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Waiting for the hearse carrying one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan two weeks ago, Faye Hillis thought about all the military veterans she had mourned at her hometown's lone funeral home.

A former nurse who cofounded and once ran the cultlike NXIVM group, where prosecutors say women were brainwashed, branded like animals and coerced into sex, was sentenced Wednesday to 42 months in prison but won't be locked up until January.

Two years after a cargo ship overturned along the Georgia coast, heavy lifting to remove most of the vessel is nearly done though further breakdown of the wreckage and final cleanup is expected to take several more months.

All Blacks fullback Jordie Barrett has been cleared of reckless play after being sent off in Sundays test against Australia and will be available for the rest of the Rugby Championship.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he wont alter how he campaigns after he and others were hit by gravel thrown by an antivaccine protester during the campaign this week.

A court in Cape Verde ruled Tuesday that a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro arrested last year in the West African country can be extradited to the United States to face moneylaundering charges.

A Chicago woman falsely claimed a bomb was on a plane at a South Florida airport after missing her flight, authorities said.

Dozens of people evacuated from Afghanistan by the United States military have applied for asylum in Germany during their layovers at the Ramstein U.S. Air Base, officials said Tuesday.

Daniil Medvedev reached the U.S. Open semifinals on Tuesday for the third straight year, ending the surprising run of qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp with a 63, 60, 46, 75 victory.

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on September 17-19, with nearly all vocal Kremlin critics including Navalny's allies barred from running.

In 2020, for the fifth year in a row, Afghanistan was listed as the deadliest conflict for children in the Report of the Secretary-General on Children in Armed Conflict.

The National Resistance Front said it was present in "strategic positions" across the valley

Fourth seeded Czech Karolina Pliskova rocketed 20 aces past thirdround foe Ajla Tomljanovic to win 63 62 on Saturday, keeping her bid for a maiden major title on track at the U.S. Open.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday that he's calling the state's Republicanled legislature into a special session to shape pandemic policies as Kentucky struggles with a record surge of COVID19 cases and hospitalizations.

Reigning champion France missed the injured Kylian Mbapp in a 1-1 draw at Ukraine in World Cup qualifying on Saturday but still stayed atop Europe Group D.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, are celebrating the arrival of not one but two bundles of joy.