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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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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)
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Virginia: Establish Redistricting Commission (Of legislators,
Japan's foreign minister says Tokyo looks to deepen US ties
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Monday that Japan hopes to deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Joe Biden and do more to get its ally continuously committed…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, November 16, 2020
Gulbinowicz, Polish cardinal accused of abuse, dies at 97
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Henryk Gulbinowicz, a prominent Polish cardinal who only days ago was sanctioned by the Vatican over accusations he had sexually abused a seminarian and covered up abuse in another case, has d…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, November 16, 2020
Bach: Tokyo Olympic 'participants' encouraged to get vaccine
TOKYO (AP) — Olympic “participants” and fans arriving for next year's postponed Tokyo Games will be encouraged to be vaccinated to protect the Japanese public, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
UN-led Libya talks end without naming interim government
GAMMARTH, Tunisia (AP) — Libya's rival sides wrapped up a week of U.N.-brokered talks without agreeing on a transitional government that would lead the county to an election in December next year, the top U.N. offi…
Austrian police arrest man in large-scale cybergrooming case
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian police have arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of grooming dozens of children to film themselves performing sexual acts and sending them to him, authorities said Monday.
After congratulating Biden, France's Macron sees Trump envoy
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has met Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat behind closed doors in a potentially uncomfortable encounter only nine days after having congratulated Pr…
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump t…
Women crucial to Biden's win, even as gender gap held steady
Ask Virginia voter Mary Hayes why
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Nevada: Allow Same-Sex Marriage (Constitutional Amendment)
Turkey seeks approval to deploy peacekeepers in Azerbaijan
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s government submitted a motion to parliament on Monday seeking its approval to deploy peacekeepers to monitor a cease-fire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the state-run news …