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FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2003, file photo, John Hinckley Jr. arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for Hinckley, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, are scheduled to argue in court Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, that the 66-year-old should be freed from restrictions placed on him after he moved out of a Washington hospital in 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, to be freed from oversight

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Texas GOP tries to protect US House seats under new maps

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback

Syria says doors open to refugees, despite contrary claims

Cardinal Raymond Burke says his recovery slow after COVID-19

Faith groups aid Haitian migrants, denounce mistreatment

Anita Hill poses for a portrait in New York on Sept. 21, 2021 to promote her book,

Anita Hill still waits for change, 30 years after testimony

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Tennessee State Senate shows Tennessee state Sen. Katrina Robinson posing for a photo in Nashville, Tenn. Robinson is set to go on trial, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, on charges that she stole more than $600,000 in federal funds. (Tennessee State Senate via AP)

State senator acquitted on 15 charges in federal theft case

In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Eric Rosengren speaks during a round table discussion at Silver Lane Elementary School, in East Hartford, Conn. Rosengren said Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 that he will retire on Sept 30 and disclosed that he has qualified for a kidney transplant. Rosengren's announcement comes after investments by him and other Fed officials last year have come under scrutiny and raised questions about the Fed's ethics rules. Rosengren had already planned to retire in June when he reached 65, a mandatory retirement age, but decided to retire earlier. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)

Boston Fed's Rosengren to retire early citing health

In this Aug. 6, 2021 provided by United Nations Photo, Ghulam M. Isaczai, Afghanistan Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a news conference at U.N. headquarters. The dispute between Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers and its former government over who should speak at the United Nations' annual meeting of world leaders finally has an answer: no one. The Taliban had challenged the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan's former government, and asked to represent the country at this year's General Assembly summit, which began Sept. 21 and ends Monday. (Manuel Elías/United Nations Photo via AP)

Taliban, ex-Afghan government dispute ends with no UN speech

FILE - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 19, 2021. Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 as gains for banks and energy companies are checked by drops in the technology sector. The S&P 500 was off 0.4% in the early going, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, however, and a measure of small-company stocks was also higher. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

Stocks trade mixed; banks, energy sectors gain, tech falls

Prosecutors against R. Kelly arrive at the Brooklyn Federal Court House on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in New York. A New York City jury resumed deliberations on Monday at the sex trafficking trial of R&B star R. Kelly. Jurors began the day by sending the judge a note asking for transcripts of testimony by two former Kelly employees and for a legal clarification. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Jury resumes deliberations in R. Kelly sex misconduct case

Europe

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 file photo, Jo Goodman holds a portrait of her late father Stuart as she poses for a photo in London. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday, Sept. 28 finally meet with members of the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaigning group, who for more than a year have sharply criticized his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Johnson's Downing Street office confirmed Monday that the prime minister will hold a

UK's Johnson finally agrees to meet COVID-bereaved group

Egg thrown at French President Macron during food trade fair

This image from video made available by Lyonmag.com shows an egg thrown toward French President Emmanuel Macron, left, to hit him on the shoulder as he walks through the restaurant trade fair in Lyon, France, Monday Sept. 27, 2021. Macron was visiting the International Catering, Hotel and Food Trade Fair to promote French gastronomy. (LYONMAG.COM via AP)

Uncertain start to post-Merkel era after close German vote

German Social Democratic Party, SPD, party leaders Saskia Esken, right, and Norbert Walter-Borjans, center, applaud to the party's candidate for chancellery Olaf Scholz as he arrives at the meeting of the SPD Federal Executive Committee in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Following Sunday's election leaders of the German parties were meeting Monday to digest a result that saw Merkel's Union bloc slump to its worst-ever result in a national election and appeared to put the keys to power in the hands of two opposition parties. Both Social Democrat Olaf Scholz and Armin Laschet, the candidate of Merkel's party, laid a claim to leading the next government. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)

Strong quake hits Greek island of Crete; 1 dead, 20 injured

A Resident passes next to a damaged Greek Orthodox chapel after a strong earthquake in Arcalochori village on the southern island of Crete, Greece, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 has struck the southern Greek island of Crete, and Greek authorities say one person has been killed and several more have been injured. (AP Photo/Harry Nikos)

ICC prosecutor seeks to resume Afghanistan war crimes probe

FILE - In this Thursday Aug. 12, 2021 file photo, Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Khartoum, Sudan. The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought urgent clearance Monday, Sept. 27 from the court's judges to resume investigations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, saying that under the country's new Taliban rulers

