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US sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny 08/17/2023 01:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on four Russian intelligence operatives accused of direct involvement in the 2020 poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a Russian politician and corruption investigator who is one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics. White House lawyer who advised Biden on pandemic and GOP investigations is set to leave next month 08/17/2023 12:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping President Joe Biden weigh legal considerations as he implemented his pandemic response, battled Republican investigations and crafted major legislation. Stuart Delery joined Biden's transition Review: 'Blue Beetle' is a little more than a bug in the superhero system 08/17/2023 11:19am • Franz Kafka never realized how close he came to kickstarting a superhero franchise. Ever since Gregor Samsa awoke in his bed to find himself transformed into a monstrous dung beetle in “The Metamorphosis," we've had spider-men, wasps, ant-men, crime-fighting ticks and mighty mantises — such a s U.S. jobless claims applications fall as labor market continues to show resiliency 08/17/2023 09:34am • The U.S. labor market continues to flex its muscle as applications for jobless claims fell again last week and remain at healthy levels in the face of high interest rates and inflation. Applications for unemployment benefits dropped by 11,000 to 239,000 for the week ending August 12, down from 250,0 US women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski resigns after early World Cup exit, AP source says 08/17/2023 08:58am • U.S. women's national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked out of the Women's World Cup earlier than ever before. The person spoke to the AP on condit Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis 08/17/2023 08:48am • KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides. Lava that creeps into neighborhoods. Fierce drought that materializes in a flash and lingers. Earthquakes. And now, deadly fires that burn block after historic block. Hawaii is increasingly under siege from disasters, and what is es One of Libya’s rival prime ministers warns militias against further clashes after 45 die 08/17/2023 08:15am • CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers warned Thursday that his government would not tolerate any further militia fighting, days after the year’s bloodiest bout of clashes rocked the capital, Tripoli, killing at least 45 people. Violence ensued late on Monday between militiamen from Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles, many while still living in shelters 08/17/2023 06:13am • KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours. But all it took was a strong wind gust for her to A nation of new Matildas fans salutes Australia's run to the Women's World Cup semifinals 08/17/2023 02:11am • SYDNEY (AP) — Sam Kerr looked up at the Stadium Australia crowd for the last time at this Women's World Cup, and it just compounded the gnawing disappointment that she and her Matildas had fallen one game before the final. In what has been an immense shift in the Australian public’s sporting con Schools reopening, traffic moving again in signs of recovery from Maui fires that killed 110 08/16/2023 11:17pm • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Public schools on Maui started the process of reopening and traffic resumed on a major road in signs of recovery a week after wildfires demolished a historic town and killed at least 110 people, while the head of the island's emergency agency said he had “no regret” that Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over plight of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh facing food crisis 08/16/2023 10:20pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Wednesday over the plight of the 120,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that Armenia says are blockaded by Azerbaijan and facing a humanitarian crisis. Armenia asked for the meeting say Hawaii works to pause land transactions in area of deadly Maui wildfires. Follow live updates 08/16/2023 09:32pm • Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Videos showing downed power lines apparently sparking some of the early blaz Common arthritis drug could boost effectiveness of morning-after pill, study finds 08/16/2023 09:08pm • LONDON (AP) — Taking a common arthritis drug together with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the contraceptive's effectiveness, according to new research published Wednesday. Levonorgestrel, often called Plan B, is the most widely available type of emergency contraception. It works by prev Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it 08/16/2023 08:57pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cut time and fuel consumption for East-West travel. But those shortened flight routes for In Maryland firefighters, doctors and engineers on their way to Hawaii to help 08/16/2023 08:30pm • Maryland's premier urban search and rescue team is bound for Hawaii to join the massive recovery effort from the wildfires on Maui. Maryland Task Force 1 has been tapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist teams that are working to get the community back on its feet after