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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 …
The Latest: Indiana reports single-day high in virus cases
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana has notched a single-day high of new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day.
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The Nation's Weather for Friday, November 6, 2020
Ex-Mexican military boss pleads not guilty in US drug case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos has pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
Embed-Table-Election 2020-Record Votes, ADVISORY
ELECTION 2020-VOTES — Table. This embeddable table shows popular vote totals by major party candidate for U.S. presidential elections since 1980. It also shows that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden …
Officials: Rapist found in Florida after decades as fugitive
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A convicted rapist has been arrested in Florida more than 40 years after skipping out on his Connecticut prison sentence and assuming a stolen identity, authorities said.
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump
U.S. voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.
Border wall case defendant asks to move trial to Colorado
NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman charged with cheating investors in a southern border wall fundraising scam along with a former chief strategist for President Donald Trump asked a New York judge Thursday to move his t…
Indiana man convicted of killing, cannibalism files appeal
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and eating parts of her body has filed a notice of appeal in Clark County.
EXPLAINER: How much misinformation is kicking around?
They go together all too closely these days: momentous events — and bad information that tells an inaccurate story about how they're happening. The two days since Election Day, predictably, demonstrate this to be t…
Poll watchers emerge as a flashpoint in battle over ballots
Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying Thursday that r…
2020 Latest: Postal Service told to sweep processing centers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on
Hundreds march in Haiti after outrage over student's slaying
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of protesters – many dressed in school uniforms – marched through the streets of Haiti’s capital Thursday to demand answers after the kidnapping and killing of a young woman th…
Judge rejects moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday rejected defense requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ordered that all four will be tried together i…
Voters in Jersey Shore town of Margate reject a boardwalk
MARGATE, N.J. (AP) — Not everyone at the Jersey Shore loves boardwalks.
EXPLAINER: What effect could lawsuits have on the election?
Two days later, an uneasy United States is still waiting to hear who will be its next president. With Democrat Joe Biden pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win, President Donald Trump’s cam…