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Updated 6 days, 17 hours ago

Newhouse to retire from Congress

WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
UN agency: Iran continues to stockpile, enrich uranium

VIENNA (AP) — Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity than permitted, the U.N.’s …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Thousands demand Armenian PM resigns over truce agreement

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of people protested in Armenia's capital on Wednesday, demanding the prime minister's resignation after he signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting over Nagorn…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Hungary reverses course to sharply tighten pandemic rules

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has imposed its strictest pandemic measures so far amid a quickly worsening situation, drastically changing course after weeks of lax restrictions and an optimistic out…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
S&P 500 climbs toward record, including Big Tech this time

NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 is pushing closer toward its record on Wednesday, and this time big technology stocks are also rising on Wall Street.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Couple complain Animal Planet show cast them as pot growers

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A couple say they were cast in a false light on an Animal Planet reality television show about state Fish and Game conservation officers, but a lawyer for the show's production companies disagr…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
The Latest: Biden marks Veterans Day at Korean War Memorial

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Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Missouri woman gets federal prison in terrorism case

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri woman has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to help a former Missouri man who died in Syria while fighting for the Islamic State.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Georgia audit to trigger hand recount of presidential vote

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said will trigger a full hand recount.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Aid group helping French nursing homes as virus deaths jump

PARIS (AP) — Aid group Doctors Without Borders is recruiting emergency help for French nursing homes, where more people with the coronavirus have died so far in November than reported in the previous five months co…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Turkey offended by Pompeo's plan to discuss religious issues

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focu…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Tensions in packed migrant shelter on Spain´s Canary Islands

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Overwhelmed authorities on the Canary Islands are asking Spain’s government for help amid rising tensions between migrants and police at a crowded, makeshift tent camp for a steady stream of…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Georgia's secretary of state has announced a full hand recount of the presidential race; Biden leads by about 14,000

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's secretary of state has announced a full hand recount of the presidential race; Biden leads by about 14,000.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Virus makes for one of Europe's loneliest WWI remembrances

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — When a dawn fog lifted over countless World War I battlefields, cemeteries and monuments in Belgium and France Wednesday, the pandemic ensured that the remembrance of the millions killed in th…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Wall Street ticks up again, even Big Tech stocks this time

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking higher Wednesday, and this time big technology stocks are rising too on Wall Street.