An Afghan official says the government wanted more time to review the list of prisoners.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inPolitics
Debate questions: Biden, Sanders are finally to meet 1-on-1
For the first time in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, only two candidates will face each other in a debate.
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Luxury shoppers in China emerge from quarantine to buy again
Chinese shoppers are slowly returning to the glitzy malls and boutiques where they’ve been driving growth of the global luxury industry as coronavirus quarantine measures relax.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. travel ban extends to U.K., Ireland; Trump takes virus test
The president also said he has taken a coronavirus test, and the White House began testing the temperatures of everyone he meets with.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen dies at 81
He won the New York Philharmonic’s Young Composers’ Award at age 16 and his Pulitzer by 32.
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Boris Yaro, LA Times photographer who took iconic image of mortally wounded RFK, dies
He snapped the enduring black-and-white image of a distraught busboy trying to console a mortally wounded hero.
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‘We are in the deep unknown’: Fallout from coronavirus reaches from Italy to Wall Street
Countries around the world closed schools, banned gatherings and shut themselves off from neighbors as the world struggled to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pelosi says agreement near with White House on virus aid
Washington is straining for a comprehensive response to the coronavirus outbreak that is testing the nation’s political, financial and health care systems.
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Pregnant 19-year-old dies trying to climb Texas border wall
U.S. Customs and Border Protection blamed the Guatemalan woman’s death on human smugglers who encouraged her to try to climb the wall.
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Iran accuses U.S. of ‘economic terrorism,’ urges sanctions end
The coronavirus has swept across Iran, with the Health Ministry announcing Thursday that in the past 24 hours 75 people had died and more than 1,000 new cases had been confirmed.