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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. Navy officials declined Wednesday to identify which systems they would introduce from

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Olaf has formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast and forecasters say it could bring rains to the Los Cabos resort area, though it’s unlikely to make a direct hit. The storm was centered about 315 miles south-southeast of Cabo San Lucas Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The

By MATTHEW PERRONE and DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March. The delta variant is

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has apologized for World War II legislation that stripped the country’s Jews of their human and civil rights. Marking the 80th anniversary of the “Jewish Code” adopted on Sept 9, 1941, the government said Wednesday it “feels a moral obligation today to publicly express sorrow over the crimes committed

By BOUBACAR DIALLO and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea’s new military rulers have released dozens of political prisoners jailed by the previous civilian government. The move is likely to win them favor with the opposition that had protested against now-deposed President Alpha Conde. The 79 prisoners freed late Tuesday had been

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s move to crisis standards of care this week is allowing some hospitals to ration health care amid an onslaught of coronavirus patients and officials are warning the the rationing could spread to hospitals statewide. The main hospital currently affected by the designation is Kootenai Health

MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors say three people have been arrested on charges involving the theft of the identities of some of the victims of June’s deadly South Florida condominium collapse. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office says Betsy Alexandra Cacho Medina, Rodney Choute and Kimberly Michelle Johnson were arrested Wednesday on multiple charges related to fraud

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is warning Congress that she will run out of maneuvering room to prevent the U.S. from broaching the government’s borrowing limit in October. In a letter to congressional leaders Wednesday, Yellen said that she still could not provide a specific

By JOSÉ ANTONIO RIVERA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Acapulco are cleaning up broken glass and chunks of plaster as they take in the full impact of a magnitude 7 earthquake centered nearby that shook most of southern Mexico, killing one person. Many people slept outside overnight as more than 150 aftershocks

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys kick off the NFL season Thursday night, people in more than half the states in America will be able to bet on football legally. By game time, there are expected to be 26 states plus the District

By JILL COLVIN and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen a favored candidate in his bid to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal critics. Trump is planning to endorse Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she prepares to launch a primary campaign against Cheney, the most

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The rioting that erupted in parts of South Africa in July over former President Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment caused damage worth $1.7 billion (25 billion rand). According to official figures, more than 300 people died and more than 200 shopping centers were looted in the KwaZulu Natal and