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The Latest: Top Republican says Taliban holding Americans

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WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says some Americans who have been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the U.S. military left are sitting in airplanes at an airport ready to leave but the Taliban are not letting them take off. Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas says there are six airplanes at the Mazar-e-Sharif…

The Latest: Israel soon allowing some tour groups to visit

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JERUSALEM — Israel says it will soon reopen its gates to foreign tour groups — even as it battles one of the world’s highest rates of coronavirus infections. The country’s Tourism Ministry on Sunday said it will begin allowing organized tour groups into the country beginning Sept. 19. Tourists will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, present a negative…

The Latest: Washington state vaccine mandate moves forward

By The Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Days after suing to block what is believed to be among the nation’s strictest COVID-19 employee vaccine mandates, Washington’s largest state labor union has announced a tentative agreement for Gov. Jay Inslee’s order for state workers. The Northwest News Network reports the Washington Federation of State Employees has negotiated terms for Inslee’s mandate that all 46,000 of…

The Latest: Iran president calls for election in Afghanistan

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Iran’s president is calling for elections in Afghanistan to determine the future of the country, where he hopes peace will return after Western troops have left and the Taliban have seized control. Speaking on state TV on Saturday, Ebrahim Raisi said that the Afghan people should determine their government. “A government should be established there which is elected by the votes and the will of the people,” he said. 

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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AUG. 28 – SEPT. 3, 2021 From the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in the U.S., to an anti-vaccine protest in Athens, to the migration pf southern right whales in the Argentine Patagonia, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week. The selection was…

The Latest: New Zealand has 1st virus death in over 6 months

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand reported its first coronavirus death in more than six months on Saturday, while the number of new cases continued to trend downward. Health authorities said the woman who died was in her 90s and had underlying health problems. Authorities reported 20 new community cases, all in the largest city of Auckland. New Zealand remains…

Winning numbers drawn in ‘Powerball’ game

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 10-20-29-48-51, Powerball: 17, Power Play: 2 (ten, twenty, twenty-nine, forty-eight, fifty-one; Powerball: seventeen; Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $345 million Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/ Categories: AP National News