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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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UN envoy criticizes Israel's move to expand key settlement
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N.'s Mideast envoy on Monday said he was “very concerned” by Israel's decision to advance construction in a Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem that would make it even harder to establish a c…
Walmart sells majority stake in Japanese Seiyu supermarket
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. retailer Walmart is selling off 85% of its wholly owned Japanese supermarket subsidiary Seiyu, while retaining a 15% stake, in a deal valued at 172.5 billion ($1.6 billion), the companies said Mon…
Women crucial to Biden's win, even as gender gap held steady
Ask Virginia voter Mary Hayes why Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, and she does not hesitate.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is rebelling against Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the
Hurricane Iota strengthens into dangerous Category 3 major hurricane with top winds of 125 mph, forecasters say
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Iota strengthens into dangerous Category 3 major hurricane with top winds of 125 mph, forecasters say.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Poll workers contract virus, but Election Day link unclear
Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A fast-strengthening Hurricane Iota is sweeping over the western Caribbean and predicted to become a very dangerous Category 4 storm as it heads for the same part of Central American batte…
Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Who is the president of Peru?
Trump tweets words 'he won;' says vote rigged, not conceding
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump worked Sunday to take back an apparent acknowledgement that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear he would keep trying to overturn the election result.
The Latest: India registers over 30,000 new virus cases
NEW DELHI — India has registered 30,548 new confirmed coronaviruses cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest in the last four months but amid growing concerns of the latest surge in the capital New Delhi.
Here comes Santa Claus - with face masks and plexiglass
NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap.
Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11
HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 inured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a Hindu religious gathering.
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monda…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Poll workers contract virus, but Election Day link unclear