State: Too late for Detroit-area county to yank election OK

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's largest county can't revoke its certification of election results, officials said Thursday after two Republicans who approved Joe Biden's local landslide wanted to revert to their initial …

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Early voting starts Friday in Louisiana's runoff elections

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — While most of the nation has wrapped up the 2020 election cycle, Louisiana voters will start casting ballots Friday as the weeklong early voting period begins in a slate of December runoffs.

Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 18th Congressional District

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 18th Congressional District.

N.C. House speaker's chief of staff going to UNC system

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State House Speaker Tim Moore's chief of staff is leaving the post for a job within the University of North Carolina system.

Phoenix changes Robert E. Lee, Squaw Peak street names

PHOENIX (AP) — The city of Phoenix has renamed two streets many consider offensive. One is because of its demeaning reference to Native American women and the other because of its glorification of the Confederacy.

Feds to announce 3rd Cincinnati corruption charge this year

CINCINNATI (AP) — The U.S. attorney for southern Ohio says he will announce a new public corruption case involving the city of Cincinnati, which has already seen two council members charged this year.

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Advice to Dutch government: Vaccinate elderly and ill first

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An advisory panel said Thursday that the Dutch government should prioritize coronavirus vaccinations for people over age 60, those with underlying health problems and frontline health …

Democrat concedes, GOP's Garbarino to succeed King

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Jackie Gordon has conceded to Republican Andrew Garbarino in a closely watched battle to succeed a longtime Republican congressman in a swing district on Long Island’s South Shore.

NH Statehouse recounts completed, no change in winners

Concord, N.H. (AP) — All recounts for this month's elections have been completed in New Hampshire, with no change in the winners.

Democrat concedes to GOP's Garbarino to succeed King

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrat Jackie Gordon conceded to Republican Andrew Garbarino in a closely watched battle to succeed a longtime GOP congressman in a swing district on Long Island’s South Shore.

Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote as Trump…

Ethiopia claims WHO chief is backing Tigray without evidence

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s army chief has accused the head of the World Health Organization, a fellow Ethiopian, of lobbying neighboring countries to provide arms and other support to the defiant Tigray regio…