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January 4, 2021 11:06 a.m.

Saudi Arabia to lift Qatar embargo, open airspace and border

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign ministry announced Monday that Saudi Arabia will open its air and land borders with Qatar in the first steps toward ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional U.S. allies since 2017.

January 4, 2021 11:06 a.m.

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January 4, 2021 10:27 a.m.

Judge weighing disputed ballots in undecided NY House race

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge in upstate New York on Monday was reviewing 2,500 challenged ballots that could determine the winner of the nation's last undecided U.S. House race.

January 4, 2021 10:07 a.m.

Jihadists in Niger kill at least 100 in mounting violence

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 100 civilians were killed in Niger over the weekend by extremists who attacked two villages, as insurgent violence mounts in the West African nation.

January 4, 2021 10:06 a.m.

Some GOP lawmakers demand that colleagues return to work

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A small group of Republican lawmakers who don't like some of Gov. Janet Mills' executive orders during the pandemic plans to use a Maine Statehouse appearance to make a statement about getting back to work.

January 4, 2021 10:06 a.m.

Urging calm, DC mayor calls in National Guard for protests

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C.'s mayor urged calm Monday as some 340 National Guard troops were being activated while the city prepared for potentially violent protests surrounding Congress' expected vote to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

January 4, 2021 10:06 a.m.

Trump pressures Georgia elections chief: 'Find 11,780 votes'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of a “criminal offense" if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.

January 4, 2021 10:06 a.m.

In Georgia, final warnings about high-stakes Senate runoffs

MILNER, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence warned conservative Christian voters in Georgia on Monday that a pair of high-stakes Senate runoffs might offer “the last line of defense” against a Democratic takeover in Washington.

January 4, 2021 10:06 a.m.

Lawyers to meet with Irish police over Black man's shooting

LONDON (AP) — Lawyers representing the family of a Black man who was shot dead by police in Ireland said Monday they will meet with police ombudsman investigators to seek to find out what happened.

January 4, 2021 9:27 a.m.

Indiana lawmakers opening 2021 session amid virus changes

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers are starting

January 4, 2021 9:27 a.m.

Danforth: Electoral college challenge 'highly destructive'

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The effort by Sen. Josh Hawley and others to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory is a “radical” and “highly destructive attack," former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said Monday.

January 4, 2021 9:03 a.m.

Greg Gianforte sworn in as Montana's 25th governor

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Greg Gianforte was sworn in as Montana's 25th governor Monday, becoming the state’s first Republican governor in 16 years.

January 4, 2021 9:03 a.m.

CIA's new recruitment website aims to diversify spy agency

WASHINGTON (AP) — WANTED: Spies from all backgrounds and walks of life.

January 4, 2021 9:03 a.m.

Vermont Legislature to be nearly all remote to start 2021

The Vermont Legislature is getting ready to kick off the 2021 session with almost all of the pomp and circumstance occurring remotely.

January 4, 2021 8:36 a.m.

Stocks fall as trading starts for year of great expectations

U.S. stocks pulled back from their recent record highs Monday, as big swings return to Wall Street at the onset of a year where the dominant expectation is for a powerful economic rebound to sweep the world.

January 4, 2021 8:36 a.m.

UK's Johnson to outline new restrictions to slow COVID-19

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to outline tougher restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19 on Monday, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca.

January 4, 2021 8:09 a.m.

SC home renovations find baby's bones in wall from long ago

PACOLET, S.C. (AP) — Someone remodeling a house in an old mill town in South Carolina found bones from a baby inside a wall, a county coroner said.

January 4, 2021 8:09 a.m.

Kentucky officers in Breonna Taylor face termination hearing

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky police detectives involved in the raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, including the one who shot her, were scheduled Monday to face a termination hearing.

January 4, 2021 8:09 a.m.

Judge rejects NYC subway bomber's conviction challenge

NEW YORK (AP) — The conviction of a Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station was properly returned by a Manhattan jury, a judge said in a decision released Monday.

January 4, 2021 8:03 a.m.

Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity

A group of Google engineers and other workers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry.