Man arrested in ambush shooting of 2 Los Angeles County deputies
LOS ANGELES, California — Prosecutors have charged a 36-year-old man Wednesday with a brazen ambush of two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies…
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U.S. Senate sends Trump bill to fund government through Dec. 11, averting shutdown
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Senate is sending President Trump legislation to temporarily fund the government. The vote Wednesday averts the…
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Debate commission considering ‘changes’ to structure, format of debates after chaotic Trump-Biden contest
WASHINGTON, DC — The Commission on Presidential Debates says it’s adding new “tools to maintain order” to the upcoming debates after a…
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US says it will block palm oil shipments from one of Malaysia’s biggest producers, citing widespread labor abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will detain shipments of palm oil and its products from a major producer in Malaysia after a wide range of…
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Cardinal George Pell returns to Rome after acquittal on sex abuse charges to find Vatican mired in financial scandal
ROME (AP) — Cardinal George Pell has returned to Rome after his acquittal on child sexual abuse charges to find the Vatican mired in a financial…
Continue Reading Indian court acquits all 32 accused in 1992 demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-Muslim violence
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An Indian court has acquitted all 32 people who had been accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century…
Continue Reading Face-to-face anger from Trump, Biden in 1st debate with insults & interruptions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Marked by angry interruptions and bitter accusations, the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger…
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Woman shot dead, man wounded at Amazon warehouse in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — A woman was dead and a man was rushed to a hospital following a shooting at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Jacksonville…
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Marine F-35 jet crashes in California after clipping wings mid-air with refueling plane
IMPERIAL COUNTY, California — A Marine Corps F-35 fighter jet crashed in California after clipping the wing of a Marine KC-130 refueling tanker…
Continue Reading Kwanza Hall, Robert Franklin advance to runoff in special election for remainder of John Lewis’ term in Congress
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall and former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin are advancing to a Dec. 1 runoff…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds six-day extension for counting ballots in battleground Wisconsin, handing Democrats a win.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a six-day extension for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin. Absentee ballots are…
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Disney laying off 28,000 workers at California, Florida theme parks due to pandemic
ORLANDO, Florida — The Walt Disney Co. is planning to lay off 28,000 workers in its theme parks division in California and Florida. The company has…
Continue Reading Kuwait’s Cabinet says oil-rich nation’s crown prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has been sworn in as ruling emir
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah has become the oil-rich nation’s new ruling emir. The…
Continue Reading Britain has imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and six others over crackdown
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior government officials…
Continue Reading Kuwait state television says its 91-year-old ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top…
Continue Reading Top Emirati official writes on Twitter that United Arab Emirates plans to send unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top official in the United Arab Emirates says his country plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in…
Continue Reading Japan’s NTT Corp to spend $38 billion to buy out, take private its mobile unit NTT DoCoMo as it restructures for 5G era
MITO, Japan (AP) — Japanese telecoms giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, or NTT, says it will spend $38 billion to buy out and take private its…
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Push is on for pre-election stimulus deal as Dems unveil new $2.2 trillion plan
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who have cut several major deals during the coronavirus…
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Mexico ups virus death ‘estimate’ – but says definitive toll will take 2 years to compile
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico upped its “estimated” Covid-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to…
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Northern California sheriff says 3 dead in fast-moving wildfire near wine country
REDDING, California — Northern California’s wine country was blanketed by fire again Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already…
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Worldwide death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
NEW DELHI, India — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, comes…
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Trump unveils plan to ship millions of virus tests in school re-opening push
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to…
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Dow rallies to close up 410 points on stimulus package hopes
NEW YORK, NY — The stock market rallied on Monday, ignoring negative headlines that weighed on the market over the past few weeks in favor of hoping…
Continue Reading Iraqi security officials say 3 civilians killed, 2 seriously wounded in rocket attack outside Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s military says five Iraqi civilians have been killed and two severely wounded after a Katyusha rocket hit near Baghdad airport.…
Continue Reading Russia’s Alexei Navalny confirms that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in the hospital
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has confirmed reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited him in a Berlin…
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Uber wins court appeal against London license refusal, clears way for ride-hailing service to keep working in UK capital
LONDON (AP) – Uber can keep operating in London after the ride-hailing company won a court appeal on Monday against the refusal by transit…
Continue Reading India’s Health Ministry says reported coronavirus cases in the country have surpassed 6 million
NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached 6 million cases, keeping the country second to the United States in number…
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Trump has paid little to no income taxes, NYT says his returns show
NEW YORK, NY — President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House,…
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Judge blocks Trump order banning TikTok from mobile app stores
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from…
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Biden keeps lead over Trump, fueled by sizable gender & education gaps in new ABC News Poll
WASHIGNTON, DC — In a race defined by economic views and pandemic fears, and riven by wide gender and education gaps, Joe Biden retains a…
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