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Newhouse to retire from Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. — Fourth District Representative Dan Newhouse has announced he will not seek reelection to the US …
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…
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…
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…
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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)
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Montana: Allow Marijuana Legal Age (To be set by law)
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.
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.
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…
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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
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…
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Nevada: Allow Same-Sex Marriage (Constitutional Amendment)
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Maryland: Expand Commercial Gaming (Authorize sports betting)