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Analysis: Taliban hard-line path worsens Afghanistan dilemma

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press

N. Korea, slimmed down Kim Jong Un, enjoy toned-down parade

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press

Ground zero rebuilding still unfinished, 20 years later

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press
    NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after its destruction in the Sept. 11 attacks, the work to rebuild the World Trade Center complex remains incomplete.

Subdued 9/11 remembrances reflect Boston's invisible scars

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press

Confederate statue's 1887 time capsule set to be removed

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Now that an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been  taken down from its perch above Richmond's Monument Avenue, crews plan to remove a piece of history from its gigantic pedestal.

US jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 310,000, a pandemic low and a sign that the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant has yet to lead to widespread layoffs.

Dozens of Westerners board commercial flight from Kabul

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press

Bulgaria, EU's least vaccinated nation, faces deadly surge

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press
    VELIKO TARNOVO, Bulgaria (AP) — Standing outside the rundown public hospital in Bulgaria's northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, the vaccination unit's chief nurse voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens: "They don't believe in vaccines."

9/11 artifacts share 'pieces of truth' in victims' stories

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks begins

By LORI HINNANT and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press