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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 …
With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state spiking to record levels, bus drivers and teachers in quarantine, students getting sick and the holidays looming, Schools Superintendent Scott Hanback in Tippec…
RNC to spend at least $20 million on Georgia's Senate races
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are flooding Georgia with cash and field operatives as they look to keep Democrats from seizing control of the Senate under President-elect Joe Biden’s administration.
Military voters fear they're part of unsupported fraud claim
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some military voters are concerned they have been thrust into the center of unsubstantiated fraud claims by President Donald Trump’s campaign that several thousand people may have improperly voted …
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Wholesale prices increase 0.3% in October with food and energy costs both up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices increase 0.3% in October with food and energy costs both up.
Strong typhoon leaves 42 dead, 20 missing in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thick mud and debris coated many villages around the Philippine capital on Friday after a typhoon killed at least 42 people and caused extensive flooding that sent people fleeing to their…
EXPLAINER: Is Georgia's upcoming ballot 'audit' a recount?
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it’s going to be tallying — by hand — nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in its very close presidential election on Nov. 3. But is it a recount? An “audit"? And why are they doing i…
Ex-Croatia PM Sanader convicted of corruption; party fined
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A court in Croatia convicted a former prime minister of corruption and sentenced him Friday to eight years in prison for funneling state money through an advertising agency for personal gain …
11 Germans charged with alleged far-right terror plot
BERLIN (AP) — Eleven German men have been charged with belonging to a far-right terror organization on allegations they were planning deadly attacks on Muslims to create unrest and eventually overthrow the German g…
11 killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in disputed Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani and Indian troops clashed in disputed Kashmir, leaving 11 people dead, including three Indian soldiers, and wounding more than 30 others on both sides, officials said Friday.…
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians, seeking to salvage a papal legacy t…
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits remote corner of Nevada
MINA, Nev. (AP) — A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Morocco launches military operation in Western Sahara
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Moroccan military launched an operation in a U.N.-patrolled border zone in the disputed Western Sahara to clear a key road it said had been blockaded for weeks by supporters of the pro-ind…
Poland blames violence at far-right march on hooligans
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s ruling right-wing party has blamed violence, injuries and damage during recent national holiday event that it backs on hooligans and provocateurs.
Georgia hand tally of presidential race getting underway
ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials in Georgia's 159 counties are undertaking a hand tally of the presidential race that stems from an audit required by state law.