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A health worker makes a mark on the door of a house after vaccinating the children of the family during a polio campaign in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Gunmen on Tuesday targeted members of polio teams in eastern Afghanistan, killing a number of staffers, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Attacks target polio teams in east Afghanistan, 5 killed

By Kathy Gannon And Tameem Akhgar Jun. 15, 2021 03:15 AM EDT

This poster provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Maxsim Yukabets. Yakubets, 33, is best known as co-leader of a cybergang that calls itself Evil Corp. Foreign keyboard criminals with no fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered US fuel shortages and, most recently, a now could be responsible for a disruption in global food supply chains. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)
Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response

By Alan Suderman Jun. 05, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 23, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2021. There are 222 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2017 file photo, University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides, left, and athletic director Ray Tanner show off a 2017 women's basketball SEC championship ring before an NCAA college basketball game in Columbia, S.C. Pastides was named interim president of the University of South Carolina on Friday, May 21, 2021, after President Bob Caslen resigned on May 13 following a plagiarism scandal. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)
Familiar name gets temp job as Univ of South Carolina leader

By Jeffrey Collins May. 21, 2021 01:08 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 7, the 127th day of 2021. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, May 6, the 126th day of 2021. There are 239 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 4, the 124th day of 2021. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s...

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 03, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2021. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights...

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 02, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, May 2, the 122nd day of 2021. There are 243 days left in the year. Today’s...

Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. Afghanistan is inoculating millions of children against polio after pandemic lockdowns stalled the effort to eradicate the crippling disease. But the recent killing of three vaccinators points to the dangers facing the campaign. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Afghans work to stem polio rise amid violence, pandemic

By Rahim Faiez Apr. 08, 2021 02:08 AM EDT

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's disease this year. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan launches anti-polio drive amid surge in coronavirus

Mar. 29, 2021 08:52 AM EDT

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 29, 2021. Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's disease this year. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan launches anti-polio drive amid surge in coronavirus

Mar. 29, 2021 08:36 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Tuesday, March 23, the 82nd day of 2021. There are 283 days left in the year. Today’s...

A healthcare worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Despite a steady rise in coronavirus cases, Pakistan on Monday launched a five-day vaccination campaign against polio amid tight security, hoping to eradicate the crippling children's disease this year. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive amid tight security

By Munir Ahmed Jan. 11, 2021 03:29 AM EST

Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits inside a van as he leaves upon his release from Gunung Sindur Prison in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. (AP Photo/Aditya Irawan)
Indonesian cleric who inspired Bali bombings freed from jail

By Niniek Karmini Jan. 07, 2021 07:24 PM EST

FILE - In this July 13, 2019, file photo, health workers wearing protective suits tend to an Ebola victim kept in an isolation tent in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. The task of vaccinating millions of people in poor and developing countries against COVID-19 faces monumental obstacles, and it's not just a problem of affording and obtaining doses. Rumors flew about the Ebola vaccines, including the idea they were meant to kill people, said Dr. Maurice Kakule, an Ebola survivor who worked in vaccination campaigns. Similar suspicions are spreading about the COVID-19 vaccine, he said. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Wars, instability pose vaccine challenges in poor nations

By Kathy Gannon, Andrew Meldrum And Lee Keath Dec. 27, 2020 02:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, former national security adviser Susan Rice takes part in a discussion on global leadership at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevates the prominence of the position in the West Wing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA

By Julie Pace And Zeke Miller Dec. 10, 2020 10:13 AM EST

FILE - This Feb. 19, 2019, file photo shows former President Barack Obama speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, Calif. Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on track to be the best selling presidential memoir in modern history. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales

By Hillel Italie Nov. 18, 2020 04:06 PM EST

Vice President-elect Joe Biden, with his wife Jill at his side, takes the oath of office from Justice John Paul Stevens, as his wife holds the Bible at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life

Nov. 09, 2020 07:56 AM EST

U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Chairman of the U.S Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, waves as he talks to Afghan children during a visit to the Ariana primary school in Kabul, Jan. 12, 2002. Biden was on a two-day visit to the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)
AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life

Nov. 08, 2020 10:43 AM EST