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US Supreme Court blocks Trump rule limiting mail voting, sides with Dem states
Escaped Colorado inmates pretended to be immigrants
SELLS, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol says two men who escaped from a Colorado prison said they were Mexican immigrants who wished to be deported when agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border found them.
Australian jailed for 2007 stabbing free to leave Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — An Australian man released after serving 11 years in a Bulgarian prison over a fatal stabbing is free to return home following a decision by the country’s highest court, which refused to send…
Long Island serial killer victim IDed 2 decades later
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman whose skeletal remains were found along a suburban New York beach highway, in an area where body parts of 10 other people had been strewn, was identified as a Philadelphia escort who went mi…
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Home Launch
NASA astronauts are poised to blast into orbit from home turf on a private company’s rocket — a first since the end of the space shuttle era in 2011.
Cyprus curtails use of chloroquine over side-effect concerns
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ Health Ministry on Thursday advised doctors to curtail the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine on some COVID-19 patients amid renewed concerns that the drugs could trigger heart…
Police kill trucker who fired at, rammed them during chase
LEROY, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a semitrailer truck took off during a traffic stop in upstate New York and led police on a circuitous chase in which he made U-turns, rammed cruisers and fired at officers, stopping…
Man charged in Mennonite woman's death grew up in the faith
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a forest clearing outside Flagstaff, Arizona, Sasha Krause was found cold and stiff, with a bullet wound to the back of her head. She was face down beneath brush, wearing a gray dress, wh…
'No mask, no service' rule is OK for businesses, Cuomo says
NEW YORK (AP) — Store owners with no-mask-no-service policies got a boost from the governor. New York City business owners planning to reopen before coronavirus restrictions are lifted got a warning from the mayor.…
Rwandan sentenced to life in prison for key role in genocide
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan court on Thursday sentenced to life in prison one of the most wanted men in the country’s 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and Hutus who tried to protect them w…
Taliban in Kabul to discuss prisoner releases under US deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A five-member Taliban team was in Kabul on Thursday to follow up on this week’s prisoner release by the Afghan government that saw hundreds of insurgents freed. It was the single largest s…
Burundi opposition candidate goes to court to challenge vote
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi's top opposition leader went to the constitutional court Thursday to challenge the results of this month’s presidential election, alleging the vote was rigged in favor of the ruling pa…
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143 of 143 precincts - 100 percent
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2,280 of 2,281 precincts - 99 percent