Tag: Government and politics
US vacates key Afghan base; pullout target now ‘late August’
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years after invading Afghanistan to oust the Taliban and hunt down al-Qaida, the U.S. military has vacated its biggest airfield...
Closed US Capitol is somber backdrop this Independence Day
WASHINGTON — As it has been for nearly 16 months, longer than any time in the nation’s history, the U.S. Capitol is closed to...
Palestinians: Israeli forces kill man in West Bank clashes
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man Saturday evening during clashes in the occupied West Bank.
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French far-right chief under fire for her mainstream turn
PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is facing stinging criticism for making her party too mainstream, dulling its extremist edge, and ignoring...
Rioters accused of erasing content from social media, phones
PHOENIX — They flaunted their participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol on social media and then, apparently realizing they were...
Supreme Court rules against inmate in death penalty case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Alabama inmate whose lawyers argued that his trial counsel should have done more...
Donald “Donnie” Howard Prince
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Donald Prince, 51, son of Betty and Keith Graham and the late Donald Mac Prince. Also survived by brother, Danny,...
Afghan pullout has US spies reorienting in terrorism fight
WASHINGTON — The two-decade war in Afghanistan has given U.S. spies a perch for keeping tabs on terrorist groups that might once again use...
Jill Biden’s travel shows breadth covered by first lady
PHOENIX — After wrapping up a hectic, two-day swing through Dallas, Houston and Phoenix to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, Jill Biden didn’t relax on the...
Brazil Supreme Court greenlights investigation of Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has authorized a criminal investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro’s response to allegations of potential corruption...