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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…
Ivory Coast's Soro calls on military to disobey president
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Prominent dissident Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister who was blocked from running in Ivory Coast's presidential election, called Wednesday on the country's military to disobey Pre…
Trump's Election Day surge powered by small-town America
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign long maintained there were thousands of new supporters tucked into rural, red pockets of the country who would come out and vote for the president when asked.
Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east and in no…
Republicans retain power in states despite Democratic push
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — After a costly and intense political battle for control of state capitols, the composition of state legislatures and governors' offices will look a lot like it did before Tuesday's electi…
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president had signale…
2020 Latest: Trump campaign sues in 3rd state, Georgia
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Walter Wallace video set for release; officers identified
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s district attorney vowed Wednesday to make his own decision about whether to charge two young officers in the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. and not to rely solely on the pol…
Embed-Chart-Election 2020-Voter Turnout, ADVISORY
ELECTION 2020-VOTER TURNOUT — Chart. This AP digital embed chart showing voter turnout percentages for U.S. general elections since 1980. It shows that turnout spiked this year, as an estimated 68.2% of the US elec…
Democrats win big in Arizona, now a former GOP stronghold
PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats have been asking the question for a long time: Is this the year Arizona turns blue? In 2020, the answer was “yes.”
Trump campaign files lawsuit in 3rd state, Georgia, seeking to pause vote count in key battlegrounds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump campaign files lawsuit in 3rd state, Georgia, seeking to pause vote count in key battlegrounds.
EXPLAINER: Why AP called Michigan for Biden
WHY AP CALLED MICHIGAN FOR BIDEN:
'Groundhog Day here in Texas': Biggest red state stays red
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — If Texas was a battleground, the results sure were lopsided.
Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing Pr…
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
Biden wins Wisconsin, presidency still hangs in balance
AP News Digest 6:15 p.m.
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