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At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said. President Teodoro...

Mar 7, 2021

Board to begin search for permanent Capitol Police chief

WASHINGTON - The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief, a person familiar with the matter said, as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capi...

Mar 7, 2021

Queen stresses importance of friends, family during pandemic

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II highlighted the importance of staying in touch with friends and families during the coronavirus pandemic in a message broadcast on Sunday. Britain's monarch also touched on...

Mar 7, 2021

Bloody Sunday memorial to honour late civil rights giants

SELMA, Ala. - The commemoration of a pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights for African Americans will honour four giants of the civil rights movement who lost their lives in 2020, including th...

Mar 7, 2021

Key players in trial of ex-officer charged in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS - Jury selection begins Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death. Derek Chauvin's trial, which is expected to last weeks,...

Mar 7, 2021

B-52s again fly over Mideast in US military warning to Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A pair of B-52 bombers flew over the Mideast on Sunday, the latest such mission in the region aimed at warning Iran amid tensions between Washington and Tehran. The fligh...

Mar 7, 2021

Afghan policewoman hurt, husband dies in targeted attack

KABUL - The former head of women police in a southern Afghanistan province was seriously wounded and her husband - also a police officer - was killed Sunday in an attack by unidentified gunmen, provin...

Mar 7, 2021

Iranian-British national ends 5-year sentence, not yet home

TEHRAN, Iran - A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although she faces a new trial and canno...

Mar 7, 2021

'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid

WASHINGTON - Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as ...

Mar 7, 2021

Harry, Meghan to delve into tough royal split with Oprah

LOS ANGELES - The time has finally come for audiences to hear Meghan and Harry describe the backstory and effects of their tumultuous split from royal life. Sunday night's airing of a two-hour special...

Mar 7, 2021