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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…
Puerto Rico keeps voting due to long lines at polls
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans forced voting centers to remain open past past official closing times Tuesday as they stood in long lines to choose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wr…
Senate Latest: Senate majority key for White House winner
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GOP maneuvers to challenge battleground absentee ballots
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are keeping their legal options open to challenge absentee ballots in Pennsylvania, if the battleground state could swing President Donald Trump's reelection. A top Democratic lawyer s…
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US Forecast for Wednesday, November 4, 2020
FBI investigates robocalls warning voters to 'stay home'
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) — Voters across the U.S. received anonymous robocalls in the days and weeks before Election Day urging them to “stay safe and stay home” — an ominous warning that election experts said …
EXPLAINER: What's happening with Election Day 'robocalls'?
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AP VoteCast: Voters say pandemic top issue in election
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the coronavirus now surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCas…
The Latest: Biden not making predictions on election outcome
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Future voting rights, marijuana laws at stake in states
A proposal intended to diminish partisan politics in redistricting was ahead in Virginia and legal marijuana was leading in New Jersey as voters across the country decided scores of ballot measures on Tuesday affec…
Parties fight for control of governors' posts, legislatures
Efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic have put the nation's governors in the spotlight while state legislatures are poised to determine redistricting, abortion, health care and other super-charged topics.
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.
The Latest: Wisconsin has record number of new virus cases
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin health officials reported a record 5,771 new coronavirus cases and 52 more deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with a testing positivity rate tracking ever higher.
Rival leaders back UN bid to relaunch Cyprus peace talks
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have signaled their willingness to support a request from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to explore the possibility of revivi…
Reward up to $20,000 in death of East Chicago 8-year-old
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — The reward for information leading to an arrest in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old Indiana girl has climbed to $20,000, police announced Tuesday.
Fascinated and trepidatious, world braces for America's vote
SAINTE MARIE DU MONT, France (AP) — In one of the towns in Normandy where U.S. Army paratroopers fought and died on D-Day in World War II, a French store owner already has readied the “Trump 2020” flag that he plan…