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Updated 6 days, 12 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
Lebanon's leader challenges US sanctions against son-in-law

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's leader on Saturday asked the United States to offer evidence to back up new sanctions against the former Lebanese foreign minister, who is an important political ally of the Iran-backed Hezb…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Increasingly normal: Guns seen outside vote-counting centers

The most turbulent and norm-breaking presidential election of a lifetime has led to an extraordinary spectacle in the United States over the past three days: armed protesters gathering nightly outside offices where…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory ov…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Montana: Allow Marijuana Legal Age (To be set by law)

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Not waiting: Biden transition team at work amid limbo

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden's transition team isn't waiting for a verdict in the presidential race before getting to work.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Explosion kills former Afghan TV presenter in capital

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan’s TOLO TV exploded early Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Jailed Iranian rights lawyer released, amid health problems

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been released from prison, Iran's state-run news agency reported Saturday, after she was earlier hospitalized amid a hunger-strike conducted from her ce…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, November 7, 2020

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Saturday, November 7, 2020

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Ethiopia aims to remove leadership of defiant Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Ivory Coast authorities arrest top opposition figure

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested opposition leader Pascal Affi N’Guessan as part of a growing crackdown on those who challenged the president's re-election to a third term, oppos…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Nevada: Allow Same-Sex Marriage (Constitutional Amendment)

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
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Maryland: Expand Commercial Gaming (Authorize sports betting)