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U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after …
Over 1,600 migrants reach Spain’s Canary Islands, 1 dies
MADRID (AP) — More than 1,600 migrants have either been rescued at sea or reached Spain’s Canary Islands in small boats over the weekend, emergency services for the archipelago said Sunday.
The Latest: Biden launching teams to review federal agencies
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Cambodia shuts schools in capital area as virus precaution
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Schools in Cambodia's capital and the surrounding area will be shut for two weeks as a precaution after Hungary's foreign minister tested positive for the coronavirus after visiting Camb…
Attack on Burkina Faso mosque wounds 6, says government
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in Burkina Faso's capital, wounding six people, the government spokesman said Sunday.
First plane with Israeli tourists lands in UAE after deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed Sunday in the city-state of Dubai, the latest sign of the normalization deal reached between the two …
Convention centers, museums become classrooms amid pandemic
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In ordinary times, the airy convention center on a 61-acre site in Hesston, Kansas, hosts weddings, corporate retreats and church events. During the pandemic, it has become a schoolhouse for th…
Renowned world correspondent Seymour Topping dead at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Seymour Topping, among the most accomplished foreign correspondents of his generation for The Associated Press and the New York Times and later a top editor at the Times and administrator of the Pul…
One week in an America riven by politics and the plague
On Nov. 1, as election week dawned, Dr. Juan Fitz lay dying in the same Lubbock, Texas, hospital where he had worked in the emergency room for nearly 20 years.
Biden promotes unity, turns to business of transition
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden used his first national address as president-elect to vow to heal a deeply divided nation, declaring it was time to “let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end” and …
Germany slams Leipzig virus protesters for endangering all
BERLIN (AP) — German officials on Sunday condemned the actions of 20,000 people who demonstrated against coronavirus restrictions by jamming together in a Leipzig city square largely without wearing masks, and call…
5 states OK measures eradicating racist language, symbols
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters reversed themselves from a few years ago and removed racist vestiges of segregation from the state constitution that courts long ago ruled unconstitutional. Rhode Island did a…
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Massachusetts: Create Ranked-Choice Voting (For primary and GE)
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Rhode Island: Change State Name (Remove Providence Plantations)
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax
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Kentucky: Rights for Crime Victims (Known as Marsy's Law)