Biden unveils economic team at critical moment for recovery

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is unveiling his economic team Tuesday amid growing concerns about the pace of the nation's economic recovery as governments

Detroit police fatally shoot gunman suspected in slaying

DETROIT (AP) — Police killed a gunman during a shootout early Tuesday who was suspected of fatally shooting a woman over a child-custody issue and firing shots at a Detroit police station, authorities said.

Afghan gov't airstrikes kill 2 children, officials say

DE-HAJI, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan government helicopters killed two children, ages 10 and 12, and left at least two children wounded and two others missing after bombarding a village in the eastern Ghazni province…

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Rights group asks Sri Lanka to probe deadly prison unrest

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group has asked Sri Lanka to conduct an impartial investigation into prison unrest and the use of live ammunition by guards that resulted in the death of 11 i…

China says probe sent to retrieve lunar rocks lands on moon

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese robot probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth for the first time since the 1970s landed on the moon Tuesday, the government announced, adding to a string of increasingly bold space missio…

Georgia runoff to decide short-term successor to John Lewis

ATLANTA (AP) — Voters in the Atlanta area were summoned back to the polls on Tuesday to decide who to send to Washington for a month to briefly fill the seat of the late civil rights legend John Lewis.

The Latest: Madrid to open hospital for coronavirus patients

MADRID — Madrid officials held a ceremony to open part of a 1,000-bed hospital for emergencies. About 200 health professionals gathered Tuesday at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital, built in 100 days at a cost of 10…

Chinese state media report probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth has landed on the moon

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report probe sent to return lunar rocks to Earth has landed on the moon.

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Car hits pedestrians in Germany; at least 2 dead, 15 injured

BERLIN (AP) — A car drove at high speed into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing at least two people, including a young child, and seriously injuring 15 others before the …

Stocks open higher; S&P 500 approaches another all-time high

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street, resuming a November rally that brought the biggest monthly gain for the S&P 500 since April. The benchmark index was up 0.9% in the early going Tues…

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Polish zoo captures rare mouse-deer birth on video

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A zoo in Poland says it's the first to have captured on video the birth of a rare Philippine mouse-deer, and everyone's hoping it’s a male so it can help the endangered species breed.

2 Danish brothers convicted of biracial man's island murder

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Denmark on Tuesday sentenced two brothers to 14 years in prison each for the murder of a biracial man on a Danish island in June, which had sparked a debate about racism.