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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 …
Tropical Storm Eta dumps rain on an already flooded Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A deluge of rain from Tropical Storm Eta caused flooding Monday across South Florida's most densely populated urban areas, stranding cars, flooding businesses, and swamping entire neigh…
Suu Kyi's party claims to have won majority in Myanmar polls
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy claimed Monday it had won a clear parliamentary majority and would retain power, even though the state election body has named just a few of the…
Greek authorities arrest father of dead migrant child
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have arrested a migrant whose son died while attempting to reach a Greek island from the nearby Turkish coast on suspicion of endangering a life, a crime that could carry a p…
Kremlin: Putin won't congratulate Biden until challenges end
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.
Utah governor issues statewide mask mandate amid virus surge
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state of emergency and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem a surge in coronavirus patient hospitalizations that is testing the state’s hosp…
UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America's next generation
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Jenashly Matos may only be 9, but she has big dreams of one day becoming a doctor and helping people. The challenges she faces growing up today in a poor barrio in Venezuela's capital amid…
Stocks surge on Wall Street on vaccine news, US election
NEW YORK (AP) —
Ethiopia says its jets are 'pounding' targets in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's air force is “pounding targets with precision," a military official said Monday, as the federal government continues its offensive against the heavily armed northern region of Tigra…
Fraud claims aimed in part at keeping Trump base loyal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign’s strategy to file a barrage of lawsuits challenging
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Putin won't congratulate Biden until legal action resolved
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.
Libya rivals start UN-led talks in Tunisia on political deal
GAMMARTH, Tunisia (AP) — The U.N chief appealed on Libya’s warring sides to work together on a path to peace as the rival factions gathered Monday in Tunisia for the start of much-awaited talks brokered by the Unit…
Members of President-elect Biden's coronavirus task force
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the members of
Two Lebanese offer migrant workers a way back home
BEIRUT (AP) — In a damp room with a few rotting pieces of furniture and old mattresses on the floor, seven migrant women sit hugging their belongings, a Kenyan flag hanging behind them on the wall.
AP PHOTOS: Joe Biden and his decades of public life
Joe Biden mounted two previous presidential bids in 1988 and 2008, never making it out of the Democratic primaries.