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…

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress

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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.

Man arrested after boy forced out of car, killed by vehicle

FORT MITCHELL, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama soldier was charged with reckless murder after allegedly forcing his girlfriend's unruly 5-year-old son to get out of a car at night along a road where the boy was hit and kill…

Dozens of bandits seize Brazilian city, loot bank

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dozens of gunmen armed with assault rifles invaded a city in southern Brazil overnight Tuesday and took control of the streets as they assaulted a local bank.

Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses

ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday.

At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age of coronavirus. Masks and gloves. Zippered plastic …

Car hits pedestrians in Germany; 2 killed, 15 injured

BERLIN (AP) — A car drove into a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring 15 others, officials said.

European regulator could OK 1st COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29

BERLIN (AP) — European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU’s drug agency said Tuesday, a time frame that could mean the shot is rolled …