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The Latest: S Korea tops 1,000 cases for 57th straight day
By The Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported more than 2,000 new coronavirus cases, approaching a daily record set last month just a day after officials cautiously expressed hope that infections may slow. The 2,025 cases reported Wednesday marked the 57th consecutive day of at least 1,000 cases, and there are concerns transmissions could worsen as the country approaches its…
The Latest: Milley praises those who served in Afghanistan
By The Associated PressWASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reflected on the Afghanistan war’s end and delivered an emotional tribute Tuesday to the 13 service members killed by a suicide bombing last week. Gen. Mark Milley said the military’s counterterrorism efforts over the past 20 years and the evacuation of 124,000 people from Afghanistan in the last 20 days…
Home Prices Make Record Jump
Housing Market Remains Hot
U.S. home prices jumped by a record amount in June as homebuyers competed for a limited supply of available houses, the latest evidence that the housing market remains red-hot. A 20-city home price index jumped 19.1% in June compared with a year earlier, the largest increase on records dating back to 2000. The annual price gains in June were higher…
The Latest: Australia getting vaccine in swap with Singapore
By The Associated PressCANBERRA, Australia — Australia says it has reached a deal with Singapore to acquire 500,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine next week in return for delivering the same number of shots to Singapore in December. Australia bought 1 million Pfizer doses from Poland for an undisclosed price earlier this month. Half of Australia’s population is locked down due to…
The Latest: Kabul kids rush to school hours after US departs
By The Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan — Even as the U.S. and its NATO allies left Afghanistan, some of the gains of the last 20 years were on display as boys and girls rushed to school early Tuesday. Masooda was hurrying to get to her fifth grade class at a private school. “I’m not afraid of the Taliban,” she said. “Why should I be?”…
Ida Updates: Neighboring states send assistance to Louisiana
By The Associated PressThe Latest on Hurricane Ida: JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that state and local emergency responders conducted 20 rescues from flooded areas in the state’s three coastal counties. He said he decided to let federal search-and-rescue teams leave Mississippi to help with bigger problems in Louisiana. Reeves said Mississippi had plenty of local teams to do…
Education Department opens civil rights investigations against five states that bar mask mandates for schools
APWASHINGTON (AP) — Education Department opens civil rights investigations against five states that bar mask mandates for schools. Categories: AP National News
The Latest: New Zealand has first big case drop in 2 weeks
By The Associated PressWELLINGTON, New Zealand — The number of new coronavirus cases in New Zealand has fallen significantly for the first time since an outbreak was detected nearly two weeks ago. Officials hope it is an indication that a strict nationwide lockdown might be working to halt the virus’s spread. Health authorities on Monday reported 53 new community cases, down from 83…
The Latest: US says drone strike may have injured others
By The Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military says a drone strike on a vehicle suspected of being used for a planned attack in Afghanistan may have caused “additional casualties” as well as killed the two Islamic State militants it targeted. An Afghan official has said three children were killed in the strike near Kabul’s airport. Witnesses to the blast say several…
