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FILE - New members of the Armed Forces of Haiti celebrate after their graduation ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.

Haiti’s army wants recruits to fight gangs, and youths jump at the rare job offer

FILE - New members of the Armed Forces of Haiti celebrate after their graduation ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.

September 1, 2024, 6:00pm Nation & World

The announcement that Haiti’s military wanted recruits crackled through a small radio perched on a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince where Maurenceley Clerge repairs and sells smartphones. Read story

Trump team will seek dismissal of federal election-subversion case as each side mulls next steps

September 1, 2024, 2:40pm Nation & World

Lawyers for Donald Trump intend to urge a judge to dismiss the federal election-subversion case against the former president after a Supreme Court opinion that narrowed the scope of the landmark prosecution, according to a court filing. Read story

People walk past a welcoming message for Pope Francis displayed on a large digital advertisement board in Jakarta, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of his visit to Indonesia from Sept. 3-6.

Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia

People walk past a welcoming message for Pope Francis displayed on a large digital advertisement board in Jakarta, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of his visit to Indonesia from Sept. 3-6.

September 1, 2024, 2:35pm Nation & World

If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along his secretaries to help him navigate the four-country program while keeping up with work back home. Read story

FILE - Migrants gather at a tent encampment set up on the plaza of the Santa Cruz y La Soledad Catholic parish church, in La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City, Dec. 26, 2023.

Mexico City becomes destination for migrants traveling north

FILE - Migrants gather at a tent encampment set up on the plaza of the Santa Cruz y La Soledad Catholic parish church, in La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City, Dec. 26, 2023.

September 1, 2024, 1:53pm Nation & World

Thousands of migrants' journeys to the United States have landed them in the Mexican capital, the southernmost point until recently from which migrants can register to request an appointment to seek asylum through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s mobile app known as CBP One. Read story

Gas burns in front of a business center damaged by a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024.

Russia: 158 Ukrainian drones destroyed in one of the biggest such attacks of the war

Gas burns in front of a business center damaged by a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024.

September 1, 2024, 1:43pm Nation & World

Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. Read story

7 U.S. troops injured in raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead

September 1, 2024, 1:24pm Nation & World

The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. Read story

Chocolate callets are displayed at the California Cultured office in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

Companies crafting new ways to grow cocoa, and chocolate alternatives, to keep up with demand

Chocolate callets are displayed at the California Cultured office in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

September 1, 2024, 1:18pm Business

Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways to grow cocoa or develop cocoa substitutes. Read story

A woman walks in the dry Adobe Creek in Kelseyville in December 2022.

A town’s name recalls the massacre of Indigenous people. Will changing it bring healing?

A woman walks in the dry Adobe Creek in Kelseyville in December 2022.

September 1, 2024, 1:12pm Latest News

The town of Kelseyville bills itself as one of Northern California’s best-kept secrets — an idyllic wine country community that overlooks the state’s largest freshwater lake, as well as a 4,305-foot volcano that is blanketed in greenery. Read story

German far-right party wins its first state election and is in contention in a second

September 1, 2024, 12:53pm Nation & World

The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed. Read story

FILE - Luis Gil, a Republican candidate for Franklin County Commissioner in central Ohio, speaks in favor of a constitutional amendment on fall ballots that would prohibit noncitizen voting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on, Oct. 6, 2022.

Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election

FILE - Luis Gil, a Republican candidate for Franklin County Commissioner in central Ohio, speaks in favor of a constitutional amendment on fall ballots that would prohibit noncitizen voting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on, Oct. 6, 2022.

September 1, 2024, 12:43pm Nation & World

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall's election for president and other top offices. While that is nothing new, the potential for noncitizens to register or vote has been receiving a lot of attention lately. Read story