UK mulls calling in army to help ease gas shortage at pumps

Closed pumps are seen on the forecourt of a petrol station which has run out of fuel after an outbreak of panic buying in the UK, in Manchester, England, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to be considering whether to call in the army to deliver fuel to petrol stations as pumps ran dry after days of panic buying. ( AP Photo/Jon Super)

Scientists: Spanish volcano has entered 'low activity' phase

Residents clean the ash from the street in Santa Cruz de la Palma on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain on Monday Sept. 27, 2021. A massive cloud of ash prevented flights in and out of the Spanish island of La Palma on Sunday as molten rock continued to be flung high into the air from an erupting volcano. (AP Photo/Saul Santos)

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Berliners in favor of measure to expropriate 240,000 flats

File - This Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021 file photo, shows the Wilmersdorf district with office buildings and apartment houses in Berlin, Germany. Voters in Berlin backed a non-binding, controversial proposal for the Berlin regional government to take over about 240,000 apartments worth billions from corporate owners to curb sharply rising rents in the German capital. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Middle East

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020 file photo, a Qatar Airways plane prepares to take off at San Francisco International Airport during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. Qatar Airways announced on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 that it suffered a more than $4 billion loss in revenues over the last year, as lockdowns triggered by the coronavirus pandemic slashed demand for air travel. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Qatar Airways says losses reach $4.1 billion amid pandemic

Judge suspends probe into Lebanon port blast amid challenges

FILE - Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The lead judge investigating the massive blast in Beirut's port suspended his work in the case Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 after he was informed that a former Cabinet minister had submitted a request to recuse him. Judge Tarek Bitar, the second judge to lead the complicated and thorny investigation, cancelled the questioning of a former military intelligence general, scheduled for Monday. The Court of Appeals now has to decide whether to dismiss him from the case or not. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, file)

Iran, Saudi sides continue tension-easing talks in Baghdad

Barham Salih, President of Iraq addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool Photo via AP)

Shadow contracts, corruption keep the lights out in Iraq

Muqtada Haider turns the switches to transfer electricity to private homes in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. In Iraq, electricity is a potent symbol of endemic corruption, rooted in the country's sectarian power-sharing system. This contributes to chronic electrical outages of up to 14 hours a day in a major oil-producing nation with plentiful energy resources. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

AP PHOTOS: In Qom, where Iran outbreak began, virus rages on

Covid-19 patient Marhamat Asadi which is in medically induced coma is tended by nurses Fatemeh Najmeh Sadeghi, left, and Fereshteh Babakhanlou at the COVID-19 ICU ward of Amir Al-Momenin hospital in the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinians in West Bank gunbattles

This photo shows a scene after an Israeli army operation that left a few Palestinian men killed, in the West Bank village of Beit Anan, west of Ramallah, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Multiple Palestinian gunmen were killed in shootouts with Israeli security forces during a sweeping West Bank arrest operation cracking down on the Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday, the Israeli military said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Syrian dies of swallowing gasoline in fuel-strapped Lebanon

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Israel says US booster plan supports its own aggressive push

A 14-year-old Israeli receives a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health Service's center in the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost anyone over 12 and says its approach was further vindicated by a U.S. decision to give the shots to older patients or those at higher risk. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hundreds protest against no-confidence vote in Libya govt

Hundreds of demonstrators protest in Tripoli, Libya, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in opposition to the country's parliament passing a vote of no-confidence in the transitional government. The motion, passed on Tuesday, represents a challenge to planned December elections and impedes efforts to unite the oil-rich North African nation after a decade of turmoil. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Asia

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2021, file photo, Michael Kovrig, center, embraces his wife Vina Nadjibulla, left, and sister Ariana Botha after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Two Canadians, Kovrig and Michael Spavor who were detained in late 2019, days after Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities, have been allowed to return to Canada after being released on bail for health reasons, China's Foreign Ministry said Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

China: 2 Canadians in prisoner swap freed for health reasons

Soldiers stack sandbags to protect Wat Chaiwatthanaram from possible rising flood waters in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Seasonal monsoon rains may worsen flooding that has already badly affected about a third of Thailand, officials said Monday as flood gates and pumping stations were being used to mitigate the potential damage. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Monsoon rain may worsen floods in Thailand, Bangkok prepares

