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Kylian Mbappé has a goal and an assist as France beats Morocco 2-0 in the World Cup quarterfinals
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé spread his arms out wide and spun around after scoring his eighth goal of t…
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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Trump's wild claims test limits of Republican loyalty
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of the GOP whe…
The Latest: Oregon plans new restrictions as cases soar
SALEM, Ore. - Following a record-breaking day of COVID-19 cases in Oregon, officials on Friday announced new restrictions that will be implemented in at least five of the state’s counties as part of a two-week pau…
3rd court blocks Trump's order on congressional seat count
A panel of three judges on Friday became the third federal court to rule that President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the country illegally from the numbers used for dividing up congressional seats is …