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Mayor: Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 78

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 78 on Friday, a number the mayor called "heartbreaking" and "staggering" as recovery workers toiled for a 16...

Jul 09, 2021

Grizzly shot, killed after fatal attack of California woman

HELENA Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials said they shot and killed a Montana grizzly bear Friday that had pulled a California woman from her tent and killed her earlier this week in the middle of a smal...

Jul 09, 2021

France to pull more than 2,000 troops from Africa's Sahel

PARIS (AP) - France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa's Sahel region and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanue...

Jul 09, 2021

Vatican: Pope to deliver Sunday blessing from Rome hospital

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is walking, working and has celebrated Mass at a Rome hospital where he also will deliver his Sunday weekly blessing while recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said...

Jul 09, 2021

South African court rejects ex-leader's bid to delay prison

ESTCOURT, South Africa (AP) - A South African court has rejected former South African President Jacob Zuma's request to postpone his current jail term. Zuma, who started his 15-month jail sentence Thu...

Jul 09, 2021

Chicago man charged in shooting of 2 federal agents, officer

CHICAGO (AP) - A federal indictment filed Thursday charges a 28-year-old Chicago man in connection to a drive-by shooting of three undercover law enforcement officers, and it says the suspect told aut...

Jul 08, 2021

Federal murder charge filed in shooting of Indiana officer

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The gunman accused of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer threw a Molotov cocktail at an FBI field office before the deadly encounter, according to a federal court document....

Jul 08, 2021

Biden says U.S. war in Afghanistan will end August 31

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, saying "speed is safety" as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year ...

Jul 08, 2021

Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency

TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...

Jul 08, 2021

Pope Francis ran temperature after intestinal surgery

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis temporarily ran a temperature three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday. The Vatican's daily update said Francis was co...

Jul 08, 2021