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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police are reportedly investigating the group that organizes an annual protest march marking the semiautonomous territory’s handover to China for possible violation of the national security law. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee told Ta Kung Pao newspaper in an interview published Friday that police could take action against the

By TERRY SPENCER and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Remnants of Fred have entered the lower Gulf of Mexico amid forecasts it would regain tropical storm strength late in the weekend as it moves toward the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Grace formed Saturday in the Atlantic and is

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press EILAT, Israel (AP) — The Red Sea reefs off the Israeli resort of Eilat host some of the greatest coral diversity on the planet. But a clandestine oil deal struck last year as part of the historic agreement formalizing diplomatic ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates puts

By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have captured a large, heavily defended city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government. The insurgents on Saturday were approaching the capital of Kabul, less than three weeks before the U.S. hopes to complete

SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate this week includes funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers and environmentalists say are badly needed across the parched region. The Senate voted this week in favor of the legislation that seeks to rebuild America’s roads

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain continues to trigger floods in wide areas of southwestern Japan, damaging homes and disrupting transportation. The flooding Saturday comes a day after a landslide killed one person and left two others missing. In the southern city of Kurume, rivers overflowed and residents evacuated from their

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press While suburban congressional districts are swelling with new residents, lawmakers in large swaths of rural America and some Rust Belt cities are in need of more people to represent. In rural Illinois, Republican Rep. Mary Miller’s district is short 73,000 people. In northeastern Ohio, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan needs

By ROBERT BURNS and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan. That raises to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops deployed to ensure what Biden is calling an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel. U.S. troops will

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Midnight on Sunday is the deadline for consumers to take advantage of a special “Obamacare” sign up period, courtesy of President Joe Biden. Not only did Biden reopen the HealthCare.gov marketplace because of the pandemic, but his COVID relief law is providing bigger subsidies that can significantly

By EUGENE GARCIA and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire face “another critical day” as thunderstorms pushed flames closer to two towns in the forestlands of Northern California. The unstable weather whipped up winds and produced lightning, threatening thousands of homes not far from where the fire destroyed

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s police chief said the boy who was shot and killed at his school had tried to deescalate a violent confrontation between classmates. Chief Harold Medina said the victim was a hero. Police on Saturday identified him as 13-year-old Bennie Hargrove and