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BEIJING (AP) — At least 46 people have been reported killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. It triggered landslides and shook buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose 21 million residents are already under a COVID-19 lockdown. The quake struck a mountainous area in Luding county shortly

DALLAS (AP) — Drugstore operator CVS Health Corp. said Monday that it will buy home-health provider Signify Health for $8 billion. CVS said Signify has more than 10,000 employees including physicians and nurses, a presence in every state, and offers technology platforms. “This acquisition will enhance our connection to consumers in the home and enables

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of people were forced Tuesday to evacuate in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in the country’s southern regions, unleashing fierce rains and winds that destroyed trees and roads, and left more than 20,000 homes without power. A 25-year-old man went missing after falling into a rain swollen

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated “MAGA Republicans” and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November. “The middle class built America,” Biden told a workers’ gathering at park grounds

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — After voters in Chile rejected a progressive constitution that would have fundamentally changed the country, political leaders have started working on finding a path forward to reform the current charter which dates back to the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.   Rejection had been widely expected

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — After much anticipation, Olivia Wilde’s “ Don’t Worry Darling ” finally had its world premiere Monday night at the Venice International Film Festival. Before the film, hundreds of screaming Harry Styles fans swarmed the edges of the red carpet trying to get a glimpse of

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press TIRAYA, Venezuela (AP) — The armed forces of Venezuela have carried out what authorities say is the largest marijuana bust of the last 10 years in the South American country. General Domingo Hernández is the general commander of the Operational Strategic Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces. He

By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say California will face its highest chance of blackouts this week as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit heat. As people crank up their air conditioners, the state forecasts record levels of energy use that could hit record demand on

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe has ended Rafael Nadal’s 22-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments by beating the 22-time major champion 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open’s fourth round. Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who is seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows and reached the

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated “MAGA Republicans” and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to union members in two key swing states that he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November. “The middle class built America,” Biden told a workers’

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kay quickly strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph. Forecasters say it could brush the Baja California Peninsula as a hurricane this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Kay was located about 305 miles southwest of the seaport of Manzanillo on Monday. It was

SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast and much of the northeast on Monday as forecasters warned of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground. Among the hardest-hit areas in this weekend’s storms was northwest Georgia, where 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine’s electricity grid Monday, its last transmission line disconnected because of a fire caused by shelling, the facility’s operator and the U.N. atomic watchdog said. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police have released surveillance images of a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper’s investigative reporter, although the images don’t show the person’s full face. The images distributed Monday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department show a person wearing a wide straw hat, bright orange reflective

By MARTHA BELLISLE and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search Monday afternoon for nine people, including a child, who were missing after a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound northwest of Seattle. The body of a 10th person, an unidentified female, was recovered

Por LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press VENECIA, Italia (AP) — Para ser un novato, Harry Styles ya tiene una carrera de actuación envidiable, de “Dunkirk” a “Don’t Worry Darling” y “My Policeman”. La llegada de Styles al Lido, donde “Don’t Worry Darling” se estrenará en el Festival de Cine de Venecia, ha sido uno de los

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden excoriated “MAGA Republicans, the extreme right and Trumpies” on Monday, pitching his Labor Day appeals to union members he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November. “The middle class built America,” Biden told a workers’ gathering at park grounds in