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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Demonstrations have been staged in cities across Morocco against a coronavirus vaccine passport required to access indoor activities and travel. Proof of vaccination has been mandatory since Oct. 21 for all Moroccans to enter their place of work and restaurants and for domestic and international air travel. The North African kingdom’s

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The woman who engineered the Paris agreement six years ago doesn’t expect the United Nations climate conference that just started in Glasgow to end with the same kind of big landmark. But she says she’s confidant that failure is not in the cards either. Christiana

By ZEKE MILLER AND AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden says his relationship with Pope Francis has brought him “great solace” since the death of his son Beau more than six years ago. Biden was asked at his closing news conference at the Group of 20 summit on Sunday about his

By MARTHA BELLISLE The Associated Press Former U.S. ambassador and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is heading to Myanmar on a private humanitarian mission that will focus on pandemic support. Myanmar has been mired in violence and civil unrest since a military coup seized power in February. Protesters have faced beatings and arrests. The

By MARTHA BELLISLE The Associated Press Veteran U.S. diplomat and former Gov. Bill Richardson is heading to Myanmar on a private humanitarian mission that will focus on pandemic support. Myanmar has been mired in violence and civil unrest since a military coup seized power in February. Protesters have faced beatings and arrests. The United States

By MARCO UGARTE and LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico finally has returned to mass commemorations of the Day of the Dead, after traditional visits to graveyards were prohibited last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the one-year hiatus showed how the tradition itself refuses to die: Most families still celebrated

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has wrapped up his time at the Group of 20 summit trying to convince Americans and the wider world that he’s got things under control, if only Russia, China and Saudi Arabia would get on board. On climate change, he’s got

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man has been shot and killed in Indianapolis. The death early Sunday moves the city closer to matching the record number of criminal homicides with two months still left in the year. Police responded to a house about 2 a.m. and found a man dead with gunshot wounds. Ron Gee, a

TEXARKANA, Texas (AP) — Police say a suspect has been arrested in a shooting that left one person dead and nine more wounded at a Halloween party in eastern Texas. Police in Texarkana, Texas, say 21-year-old Keuntae McElroy of Texarkana, Arkansas, turned himself in late Sunday morning. McElroy was booked into jail on one count

GILROY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a fatal shooting at a city councilmember’s Northern California home. One person died and three other people were injured. Authorities say Sunday that Benjamin David Calderon was taken into custody Saturday afternoon by a SWAT team

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Police say an operation against a gang planning bank robberies has killed at least 25 suspects in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Military Police say the group had planned to attack financial institutions over the All Souls holiday. It says the operation led to seizure of “a real arsenal

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine in 10 New York City municipal workers have received COVID-19 vaccinations as a Monday deadline looms. Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Saturday night that 91% of workers had received the vaccine. That number rose from about 83% as of Friday night. The police department reports a 84% vaccination rate as

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A first-year Kansas lawmaker, who was reprimanded by his colleagues for abusive conduct before taking office, has been arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. Democratic state Rep. Aaron Coleman of Kansas City was arrested Saturday evening and Johnson County Jail records show he remains in custody Sunday afternoon. The 21-year-old’s

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden has told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that their countries must cooperate more and better manage disagreements after their partnership was tested by Turkey’s threat to no longer recognize the American envoy and its purchase of a Russian missile defense

By SYLVIE CORBET and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press ROME (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have stuck to rival positions in their countries’ post-Brexit dispute over fishing in the English Channel. The two leaders addressed the escalating tensions over the granting of fishing licenses as they held separate news

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin raced to fire up their party’s base voters in opposite ends of Virginia on Sunday. Both campaigns are working to drive up turnout in a deadlocked and bitter contest for governor that will be scrutinized as a bellwether ahead

By HOWARD ULMAN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Jerry Remy, a Boston Red Sox second baseman who went on to become a local icon as a television broadcaster, has died of cancer. He was 68. The Red Sox confirmed that Remy died on Saturday. He had spent 10 seasons in the majors,

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say two people died and several more were injured in an overnight shooting at a suburban Chicago Halloween party. Will County sheriff’s deputies say a patrol sergeant heard roughly a dozen gunshots in Joliet around 12:30 a.m., went to a home and found more than 100 people fleeing the scene.

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled new steps the U.S. is taking to strengthen and streamline supply chains. Biden took advantage of the Group of 20 summit in Rome by calling a meeting Sunday with other leaders to discuss the issue. Bottlenecks in the global