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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 …
In India, polluted air spells trouble for virus patients
NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick quilt of smog lingered over the Indian capital and its suburbs on Friday, fed by smoke from raging agricultural fires that health experts worry could worsen the city’s fight against the cor…
2 Wisconsin officers shot, wounded in exchange of gunfire
DELAFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Two officers were shot and wounded in Wisconsin early Friday by a man wanted for attempted murder in North Dakota, police said.
Puerto Ricans in unfamiliar territory as vote count delayed
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For the first time in decades, voters across Puerto Rico are still waiting for officials to confirm the winners of some of the most high-profile races days after the U.S. territory held…
Weeklong rally takes a pause as Big Tech pulls indexes lower
NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes are drifting lower at the opening of trading on Wall Street, dragged down by declines in several Big Tech companies, which have been soaring recently. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% s…
Vatican sanctions cardinal in Poland cited in sex abuse case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Vatican has imposed sanctions on a prominent Polish cardinal, retired Archbishop Henryk Gulbinowicz, after he was accused of sexually abusing a seminarian and of covering up abuse in anoth…
Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments in Central America worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flood…
AP Explains: Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Suddenly Ethiopia
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
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GOP senator: No evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president's words “very …
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump’s unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. political process…
2020 Latest: Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania's vote count
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Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key batt…
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7 charged with selling virus test documents at Paris airport
PARIS (AP) — Officials in France said Friday that seven people have been arrested for selling false certificates of negative coronavirus tests to travelers at Paris’s largest airport, Charles de Gaulle.
Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing a Christian missionary from China and wounding two others while high on PCP.