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Court blocks order lifting CDC virus rules on cruise ships

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships will remain in place after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a previous ruling that sided with a Florida lawsuit challenging the regulations.

Jul 18, 2021 10:05 AM Read more >

Centennial of ex-astronaut, US Senator John Glenn marked

NEW CONCORD, Ohio (AP) — John Glenn has been honored over the weekend with a three-day festival in Ohio marking what would have been the history-making astronaut and U.S. senator’s 100th birthday.

Jul 18, 2021 9:31 AM Read more >

Opera director Graham Vick dies at 67 of COVID complications

LONDON (AP) — Graham Vick, a British director who founded Birmingham Opera Company and worked in opera houses around the world, has died of complications from COVID-19. He was 67.

Jul 18, 2021 9:13 AM Read more >

Brazil: President Bolsonaro leaves hospital after treatment

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left a hospital on Sunday after being treated there since last week for an intestinal obstruction.

Jul 18, 2021 8:15 AM Read more >

Senegal sees dramatic COVID-19 surge as major holiday looms

BARGNY, Senegal (AP) — Adama Ndiaye got up before dawn to travel about 25 miles (40 kilometers), hoping that she would be able to get a sheep for the celebration next week of the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.

Jul 18, 2021 7:06 AM Read more >

Church in Norway marks name change for transgender person

HELSINKI (AP) — A Lutheran church in Norway has held a name change ceremony for a 49-year-old transgender person in what officials said marked the first such event in a place of worship in the Nordic country.

Jul 18, 2021 6:33 AM Read more >

2 weeks post-surgery, Pope Francis appears at Vatican window

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two weeks after surgery that removed a portion of his colon, Pope Francis on Sunday resumed his weekly appearances from a Vatican window to bless the faithful in St. Peter's Square.

Jul 18, 2021 5:54 AM Read more >

California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed

Jul 18, 2021 12:01 AM Read more >

California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed

Jul 17, 2021 11:59 PM Read more >

Protests over transgender rights at LA spa turn violent

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police arrested several dozen people and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after a dueling protest over transgender rights at a Los Angeles spa turned violent.

Jul 17, 2021 11:48 PM Read more >