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From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passag...

Dec 19, 2021

Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies

ATLANTA (AP) - Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, behind-the-scenes consensus bui...

Dec 19, 2021

DJ David Guetta lauds Saudi reforms ahead of show in kingdom

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Internationally known DJ David Guetta has made a home for himself in the Persian Gulf. The French DJ is a resident of the United Arab Emirates, where he has perf...

Dec 19, 2021

Osaka arson suspect identified, all buildings to be checked

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a mental clinic in an eight-story building where he was a patient, killing 24 people ...

Dec 18, 2021

UK Brexit minister quits as new COVID rules spark anger

LONDON (AP) - A senior member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Cabinet resigned Saturday night, adding to a sense of disarray within a government that has faced rebellion from his own lawmakers and v...

Dec 18, 2021

Judge finalizes jury instructions at Maxwell sex abuse trial

NEW YORK (AP) - British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell appeared in court on Saturday for a rare weekend hearing where attorneys made arguments about how the judge should instruct a jury on the law in Max...

Dec 18, 2021

Gas explosion in sewer kills 10 in southern Pakistan city

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in a southern Pakistani city killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others Saturday, police and a health official said. Police sp...

Dec 18, 2021

Pope doubles down on quashing old Latin Mass with new limits

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conse...

Dec 18, 2021

Japan police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Japanese police on Saturday searched the house of one of the patients at a mental clinic where a fire gutted an entire floor in an eight-story building, killing 24 people trapped i...

Dec 18, 2021

Iran nuclear talks adjourn, seen resuming before year's end

VIENNA (AP) - Talks aimed at salvaging Iran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were adjourned Friday, following a round marked by tensions over new demands from Tehran. China's lead negoti...

Dec 17, 2021