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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
Culled mink resurface after burial in Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some of the thousands of mink culled to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans have risen from their shallow graves in western Denmark after gases built u…
Global Forecast-Celsius
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, November 26, 2020
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, November 26, 2020
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Colorado: National Popular Vote (Join Interstate Compact)
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings
New Zealand's Mahuta brings new outlook to foreign affairs
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Diplomats like to remain neutral but Nanaia Mahuta let the veil slip a little when a winner was declared in the U.S. election by tweeting a smiley-face emoji.
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's former prime minister, dies of virus
CAIRO (AP) — Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan’s last democratically elected prime minister and leader of the country's largest political party, has died of COVID-19 in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates, his party said. H…
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Maryland: Expand Commercial Gaming (Authorize sports betting)
'Why now?' Dismay as US considers troop pullout from Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States. Now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the Horn of…
Cyclone uproots trees, floods streets in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — Parts of India’s southern coast were flooded Thursday after a cyclone slammed into its shores, triggering heavy rains, uprooting trees and cutting power lines.
China's top diplomat stresses S.Korea ties amid row with US
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China’s top diplomat on Thursday stressed the importance of bilateral relations while meeting senior officials in South Korea, where there is growing concern the country is becoming squeez…
Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would be feasible or…
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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)
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Greek civil servants hold 24-hour strike
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Civil servants in Greece have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike expected to disrupt public transport and services, on a variety of demands, including better workplace protections against …