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Weeklong rally takes a pause as Big Tech pulls indexes lower
NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes are drifting lower at the opening of trading on Wall Street, dragged down by declines in several Big Tech companies, which have been soaring recently. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% shortly after the opening bell Friday, but after posting big gains over the past four days it’s still on track for its biggest weekly gain since April. Small-company stocks bucked the downward trend and rose. Treasury yields climbed after the government reported a greater number of job gains last month than economists were expecting. European and Asian markets were mixed. Crude oil prices fell.
Eta back to sea as Central America tallies damages and dead
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments in Central America worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flooding that claimed dozens of lives from Mexico to Panama.
AP Explains: Why Ethiopia is suddenly on brink of civil war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Suddenly Ethiopia
GOP senator: No evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president's words “very disturbing.”
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump’s unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, saying Trump's comments undermine the U.S. political process and the bedrock notion that all Americans should have their vote counted.
Hawaii reopens scenic Pali Lookout after coronavirus closure
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources reopened a popular scenic spot on Oahu that has been closed to visitors since the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Republican DeFoor elected Pennsylvania’s auditor general
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counting of Pennsylvania ballots continued Friday, with results still unclear for the presidential contest as well as a host of downballot races, including for some congressional seats and two statewide offices.
The Latest: Poland registers 27,100 new daily virus cases
WARSAW, Poland — Poland registered 27,100 new coronavirus cases and a record 445 deaths on Friday. It’s using a soccer stadium as a field hospital.
North Denmark in lockdown over mutated virus in mink farms
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than a quarter million Danes went into lockdown Friday in a northern region of the country where a mutated variation of the coronavirus has infected minks being farmed for their fur, leading to an order to kill millions of the animals.
Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Trump attacks process
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.
Unemployment drops to 6.9% and US adds a solid 638,000 jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. job market showed a surprising burst of strength in October, with employers adding 638,000 jobs and the unemployment rate tumbling to 6.9%. Still, the pace of hiring isn’t robust enough to rapidly soak up the millions of Americans who were thrown out of work by the pandemic recession.
Kansas City man sentenced in death of missionary from China
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for killing a Christian missionary from China and wounding two others while high on PCP.
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Fast virus tests at French nursing homes as deaths rise anew
PARIS (AP) — Virus pressure is mounting at French nursing homes, where more than 400 people with COVID-19 have died in the past week and some residents are again being confined to their rooms and cut off from their families.
Stocks slip ahead of US jobs report, trimming earlier gains
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets turned lower on Friday ahead of a U.S. jobs report and amid protracted vote-counting following this week's American elections.
Marriott bounces back as activity in China surges
Marriott is reporting dramatic improvements in the third quarter as travel demand rebounded in China.
Australia inquiry says police should guard hotel quarantine
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Overseas travelers should be quarantined in hotels guarded by police, an inquiry into an Australian city’s bungled quarantine program reported on Friday.
Ex-Kosovo president Hashim Thaci to appear in court Monday
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hashim Thaci, who resigned as Kosovo's president to face charges including murder, torture and persecution, will make his first courtroom appearance before a judge at a special court in the Netherlands on Monday, the court announced Friday.
Biden takes the lead in Georgia as vote counting continues
ATLANTA (AP) — Joe Biden took the lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia early Friday as vote counting continued, with little more than 900 votes separating the candidates after about five million votes were cast in the state.
Malaysia to raise 2021 spending to counter virus impact
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government proposed a larger national budget in 2021 on Friday to help the coronavirus-hit economy rebound by up to 7.5% and provide increased handouts for the poor.