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Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 from cancer
INDIANAPOLIS - Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, has died at age 61 "after a long and courageous fight" against brain cancer, her family announced Sa...
Feb 06, 2021

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
NEW DELHI - With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing...
Feb 06, 2021

Kriechmayr leads Austrian 1-2 in last ski race before worlds
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Vincent Kriechmayr extended his lead in the season's super-G standings on Saturday by winning the last World Cup race before the world championships. Kriechmayr edged...
Feb 06, 2021

Trump impeachment trial confronts memories of Capitol siege
WASHINGTON - The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is more than an effort to convict the former president of inciting an insurrection. It's a chance for a public accounting and remembrance of the wors...
Feb 06, 2021

Myanmar junta blocks internet access as coup protests expand
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's new military authorities appeared to have cut most access to the Internet on Saturday as they faced a rising tide of protest over their coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's...
Feb 06, 2021

UN kicks off selection of next secretary-general
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The United Nations kicked off the selection of its next secretary-general on Friday, asking the 193 U.N. member states to submit candidates to be the world organization's chief di...
Feb 06, 2021

Justices: California can't enforce indoor church service ban
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is telling California that it can't bar indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic, but it can keep for now a ban on singing and chanting indoors. The hi...
Feb 06, 2021

Indian farmers plan nationwide 3-hour blockade of highways
NEW DELHI - Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers plan to blockade highways across the country for three hours Saturday to press their demands for the repeal of new agricultural laws. Authori...
Feb 06, 2021

Afghan officials: Separate blasts in Kabul kill 3, wound 4
KABUL - Two separate explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three people including members of the minority Sikh community and wounding four others, Afghan official...
Feb 06, 2021

India restores 4G mobile internet in Kashmir after 550 days
SRINAGAR, India - India ended an 18-month-long ban on high speed internet services on mobile devices in disputed Kashmir, where opposition to New Delhi has deepened after it revoked the region's semi-...
Feb 06, 2021