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In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 file photo, Barbie H. leads a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Dozens of people protested the abortion restriction law that went into effect Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Texas doctor who defied state’s new abortion ban is sued

Former attorneys in Arkansas and Illinois filed separate state lawsuits Monday against Dr. Alan Braid

21 Sep 2021 11:52 AM

Justin Trudeau casts his ballot at a Montreal polling station. (Bloomberg)

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau wins historic third term, but without coveted majority

The Liberal victory is a historic milestone for Trudeau, marking only the eighth time a Canadian leader has won three successive elections

21 Sep 2021 10:58 AM

In this image taken from SpaceX video, passengers aboard a SpaceX capsule react as the capsule parachutes into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX all-civilian orbital crew completes historic mission

The SpaceX Dragon capsule was slowed down by four large parachutes before splashing into the Atlantic Ocean

19 Sep 2021 8:04 AM

Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul. (AFP)

'A tragic mistake': US admits strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians, not IS militants

The drone strike killed 10 people, including seven children, according to McKenzie, none of who ultimately were linked to IS

18 Sep 2021 10:34 AM

The Dragon capsule's two men and two women are looking to spend three days going round and round the planet. (Photo: Twitter/@SpaceX)

SpaceX launches 4 amateurs on private Earth-circling trip

It's SpaceX founder Elon Musk's first entry in the competition for space tourism dollars

16 Sep 2021 8:43 AM

Currently 63.1 percent of the eligible population over-12 are fully vaccinated, or 54 percent of the total population. (AP file photo)

US approaching Delta wave peak but virus expected to become endemic

Countries in western Europe have also seen similar downturns in their Delta surges

15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM

A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently in the US. (DC File Image)

New US bill can help millions, including Indians to get US Green Card

The bill does not contain permanent structural changes to the legal immigration system

14 Sep 2021 3:12 AM

General view of the field during a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks before the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals at PNC Park on September 11, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo: AFP)

Newly released FBI memo hints at Saudi involvment with 9/11 hijackers

The memo from April 4, 2016, showed links between Omar Bayoumi and two of the Al-Qaeda operatives

12 Sep 2021 10:42 AM

Evacuees from Afghanistan wait for passport checks upon arrival at Hamad International Airport in Qatar's capital Doha on September 10, 2021. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

32 more US citizens, permanent residents leave Afghanistan

Twenty-one US citizens or permanent residents were on a first Qatar Airways flight that left Kabul

11 Sep 2021 11:18 AM

Smoke billows from one of the towers of the World Trade Center as flames and debris explode from the second tower, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)

US honors 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

At New York's Ground Zero, relatives will read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people killed, in a four-hour-long service

11 Sep 2021 10:47 AM

Western countries have about 500 million doses available to be redistributed today. (Photo: Twitter/File)

Wealthy nations will have 1.2 billion vaccine doses they don’t need

The U.S., Britain, European nations and others could satisfy their own needs and still have large quantities to redistribute globally

05 Sep 2021 1:35 PM

Cars and trucks are stranded by high water Thursday, Sept 2, 2021, on the Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx borough of New York as high water left behind by Hurricane Ida still stands on the highway hours later. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

At least 44 dead as flash floods slam New York area

Ida blazed a trail of destruction north after slamming into Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes

03 Sep 2021 10:23 AM

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Biden defends departure from ‘forever war,’ praises airlift from Afghanistan

Biden has faced tough questions about the way the U.S. went about leaving Afghanistan, a chaotic evacuation with spasms of violence

01 Sep 2021 11:14 AM

People evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. will continue to try to get Americans and Afghans out of the country

31 Aug 2021 10:16 AM

Dozens of community members gathered in remembrance and prayer, as many came to show their support to those needing comfort because their loved ones will never be able to make it home. (Representational Image - ANI)

Indian-Americans light candles across US to honor soldiers killed in Afghanistan

The soldiers were among the 6,000 US troops President Joe Biden deployed to assist in a massive airlift evacuation

30 Aug 2021 2:42 PM

US President Joe Biden pauses as he delivers remarks on the terror attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the US service members and Afghan victims killed and wounded, in White House, Washington, DC on August 26, 2021.

Biden warns Kabul bombers 'we will hunt you down'

He reaffirmed the August 31 deadline for all US troops to leave Afghanistan and said the US forces would fly out as many people as possible

27 Aug 2021 12:28 PM

Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday. (Photo:AP)

Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

The storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, and made landfall near Westerly

23 Aug 2021 1:35 AM

Harris' Asia trip carries new urgency after Afghan collapse

A longtime district attorney and former senator, Harris is largely untested in international diplomacy and foreign policy

20 Aug 2021 10:56 AM

The neurological disease that causes paralysis has surfaced every two years since 2014, with the largest outbreak in 2018 sickening 238 people in 42 states, nearly 95 percent of them children, the release said. (Photo: Pixabay)

US warns of new outbreak of Polio-like illness in children later this year: CDC

AFM is a medical emergency and patients should seek immediate medical care, even in areas with high novel coronavirus incidence

19 Aug 2021 2:26 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a level 2 travel health notice for India due to COVID-19, indicating a moderate level of COVID-19 in the country. (Representational image: PTI)

US eases travel advisory for India to second-lowest level

In April, the US issued a level 4 travel health notice for India as the country was reeling under the second wave of COVID-19

17 Aug 2021 1:01 PM

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