London (PA Media/dpa) – The UK is a «long way» from offering diplomatic recognition to the Taliban in Afghanistan, a Foreign Office minister said as international powers considered how to deal with the new regime in Kabul. James Cleverly said the Taliban would be judged on its actions as an intensive round of diplomacy began…

South Lake Tahoe, California (tca/dpa) – The Caldor fire burning near California’s South Lake Tahoe continued its slow creep east on Sunday, with crews engaged in a «pretty good firefight» as they braced for the arrival of strong winds, according to state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection operations chief Cody Bogan. Crews were primarily focused on two…

Los Angeles (tca/dpa) — It could ultimately be up to Gov. Gavin Newsom to determine whether the man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 should be paroled. Sirhan Sirhan — who was 24 when he shot and killed the former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate at a Los Angeles hotel in 1968 —…