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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 …
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Hoot, hoot, hoot! Owl in Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't quite a partridge in a pear tree, but a worker helping set up the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree found a holiday surprise — a tiny owl among the massive branches.
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Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
Burgum nemesis chosen by GOP to fill dead candidate's seat
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A powerful Republican North Dakota lawmaker who lost his seat after being targeted by Gov. Doug Burgum has been chosen by party activists to return to his old seat to replace a candidate who d…
US drops case against ex-Mexican general after pressure
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States on Wednesday dropped a high-profile drug trafficking and money laundering case against a former Mexican defense secretary, an extraordinary reversal that followed an intense pressu…
Report finds Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghans
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A shocking Australian military report into war crimes has found evidence that elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians.
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US Forecast for Thursday, November 19, 2020
Over 1,000 evacuated in Nevada wildfire start returning home
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A day after a wind-whipped wildfire in northern Nevada roared through a neighborhood in Reno and destroyed at least five houses, more than 1,000 people who were forced to evacuate — including the …
A military report finds evidence elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A military report finds evidence elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians.
EXPLAINER: How does election certification usually work?
In normal times, the certification of election results is a routine process that doesn’t get much attention. But these are not normal times.
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
President-elect Joe Biden's winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records.
Confirmed US death toll from coronavirus tops 250,000, the highest in world, by Johns Hopkins University's count
NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed US death toll from coronavirus tops 250,000, the highest in world, by Johns Hopkins University's count.
Police defend handling of dead Black teen's disappearance
BALDWIN, La. (AP) — Police in a Louisiana town are defending their handling of the disappearance of a Black teenager who was found dead earlier this month in a case that sparked speculation about racial crime.
GOP increasingly accepts Trump's defeat — but not in public
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Kamala Harris returned to the Senate this week for the first time as vice president-elect, her Republican colleagues offered their congratulations and Sen. Lindsey Graham greeted her with a f…