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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 …
14 Burkina Faso soldiers killed by extremists in Sahel area
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Fourteen soldiers were killed and others were injured in an extremist attack in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region, the government said.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST
Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history
6 killed as India, Pakistan trade fire in disputed Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing six persons and wounding others on both sides, officials said Friday, amid increasing tensi…
75-foot spruce to be NYC's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree
ONEONTA, N.Y. (AP) — The 75-foot (23-meter) Norway spruce that will anchor New York City's holiday festivities as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down in upstate New York on Thursday and will soon be …
The Latest: Czechs see decline in infections after lockdown
PRAGUE — Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have been declining for more than a week after rising for over two months to record levels.
EU decries Belarus violence after opposition supporter death
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday condemned the continued violent crackdown by Belarusian authorities following the death of a 31-year-old opposition supporter who died in a hospital after he was reporte…
Election 2020 Today: Secure election, China salutes Biden
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Florida: Raise Minimum Wage (Fifteen dollars by 2026)
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Colorado: Ban Late-Term Abortions (Exempt medical need)
In Georgia, Trump's shadow looms over pair of Senate runoffs
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot in January when Georgia voters settle two Senate runoffs that will determine
US military flew terminally ill Bahrain premier to America
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military flew Bahrain's terminally ill prime minister to America for hospital care two months before his death, the State Department acknowledged Friday, underlining the …
China congratulates Biden, but few US policy changes seen
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to make few changes to U.S. policy in conflicts with Beijing over trade, technol…
AP PHOTOS: Virus ward doctor runs from dawn to dark in Italy
ROME (AP) — Dr. Elisabetta Teti recalls the nightmare weeks when the coronavirus first erupted in Italy and girds herself for what her life will be like through the coming winter if tens of thousands of Italians ar…
Denying Biden victory, Pompeo heads to Europe, Mideast
WASHINGTON (AP) — After refusing to acknowledge
Humanitarian group: 20 migrants drown off coast of Libya
CAIRO (AP) — A wooden boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized off the coast of Libya and 20 of them drowned, an international humanitarian group said.