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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 …
Burkina Faso to vote amid escalating violence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso will vote in presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, amid escalating extremist violence that’s killed more than 2,000 people this year and displaced some one …
Court rejects McCann suspect's appeal in separate rape case
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court has dismissed an appeal against the rape conviction of a man who is currently also being investigated over the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann.
Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, leaders of
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing
Death toll at 37 in Uganda unrest after Bobi Wine's arrest
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst unrest in a dec…
UN: Pandemic tough on millions of Mideast, NAfrican children
CAIRO (AP) — The global pandemic and ensuing lockdown have taken their toll on the mental and physical well-being of millions of kids in the Middle East and North Africa, the U.N. children's agency said Friday.
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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)
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Virginia: Establish Redistricting Commission (Of legislators,
Israel PM healthy after routine exam under sedation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in good health after two small colon polyps were detected and removed during a routine examination on Friday, his office said.
Prosecutors: evidence of 'cannibalism' in Berlin man killing
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors said Friday there is evidence of “cannibalism” in the killing of a 44-year-old man whose remains were found on the northern edge of Berlin earlier this month.
Pompeo visits Israel museum honoring Christian Zionists
JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a trip to Israel on Friday with a visit to a museum in Jerusalem that honors Christian Zionists and was founded by a prominent evangelical adviser to the T…
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Florida: Raise Minimum Wage (Fifteen dollars by 2026)
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Oregon: Legalize Psilocybin (License, regulate, tax)
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Rhode Island: Change State Name (Remove Providence Plantations)
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California: App-Drivers Not Employees (Provide other benefits)