Written by KATHY GANNON For nearly 20 years, Bagram Airfield was the heart of American military power in Afghanistan, a sprawling mini-city behind fences and blast walls just an hour’s drive north of Kabul. Initially, it was a...
Read MoreWritten by JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT In the past week alone, Nikki Haley regaled activists in Iowa, Mike Pence courted donors in California and Donald Trump returned to the rally stage, teasing a third campaign for the...
Read MoreWritten by JAMEY KEATEN The U.N. human rights chief, in a landmark report launched after the killing of George Floyd in the United States, is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and...
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Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to...
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Written by BRYAN ANDERSON Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile...
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Written by BRYAN ANDERSON North Carolina on Monday announced its first COVID-19 vaccine lottery...
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Written by TERRY SPENCER and RUSS BYNUM Rescue workers digging feverishly for a fifth day Monday...
Read MoreWritten by LOU KESTEN The U.S. military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, carried out airstrikes against what it said were “facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups” near the border between Iraq and Syria,...
Read MoreWritten by MARY CLARE JALONICK Looming over Senate Democrats this year is a decision that could fundamentally change Congress: whether to change or eliminate the rules of the filibuster to enact President Joe Biden’s agenda....
Read MoreWritten by JOSHUA GOODMAN Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the Rio Grande and nearly collapsing onto someone’s backyard lawn, where,...
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