By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying…
J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose. J&J said in statem…
‘The world must wake up’: Tasks daunting as UN meeting opens
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In person and on screen, world leaders returned to the United Nations’ foremost gathering for the first time in the pandemic era on Tuesday w…
Mexico buses, flies Haitians from remote area on US border
By MARIA VERZA and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico has begun busing and flying Haitian migrants away from the U.S. border, authorities said Tuesday, signaling a new …
House races to vote on gov’t funding, debt as GOP digs in
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House rushed headlong Tuesday into a vote on legislation to fund the government, suspend the federal debt limit and provide dis…
Taliban name deputy ministers, double down on all-male team
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more ministers and deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down o…
Coroner IDs remains, says Gabby Petito was homicide victim
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — Gabby Petito was killed by another person, a coroner concluded while also confirming that the human remains found recently at a Wyoming nation…
European court: Russia responsible for Litvinenko killing
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday backed the conclusion of a British inquiry that Russia was responsible for the killing of Alexander Litvinenko…
Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
By ALEX SANZ Associated Press The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave. One wants to be …
China keeps virus at bay at high cost ahead of Olympics
By JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Beizhong International Travel Agency in the eastern city of Tianjin has had only one customer since coronavirus outbreaks that began…