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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
Man shot by police after shooting at Manhattan cathedral
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon.
US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration is planning an unprecedented five more federal executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, starting with a Texas street-gang member set to be put to death thi…
Los Angeles suspect arrested in Mexico on 2017 murder charge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man wanted in the 2017 killing of the mother of his young child in South Los Angeles has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said.
US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council.
Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze as nighttime clashes Saturday between pro-Donald Trump supp…
Correction: Federal Executions story
CHICAGO (AP) — In a story first published on Dec. 9, 2020, about a Dec. 10 federal execution in Terre Haute, Ind., The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a former federal prosecutor. She is Ang…
Iran sentences British-Iranian researcher to 9 years in jail
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran sentenced a British-Iranian anthropologist who has studied child marriage and female genital mutilation to nine years in jail and fined him over $700,000 in cash, the semiofficial Tasnim ne…
VIRUS TODAY: Vaccines are on the way to states
Here’s what’s happening Sunday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
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COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan's overcrowded prisons
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A human rights report released Monday harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates stuck in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons.
The Latest: Italy passes UK for Europe's highest virus toll
ROME — Italy on Sunday registered 484 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, one of its lowest daily death tolls in about a month. But those latest deaths were enough to eclipse Britain’s toll as having Europe’s highest toll i…
Holocaust survivors honored with online event amid pandemic
BERLIN (AP) — An annual event bringing together Holocaust survivors from around the world to mark the start of Hanukkah was held online for the first time Sunday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia high court rejects latest Trump election appeal
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump has lost his latest legal challenge seeking to overturn Georgia's election results, with the state Supreme Court's rejection late Saturday of a case from Trump's campaign and G…
Nearly 30 arrested after clashes at Trump supporters rally
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential loyalists skirmished with anti-Donald Trump demonstrators over the weekend in Washington, leading to dozens of arrests, several stabbings and injuries to police officers, in disturban…
El Paso elects former mayor, defeating incumbent in runoff
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El Paso residents have elected a new mayor, handing a defeat to incumbent Mayor Dee Margo in favor of his predecessor, Oscar Leeser, in a runoff race defined by the city’s coronavirus crisis.