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Putin to self-isolate due to coronavirus among inner circle

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is going into self-isolation because of coronavirus cases in his inner circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday. The announcement came in the Kremlin's readout o...

Sep 14, 2021

EXPLAINER: How California could recall Gov. Gavin Newsom

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California recall election that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday. Nearly 8 million mail-in ballots - the form of voting most Cal...

Sep 13, 2021

Nicholas strengthens to hurricane ahead of Texas landfall

HOUSTON (AP) - Nicholas strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Monday as it headed toward landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast and it was expected to bring heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from...

Sep 13, 2021

Biden comes to California to help Newsom fight off recall

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - President Joe Biden is providing last-minute help Monday to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is only the fourth governor in U.S. history and the second in California to face...

Sep 13, 2021

EXPLAINER: How California could recall Gov. Gavin Newsom

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The California recall election that could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office wraps up Tuesday. Nearly 8 million mail-in ballots - the form of voting most Cal...

Sep 13, 2021

Norway's center-left gains after vote; climate is key issue

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The center-left bloc in Norway appears to have won Monday's general election, according to the first official projection, which shows the ruling Conservatives would lose pow...

Sep 13, 2021

Oklahoma board urges governor to commute death sentence

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended the governor commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in a 1999 killing that has garne...

Sep 13, 2021

Egypt says Israeli prime minister to visit, hold talks

CAIRO (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is to visit Egypt on Monday for talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt's office of the ...

Sep 13, 2021

Medvedev ends Djokovic's bid for year Grand Slam at US Open

NEW YORK (AP) - A game from the end of his bid for what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men's tennis since 1969, Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, hiding his tears du...

Sep 12, 2021

California voters: Less Republican and white than in 2003

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - It's a familiar refrain among California's recall watchers: 2021 is not 2003. Yes, the state again is in the middle of a recall election that could remove the Democratic gove...

Sep 12, 2021