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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 …
Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration's signature health law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it.
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 …
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…
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…
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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…
Lottery State-by-State
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins
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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.
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.
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.
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…
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins
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…