Steam billows out of the cooling towers at a coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of Christmas after power cuts to meet government energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down and left some households in the dark. (Chinatopix via AP)

China's factories, households grapple with power cuts

In this photo provided by Human Rights Law Centre, Dennis Fisher poses for a photo in Melbourne, Australia, in January 2021. Fisher is taking the Australian government to court to argue that Indigenous people should have access to the age pension earlier than other Australians because Indigenous life expectancy is years shorter. (Human Rights Law Centre via AP)

Indigenous Australian wants early pension due to short lives

Kei Komuro, fiance of Japan's Princess Mako, arrives at Narita international airport in Narita, near Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 upon returning to Japan from the United States. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese princess's fiance returns for delayed marriage

Members of Communist Party of India shout slogans during a protest against farm laws in Mumbai, India Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The farmers called for a nation-wide strike Monday to mark one year since the legislation was passed, marking a return to protests that began over a year ago. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India's farmers renew protests, challenging Modi government

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Science

Volcanic ash cloud halts flights to and from Spanish island

Lava flows from a volcano on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain in the early hours of Sunday Sept. 26, 2021. A volcano in Spain's Canary Islands is keeping nerves on edge several days since it erupted, producing loud explosions, a huge ash cloud and cracking open a new fissure that spewed out more fiery molten rock. (AP Photo/Daniel Roca)

US has enough COVID-19 vaccines for boosters, kids' shots

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2021, file photo, Mayra Navarrete, 13, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse, Noleen Nobleza at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, Calif. With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they're confident both seniors and other vulnerable Americans seeking booster shots and parents anticipating approval of initial shots for young children will have easy access. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Teams check destruction from Northern California forest fire

Flames consume a house near Old Oregon Trail as the Fawn Fire burns north of Redding in Shasta County, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Israel says US booster plan supports its own aggressive push

A 14-year-old Israeli receives a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine at Clalit Health Service's center in the Cinema City complex in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Israel is pressing ahead with its aggressive campaign of offering coronavirus boosters to almost anyone over 12 and says its approach was further vindicated by a U.S. decision to give the shots to older patients or those at higher risk. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

US military eyes prototype mobile nuclear reactor in Idaho

FILE - This Nov. 29, 2018, file photo, shows the Transient Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory about 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, in eastern Idaho. The U.S. Department of Defense is taking public comments on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho. The department on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, began the 45-day comment period by releasing a draft environmental impact study evaluating alternatives for building and operating the microreactor that could produce one to five megawatts of power. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler, File)

White House steps up work on what to do about thawing Arctic

FILE - In this July 22, 2017, file photo the midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The Biden administration is stepping up its work to figure about what to do about the thawing Arctic, which is warming three times faster than the rest of the world. The White House said Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, that it is reactivating the Arctic Executive Steering Committee, which coordinates domestic regulations and works with other Arctic nations. It also is adding six new members to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, including two indigenous Alaskans. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Technology

Facebook puts Instagram for kids on hold after pushback

FILE - The Instagram app is displayed on a computer on Aug. 23, 2019, in New York. Instagram is putting a pause on its Instagram Kids platform, geared towards children under 13, so it can address concerns about accessibility and content. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, wrote in a blog post Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 that this will allow the company time to

Google in court to appeal EU's 2018 Android antitrust case

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, the Google exhibit building shows off a variety of devices with Google Assistant, including Android smartphones and Wear OS smartwatches during the CES tech show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Google is heading to a top European Union court on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for stifling competition by abusing the dominance of its Android operating system. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

States at disadvantage in race to recruit cybersecurity pros

In this Sept. 20, 2021, photo Austin Moody poses for a photo as he sits a his home work station in Tampa, Fla. Moody, the Michigan native, got a scholarship from the Department of Defense that required working for the agency at least a year after graduating. Moody said he understands that state governments don't have the kind of money that federal agencies or private companies spend on recruiting and generous salaries. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius)

Neo-Nazis are still on Facebook. And they're making money

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 file photo, demonstrators shout during a far-right protest in Chemnitz, Germany, after a man died and two others were injured in an altercation between several people of

Canadians released after Huawei CFO resolves US charges

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, prepares to read a statement outside B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

GLIMPSES: Phone in hand, Barbados PM dials into issues at UN

Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. The General Assembly hall is equipped with a teleprompter, but few leaders used it Friday, with most opting for paper speeches. While reading speech texts from phones has become more common in general, the practice remains rare at the General Assembly. (UN WebTV via AP)