FBI searches home of Ohio public utility commission chairman

CLEVELAND (AP) — An FBI spokesperson confirmed Monday that agents conducted a search of a Columbus home owned by the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio earlier in the day.

Hand tally of Georgia presidential race continues

ATLANTA (AP) — A hand tally of the nearly 5 million votes cast in the presidential race in Georgia appeared to be going smoothly as it entered its fourth day Monday.

Internal email reveals 65 virus cases among WHO Geneva staff

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including five people who worked on the premises and were in contact with one another, an …

Kurdish-led authority releases dozen of Syrians from IS Camp

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities Monday released dozens of Syrian families from one of the largest camps in northeastern Syria holding tens of thousands of women and children, many of them linked to the Islami…

Afghans welcome report on Australian troops' alleged crimes

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan rights watchdog and a tribal leader are cautiously welcoming an Australian government report into suspected war crimes by its special forces in Afghanistan following a four-year …

3rd Breonna Taylor grand juror: Cops 'got slap on the wrist'

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A woman who sat on the Breonna Taylor grand jury said she believes their investigation was incomplete and that prosecutors wanted to give police “a slap on the wrist and close it up.”

Hardening partisan map steepens Democrats' climb in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pinned six years in the minority, Democrats have an uphill but real shot at wresting Senate control in January, with more opportunities in 2022. Yet as states increasingly sort themselves along ha…

Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to the highest level in more than a decade as federal officials also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings since the FBI began collecting that data in…

Biden set to address plans for economy as pandemic rages

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is set to outline his plans to revive the nation's economy in the midst of a global health crisis on Monday as he pushes forward with his transition to the White Ho…

AP VoteCast: Voters sour on state of nation

Voters made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Brazil voters ignore Bolsonaro's city election endorsements

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has suffered a setback as most of the dozens of candidates he backed for municipal elections failed to secure victories or spots in runoffs.

Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Who is the president of Peru? The answer to that question Monday was no one.

Dutch prosecutors: Saudi embassy shooting had terror motive

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors said Monday that the shooting last week targeting the Saudi Arabian embassy building in The Hague was carried out with a “terrorist" motive.

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE EXPLAINER — Video. This animated video explains how genetic code vaccines being tested by Pfizer and Moderna work against COVID-19. This animated explainer is current as of Nov. 10, 2020 and …

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