people from dozens of countries with a shortage of vaccines will be exempt from new rules that will ...

October 26, 2021

EXPLAINER: How months of tensions led to Sudan's coup

Monday’s military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country’s fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after ...

October 26, 2021

'Atmospheric river' drenches drought-stricken California

A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it ...

October 26, 2021

Saints capitalize on Seahawks' mistakes for 13-10 win

Alvin Kamara and Jameis Winston were the happy beneficiaries of the Seattle Seahawks' many mistakes. Then it was rookie Brian ...

October 26, 2021

Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse

Two years ago, Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store over concerns about the platform being used ...

October 26, 2021

Myanmar skips ASEAN summit after its military ruler excluded

Southeast Asian leaders began their annual summit without Myanmar on Tuesday amid a diplomatic standoff over the exclusion ...

October 26, 2021

Record-breaking storm douses drought-stricken California

Across Northern California, crews worked Monday to clear streets of toppled trees and branches and to clean gutters clogged ...

October 26, 2021

The Latest: UN Security Council to discuss Sudan on Tuesday

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed-door meeting on the coup in Sudan for Tuesday ...

October 26, 2021

Assistant director of Baldwin film fired after 2019 mishap

The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed a cinematographer last week had been fired from a previous ...

October 26, 2021

Hostage families to Biden: 'Bring our fellow Americans home'

Relatives of more than two dozen American hostages and wrongful detainees held overseas told President Joe Biden in a letter ...

October 26, 2021

Police: 2 dead, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting

A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and four injured — including a police officer — in a shooting at a ...

October 26, 2021

COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally ...

October 26, 2021

Sudan's military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister

Sudan’s military seized power Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister, ...

October 26, 2021

People or profit? Facebook papers show deep conflict within

Facebook the company is losing control of Facebook the product — not to mention the last shreds of its carefully crafted, ...

October 26, 2021

Bayern star Joshua Kimmich at center of COVID vaccine debate

Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua Kimmich has found himself at the center of a debate in Germany over the merits of ...

October 26, 2021

Facebook profits rise amid revelations from leaked documents

Amid fallout from the Facebook Papers documents supporting claims that the social network has valued financial success over ...

October 25, 2021

Texas governor approves state voting maps redrawn by GOP

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed redrawn voting maps that pave a safer path for the GOP’s slipping ...