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US forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting US troops

BAGHDAD - At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if the...

Mar 3, 2021

Australian AG Porter denies rape accusation, won't resign

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's attorney-general denied having sexual contact with a 16-year-old who had accused him of raping her 33 years ago and said Wednesday he would not resign as the nation's...

Mar 2, 2021

St. Louis treasurer, alderwoman advance in race for mayor

St. Louis' first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Tuesday bested two men in a new primary election format to adva...

Mar 2, 2021

Rio Tinto chairman leaving over destruction of sacred sites

CANBERRA, Australia - Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek r...

Mar 2, 2021

South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina senators Tuesday added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can't execute condemned inmates by way of lethal injection. The Senate then app...

Mar 2, 2021

China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Health experts in China say their country is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its populat...

Mar 2, 2021

Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators f...

Mar 2, 2021

Cuomo avoids public amid outcry over harassment allegations

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has avoided public appearances for days as some members of his own party call for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations. The governor hasn't taken ...

Mar 2, 2021

As virus-era attacks on Asians rise, past victims look back

Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam's Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. It's the unseen ones though that are harder to get over. C...

Mar 2, 2021

Abortion concerns prompt archdiocese warning on vaccine

NEW ORLEANS - Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is "morally compromis...

Mar 2, 2021