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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormickspent Wednesday essentially tied in Pennsylvania’s hotly contested race for the Republican nomination to fill an open U.S.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the world has seen a dramatic improvement in infections, hospitalizations and death rates in recent weeks, signaling the crisis appears to be winding down. But how will it…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic joined Poland and Sweden on Sunday in refusing to play Russia in the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs next month in response to that nation’s invasion of Ukraine.The head of world champion France’s…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Novak Djokovic was heading home to Serbia on Monday after his deportation from Australia over its required COVID-19 vaccination ended the No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player’s hopes of defending his…

EFRAT, West Bank (AP) — An aggressive Israeli settlement spree of over 9,000 homes during the Trump era pushed deeper into the occupied West Bank than ever before, according to an AP investigation. The trend puts the Biden administration…

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory over COVID-19 by making Israel a "vaccination nation". Even that may not be enough when voters wearing mandatory masks cast their ballots in an election on…

From the left: Dems Just Got Trapped Amid the chaos and confusion of recent riots, Andrew Sullivan declares at his blog: “Here’s one thing I have absolutely no conflict about. Rioting and lawlessness are evil.” States exist to…