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Several children among 5 dead, 4 injured in Ohio house fire

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Authorities say five people are dead and four were injured in a house fire in northern Ohio.  The Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office says two adults and three children were killed. WJW-TV reports the Akron Fire Department says firefighters found relatives and neighbors trying to get family members out of the home early Monday morning. The fire department says three adults and a child were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are not known. Authorities haven’t released the names or ages of the victims. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The Latest: West Virginia hits daily record in new cases

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia set two daily records in the past week for positive coronavirus cases as the pandemic continues to ravage the state. Thursday’s total of confirmed cases was a record 1,738, only to be broken by Saturday’s total of 1,821, according to state health data. The previous one-day high of more than 1,700 was set on Dec….

Analysis: Mississippi examines help for departing inmates

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi law that took effect July 1 expands parole eligibility, and lawmakers are looking at programs that could help people make the transition from prison back into the free world. House and Senate committees met Wednesday at the state Capitol to gather ideas from several people, including prison and parole officials in Alabama, a leader…

The Latest: Qatar sends high-level delegation to Afghanistan

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The Middle Eastern State of Qatar, which has played an outsized role in Afghanistan since the Taliban’s sweep to power on Aug. 15, has sent a delegation to Kabul. It is the highest diplomatic level delegation to visit the Afghan capital since the Taliban announced their interim Cabinet. Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted Sunday about the high-level delegation, saying it included Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdur Rahman Al-Thani, the deputy prime minister who is also Qatar’s foreign minister. He met with Taliban Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund. The Taliban have maintained a political office in the Qatar capital of Doha since 2013. 

The Latest: New Zealand buys 500K Pfizer doses from Denmark

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is buying an extra 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from Denmark as it tries to keep its coronavirus vaccination program running at full speed, the government said. The doses are on top of New Zealand’s regular shipments from Pfizer and come a few days after officials announced a similar deal with Spain for…

The Latest: Taliban flag flies at Afghan presidential palace

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The Taliban flag is fluttering over the Afghan presidential palace on the same day the U.S. and the world marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The milestone anniversary Saturday takes place just weeks after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban, the faction that sheltered the al-Qaida terror network founded by Osama bin Laden that carried out the attacks. The Taliban’s new prime minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund raised the flag in a ceremony at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday. The militant group also painted their white backdrop flag on the entry gate to the U.S. Embassy building.

AP Week in Pictures: Global

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SEPT. 4 – 10, 2021 From children playing in a park in Kabul, to an Indigenous women’s march in Brasilia, to a girl comemmorating the feast day of Cuba’s patron saint, 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 curated…

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s goal for cleaner jet fuel may not fly

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DALLAS (AP) — President Joe Biden and his team are promoting an agreement reached with the U.S. airline industry to cut aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions 20% by decade’s end, but the deal might not fly. In an announcement Thursday, the White House unveiled an array of measures to reduce climate-changing emissions. The administration is also setting a goal of replacing all…

The Latest: Alaska Gov: Biden’s vaccine order ‘un-American’

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said President Joe Biden’s effort to require millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is “ill conceived, divisive, and un-American.” “At a time in which we are called to work together, forced medical procedures run counter to our collective sense of fairness and liberty,” the Republican said in a statement. “My…