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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 …
2020 Latest: Biden adds to lead over Trump in Georgia
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Pro-Trump protesters decry the vote-counting
Pro-Trump protesters — some of them openly carrying rifles and handguns — rallied outside vote-tabulation centers in a few cities around the country Friday, responding to groundless accusations from President Donal…
Tennessee governor gives death row inmate temporary reprieve
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has granted a death row inmate a temporary reprieve from execution.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A look at false and misleading claims and videos that followed voting in the Nov. 3 presidential election. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked …
Paul Shanley, priest at center of sex scandal, dead at 89
WARE, Mass. (AP) — A former Roman Catholic street priest who played a pivotal role in the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston has died, authorities said Friday. Paul Shanley was 89.
Police: Dallas shootout kills suspect, wounds campus officer
DALLAS (AP) — A shootout near a community college campus in downtown Dallas left a campus police officer injured and a suspect fatally wounded, authorities said Friday.
Trump's attacks on mail-in ballots rankle some military vets
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has held himself up as a champion of U.S. troops without rival. Now, with his presidency on the line, he’s casting suspicion on a tool of participatory democracy — the mail-…
Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Donald Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him in 2020. But even if Trump doesn’t get a second term, some conservative Christia…
EXPLAINER: Why ballot-counting in Nevada is dragging on
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The pace of vote-counting in Nevada is being criticized for taking too long and it's even become fodder for online jokes. But government officials say they are emphasizing accuracy over spe…
Embed-Chart-Virus Outbreak-Nursing Homes, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NURSING HOMES — Chart. This digital embed shows weekly figures for COVID-19 infections in nursing homes in 20 states since the end of May. This chart is current as of Nov. 6, 2020 and will not update…
The Latest: Virus infections continue rapid spread in Oregon
DES MOINES, Iowa — Coronavirus infections continued a rapid spread across Iowa, pushing hospitalizations and patients in intensive care to new highs as Iowa medical centers prepared for an onslaught of patients.
2020 Latest: Harris set to speak before Biden in TV address
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Missouri poll worker kept COVID diagnosis mostly to herself
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri election judge who came to work despite testing positive for the coronavirus died in her sleep after a 15-hour shift at the polls, the director of her county’s election office said F…
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