Election 2020-General Election, ADVISORY

The US presidential election battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden is too early to call. The Election 2020-General Election, Advisory will move daily until the race is resolved.

Former US Rep. Jim Ramstad, champion of recovery, dies at 74

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Minnesota congressman Jim Ramstad, a moderate Republican whose battle with alcoholism led him to become a champion of mental health and recovery issues, has died. He was 73.

AP VoteCast: Voters sour on state of nation

Voters made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

US sanctions Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Christian politician

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the militant Hezbollah group, singling him out for what it said was his rol…

Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in country's Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country's well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations “c…

Biden on cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Italy, France consider giving Tunisia migrant boat alerts

ROME (AP) — Italy and France are considering deploying sea or air craft to alert Tunisia to the departure of clandestine boats ferrying migrants north to Italian shores, like the young Tunisian man who is the chief…

AP PHOTOS: The wait continues for a result in US election

The anxiety and the tension are building.

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Vatican to release McCarrick report Tuesday, spans 1930-2017

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy, setting up a remarkab…

Vatican to release long-awaited report into ex-Cardinal McCarrick's rise despite allegations of sexual misconduct

ROME (AP) — Vatican to release long-awaited report into ex-Cardinal McCarrick's rise despite allegations of sexual misconduct.

'I cry every day': Virus hits French nursing homes anew

PARIS (AP) — Virus pressure is mounting at French nursing homes, where more than 400 people with COVID-19 have died in the past week and some residents are again being confined to their rooms and cut off from their…

Trump predicts 'lot of litigation' in fight to keep his job

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the potential for narrow losses in multiple battlegrounds, President Donald Trump might have to persuade the Supreme Court to set aside votes in two or more states to prevent Joe Biden from…

Police: Men with guns arrested near vote counting in Philly

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police said they arrested two men Thursday for not having permits to carry the guns they were armed with near the state convention center, where vote counting is ongoing.

Couple ties the knot after weeks in the hospital with COVID

ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — Eight weeks after being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, Henry Bell and his longtime fiancee decided the time was right for a wedding.