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Updated 2 days, 2 hours 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 5 years ago
Iran summons EU envoys for protesting reporter's hanging

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Sunday summoned the German and French envoys to Tehran after the European Union condemned the execution of an Iranian journalist whose work helped inspire nationwide economic protests in…

Updated 5 years ago
The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., civil rights advocate, dies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., a civil rights advocate who was one of the first Black members of the Memphis City Council, has died. He was 93.

Updated 5 years ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Electoral College makes it official: Biden won, Trump lost

Updated 5 years ago
AP Photos: Italy's front-line medical heroes, 8 months later

Eight months later, they allow themselves a faint, forced smile. The tired terror in their eyes has faded. They look chic in makeup or a jaunty handkerchief tucked into a jacket pocket.

Updated 5 years ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years ago
BC-AP News Digest 3 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All Times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org

Updated 5 years ago
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors coast to coast were casting the votes Monday that will affirm Joe Biden as

Updated 5 years ago
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak …

Updated 5 years ago
After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears

After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: Skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots.

Updated 5 years ago
The Latest: S. Korea opening dozens of free virus test sites

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is opening dozens of free coronavirus testing sites in the greater Seoul area amid a surge in infections.

Updated 5 years ago
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

ATLANTA (AP) — Early in-person voting began Monday in the runoff elections for Georgia's two U.S. Senate seats, with lines reported to be shorter than in the first days of early voting for the general election last…

Updated 5 years ago
AP Photos: Italy's front-line medical heroes, 8 months later

Eight months later, they allow themselves a faint, forced smile. The tired terror in their eyes has faded. They look chic in makeup or a jaunty handkerchief tucked into a jacket pocket.

Updated 5 years ago
The Latest: S. Korea opening dozens of free virus test sites

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea is opening dozens of free coronavirus testing sites in the greater Seoul area amid a surge in infections.

Updated 5 years ago
Early in-person voting begins in Georgia Senate runoffs

ATLANTA (AP) — What could be the main event in Georgia's twin U.S. Senate runoffs — early in-person voting — begins Monday.

Updated 5 years ago
After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears

After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: Skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots.