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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…
Austria authorities say a third person has died in shooting
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting.
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.
Asia Today: New Delhi sees worst wave as India's cases drop
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's capital is seeing its worst wave of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, even as the nation's overall cases fall.
EXPLAINER: For election winner, much transition work ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter who wins on Tuesday, Republican President Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden each will have their work cut out for them during the weeks between the presidential election and the inaugur…
EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections
Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?
Election Day shadowed by threats of legal challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before Election Day, the 2020 race was the most litigated in memory. President Donald Trump is promising more to come.
EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC
A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.
Tradition: 2 New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the traditio…
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.
Supreme Court to hear case about juvenile life sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could put the brakes on what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder.
EXPLAINER: What's 270? The math game behind the US election
WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s all this hubbub about 270?
EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremony at the …
EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a good chance Americans won’t know the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election when they go to bed that night.
It's here: What to watch on Election Day in America
Election Day is finally here.