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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Work has begun to make a museum out of the crumbling Alabama church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was elected to his first leadership position in the civil rights movement. King was 26 when he was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1955, on the first day

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY MADRID (AP) — At least 800 people in Spain have been evacuated as forest fires were burning in two regions. Extremely dry conditions were worsening the fire risks during the hottest weekend of the year so far. Two planes, a helicopter and 200 firefighters were dispatched to the province of Ávila in

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One young woman in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul described the anxiety, fears and dashed hopes her generation feels as embassies evacuate staff and the government all but crumbles. But Sunday wasn’t supposed to be like this. In the morning, she made her way to

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has triggered an election amid a new wave of COVID as he seeks to capitalize on Canada being one of the most fully vaccinated countries in the world.  Trudeau is seeking to win a majority of seats in Parliament. His Liberal Party fell

JERUSALEM (AP) — A massive wildfire outside of Jerusalem has sent a thick cloud of smoke over the city as authorities struggle to contain the blaze. The cloud stretched over much of the city on Sunday afternoon. It covered the skies overhead with a black and orange blanket of smoke and remained out of control

By RAHIM FAIEZ, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — As the Taliban mass at the gates of Kabul, they are promising a new era of peace in Afghanistan. The militants have vowed amnesty for those they have been battling for two decades and a return to normal life. But Afghans who

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A three-judge panel with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is expected to rule this week on whether a moratorium against evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stand. The court late Saturday set an expedited schedule following an appeal by Alabama

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers are being called back from their summer break to Parliament to discuss the worsening situation in Afghanistan, as U.K. troops arrive in Kabul to help evacuate remaining Britons there. Authorities said Sunday that Parliament will be recalled for one day Wednesday to debate the government’s

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is proposing a procedural vote that would set up future passage of two budget measures crucial to President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda. Her plan represents an attempt by Democratic leaders to quell a rebellion, at least for now, by unhappy party moderates. Pelosi

By GRANT SCHULTE and DAVID PITT Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation’s farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem. The census data released last week showed