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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A lag in routine school immunizations is threatening a smooth start to the school year and risking children’s health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified a significant lag in 2020 in the standard shot regimen required for adolescent and elementary-age children long

RISHABH R. JAIN and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Afghans living in India are taking to the streets to ramp up demands for refugee status. Saturday’s protests came amid growing fears in the community following the swift takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Most of the Afghans said they fled

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The messy exit of Western military forces from Afghanistan and the swift takeover of the country by the Taliban has stunned officials in Britain and strained the U.K.’s “special relationship” with its most important ally, the United States. Britain is urging the United States to extend its

By COLLIN BINKLEY and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A new poll finds that a majority of Americans support mask and vaccine mandates for students and teachers in K-12 schools. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about 6 in 10 Americans say masks and vaccines should

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An online account describing itself as a group of hackers has shared footage of Iran’s notorious Evin prison with The Associated Press. The footage shows guards beating prisoners and other poor conditions at the prison known for housing political prisoners and those with ties

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Hungary’s capital

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president has vowed to do all he can to bring back the peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia seven years ago. And he has urged Ukraine’s international allies to support the effort. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke at the Crimean Platform summit, called by Ukraine

TOKYO (AP) — The Afghanistan flag will be displayed in Tuesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympics even though the country’s athletes were not able to get to Tokyo to compete. The president of the International Paralympic Committee says it will done as be a “sign of solidarity.” IPC President Andrew Parsons says a representative of

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for two U.S. Park Police officers told a judge that local prosecutors are not entitled to second-guess the split-second judgments officers made when they fatally shot an unarmed motorist after a stop-and-go chase in northern Virginia. The officers sought to persuade a judge Monday in

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Having a good grasp of your expenses and budget is the best preparation for a drop in income. But if that ship has sailed and there’s less money coming in, there are still ways you can rebound. Taking a minute to process your emotions is a good start. Then do