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Updated 22 hours, 51 minutes ago

Newhouse to retire from Congress

WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Trump orders ban on transactions with more Chinese apps

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay. The order goes into effect in 45 days, at which point Joe Biden will be the preside…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: GOP initially failed to credential poll watchers

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Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: Washington state to ease restrictions Monday

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says some pandemic restrictions will be eased next week and the state will change its reopening plan to move from a county-based oversight system to one focused on regio…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP VoteCast: GOP voters in Georgia back Trump's false claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — About three-quarters of voters who backed Republican candidates in Georgia's Senate runoffs say President-elect Joe Biden was not legitimately elected in November, according to AP VoteCast, a surv…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Fishermen rescue naked fugitive from Australian tree

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two fishermen have rescued a naked fugitive who they found sitting on a tree branch in Australian crocodile habitat.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Salvador court convicts ex-president of illicit enrichment

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A court in El Salvador found ex-President Tony Saca guilty and his wife, Ana Ligia de Saca, guilty of illicit enrichment Tuesday and ordered them to repay the government $4.4 millio…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Republican Party faces defining moment under Trump's shadow

NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican Party is facing a defining moment.

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Georgia counting ballots in crucial Senate runoff elections

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials began counting the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season on Tuesday night as polls closed in two critical races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate a…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: Polls closing in Georgia for 2 Senate runoffs

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Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Hundreds of Trump supporters flock to DC ahead of vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump descended on the nation’s capital Tuesday to cheer his baseless claims of election fraud a day before a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s vi…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
N. Korea's Kim opens congress with policy failures admission

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened his country's first ruling party congress in five years with an admission of policy failures and a vow to set new developmental goals, state media re…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

No charges against Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
Flooding brings new woes to NYC church hard-hit by COVID-19

NEW YORK (AP) — A Lutheran church in New York City already reeling from the COVID-19 deaths of more than 60 members of the congregation has suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from the rupture of a major mun…

Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 4 years, 11 months ago
The Latest: Calif. freezer failure prompts vaccination rush

SAN FRANCISCO — A hospital in Northern California quickly vaccinated 850 people after a freezer that was holding doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine failed, prompting officials to do an emergency distribution …