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Updated 4 days, 12 hours ago

Portugal great Ronaldo fails to score in a surprising 1-1 draw against Congo at the World Cup

HOUSTON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a pretty forgettable performance in the first match of his sixth World …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: La. hospitals say COVID-19 cases filling beds

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana hospitals warn that they are running dangerously short of beds because of the influx of COVID-19 patients and the situation is expected to worsen because of the holidays.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Amid Capitol violence, Facebook, Twitter remove Trump video

Facebook and Twitter removed a short video by President Donald Trump in which he urged supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to “go home” while also repeating false accusations about the integrity of th…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
US Marshals arrest man in 7-year-old Georgia girl's death

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting a 7-year-old girl who was riding in a car with her family after a day of Christmas shopping in Atlanta.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
A moment in America, unimaginable but perhaps inevitable

To see it unspool — to watch the jumbled images ricochet, live, across the world's endless screens — was, as an American, a struggle to believe your eyes. But there it was, in the capital city of the United States …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Pelosi: Congress to resume counting of electoral votes Wednesday evening after Capitol cleared of pro-Trump occupiers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pelosi: Congress to resume counting of electoral votes Wednesday evening after Capitol cleared of pro-Trump occupiers.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Dozens of pro-Trump supporters remain on streets of nation's capital in defiance of curfew

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of pro-Trump supporters remain on streets of nation's capital in defiance of curfew.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Court: Private schools favored over public schools near NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Public schools in a highly segregated community near New York City were being overseen for years by a school board elected in violation of a law protecting fair voting rights, a federal appeals cour…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Embed-Table-Congress-Electoral College, ADVISORY

CONGRESS-ELECTORAL COLLEGE — Table. The AP digital embed table shows key events in Wednesday's attempt to certify electoral votes from the 2020 election, which was disrupted by pro-Trump protesters . This table wil…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Pelosi says Congress to resume once Capitol safe

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress’ tally of the

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Acting AG says Capitol riot 'intolerable attack'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress’ tally of the

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Acting attorney general says violent protest at US Capitol was ‘intolerable attack on a fundamental institution’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting attorney general says violent protest at US Capitol was ‘intolerable attack on a fundamental institution’.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
'Protesters are in the building': US Capitol under siege

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crowd pushed past the police barricades, up the steps to the iron doors and in what seemed like no time at all, hoisted a Trump flag from the U.S. Capitol.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Reaction from leaders pours in after mob breaks into Capitol

A mob of violent protesters made its way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, forcing police to evacuate lawmakers and delaying the constitutional process to affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Some…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power, desecrating the seat of the world’s greatest demo…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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