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The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan

Bob Elliott

KABUL, Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut ...

Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award

Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award

Heather Blacksmith

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage ...

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him

Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him

Bob Elliott

VENICE, Italy — Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, ...

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

Craig Fedirighi

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates ...

Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We’re still here

Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We’re still here

Heather Blacksmith

KYIV, Ukraine — Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more ...

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line

Heather Blacksmith

LAS VEGAS — A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the ...

Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands

Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands

Craig Fedirighi

HELENA, Mont. — A federal jury on Monday said Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people ...

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s popularity wave

Record Store Day celebrates indie retail music sellers as they ride vinyl’s popularity wave

Heather Blacksmith

PHOENIX — Special LP releases, live performances and at least one giant block party are scheduled around the U.S. Saturday ...

Brazil again extends visa exemptions for US, Canada and Australia, this time until 2025

Brazil again extends visa exemptions for US, Canada and Australia, this time until 2025

Bob Elliott

Brazil’s government has extended exemptions to tourist visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Australia and Canada until April 2025, ...

Seager’s RBI groundout and Taveras RBI single lead the Rangers over the Tigers 9-7

Seager’s RBI groundout and Taveras RBI single lead the Rangers over the Tigers 9-7

BrettRiley

DETROIT — Leody Taveras scored the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice in the eighth inning and added an RBI ...