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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 …
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Fast virus tests at French nursing homes as deaths rise 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…
Friday prayers held in newly opened Athens mosque
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Friday prayers were held for the first time in the Greek capital’s first state-sponsored mosque, which opened this week after years-long delays.
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Iowa: Hold Constitutional Convention (To propose amendments)
Australia inquiry says police should guard hotel quarantine
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Overseas travelers should be quarantined in hotels guarded by police, an inquiry into an Australian city’s bungled quarantine program reported on Friday.
Ex-Kosovo president Hashim Thaci to appear in court Monday
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hashim Thaci, who resigned as Kosovo's president to face charges including murder, torture and persecution, will make his first courtroom appearance before a judge at a special court i…
Natan Zach, influential Israeli poet, dies at 89
JERUSALEM (AP) — Natan Zach, an Israeli writer who had a major impact on the development of modern Hebrew poetry, has died, Israel's culture minister said in a statement. He was 89.
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Florida: Raise Minimum Wage (Fifteen dollars by 2026)
At least 3 die in latest shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh cities
STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh (AP) — At least three civilians were killed in the latest shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh cities Friday as Azerbaijan pushed its offensive to reclaim control over the separatist territory…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, November 6, 2020
UK spending watchdog sounds alarm over EU trade disruption
LONDON (AP) — Britain's spending watchdog warned Friday that there is likely to be “significant disruption” to trade with the European Union at the start of next year even if a trade deal between the two sides is a…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Friday, November 6, 2020
Spain: Former king is target of 3rd corruption investigation
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Supreme Court prosecutors have opened a third corruption investigation involving former monarch Juan Carlos I of Spain, officials said Friday.
Police: Shooting in Dallas wounds community college officer
DALLAS (AP) — An exchange of gunfire in Dallas has wounded a community college police officer and a person that police were trying to arrest, authorities said.
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax