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Updated 2 days, 7 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
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after the 2020 election, Republican elected officials and the Trump administration are advancing their latest arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, a long-held GOP goal that has …

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Candidate concessions have been colorful, funny — or absent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Losing presidential candidates have conceded to their opponents in private chats, telegrams, phone calls and nationally televised speeches. Al Gore conceded twice in the same race. President Donal…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
GOP backs Trump as he fights election results, transition

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorne…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Today in History

Today in History

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of followers of a firebrand cleric joyfully welcomed him at an Indonesian airport early Tuesday as he returned home from a 3-year exile in Saudi Arabia after criminal charges inc…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Forecasters: Theta forms, record 29th named Atlantic storm

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say a record-breaking 29th named storm has formed in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Forecasters say Subtropical storm Theta has formed in open Atlantic, record-breaking 29th-named storm of tropical season

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Subtropical storm Theta has formed in open Atlantic, record-breaking 29th-named storm of tropical season.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
US sanctions 4 Chinese officials over Hong Kong crackdown

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions against an additional four Chinese officials over the crackdown on political rights in Hong Kong.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
UN chief urges global fight against pandemic and hatred

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for a global fight on two fronts -- one against the coronavirus pandemic and the other against “the poison” of anti-Semitism and hatred…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Congress votes to oust Peru's president amid pandemic crisis

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Monday night to remove President Martín Vizcarra from office, expressing anger over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and citing alleged but unproven…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Brazil health regulator suspends Chinese-made vaccine trials

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's health regulator halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an “adverse, serious event,” according to a statement it posted to its website Monday night.