Michigan woman who killed abusive husband freed from prison

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman who said she fatally shot her husband in self-defense was released from prison Tuesday after serving 20 months.

Senior German security official resigns over gun purchase

BERLIN (AP) — A senior Germany security official has resigned after stumbling over an affair involving a gun he once purchased from a man suspected of involvement in a far-right network.

Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden announced a raft of top White House staff positions on Tuesday, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasing…

Murphy's choice: Fed official has say on transition launch

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of an obscure federal agency that is holding up the presidential transition knew well before Election Day that she might soon have a messy situation on her hands.

Sen. Grassley, 87, quarantining after virus exposure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus.

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Wall Street taps the brakes following its record-setting run

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks took a pause from their big rally this month that has vaulted them back to record heights. The S&P 500 lost 0.5% Tuesday, after falling 1.1% earlier. Treasury yields also dipped after a repor…

Chicago police: 5-year-old shot in head in drive-by shooting

CHICAGO (AP) — A 5-year-old Chicago boy has been hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot in the head in a drive-by shooting as he sat on a couch at home playing on an iPad, police said.

5 dead, 8 wounded in suicide bombing in Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu.

Georgia elections chief battles fellow Republicans, Trump

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast, as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican and make unsupported c…

UN official warns of humanitarian disaster if talks fail

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.N. ‘s top official for refugees said Tuesday that if the Afghan peace process collapses and violence continues, there will be a humanitarian disaster as thousands of displaced people…

Hungary's doctors warn of soaring coronavirus deaths ahead

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Doctors in Hungary are warning that a lack of medical staff qualified to treat coronavirus patients in intensive care units could soon lead to soaring deaths and a breakdown in the country’…

Financially troubled startup powered Trump campaign

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign was powered by a cell phone app that allowed staff to monitor the movements of his millions of supporters, and offered intimate access to their…

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ELECTION 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES — Table. This AP digital embed lists the status of several election-related legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republicans. No case has established irre…

Trump faces approaching deadline for recount in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in Wisconsin by more than 20,600 votes based on final canvassed totals submitted to the state elections commission on Tuesday, a report that s…