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Mikel Merino stars again as Spain edges Belgium 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mikel Merino scored in the 88th minute on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper …
Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting.
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Washington: Require Sex Education (Allow SB 5395)
Norway's Larsen resigns as think tank CEO over Epstein link
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former Norwegian diplomat and politician Terje Rød Larsen, an architect of the Oslo peace accords, has resigned as president and CEO of the International Peace Institute and apologized for his…
Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says that President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says that President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term.
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Nevada: Create List of Voter Rights (Constitutional Amendment)
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Florida: Top-Two Open Primaries (for State Offices)
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Illinois: Remove Flat Income Tax Section (Allow graduated tax)
Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during th…
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Nebraska: Enact 20% Tax on Gaming (Requires I-429 to pass)
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In 2020 finale, Trump combative, Biden on offense
PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the closing hours of a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday delivering an incendiary but unsupported allegation that the el…
Huge voter turnout expected despite virus, political rancor
The scourge of a global pandemic produced an election season like no other in the U.S., persuading record numbers of Americans to cast their ballots early, forcing states to make changes to long-established electio…
EXPLAINER: From 1800, a lesson in delayed election results
The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm, with warnings that a contested battle could last well into December.