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Republican wins competitive race for Mississippi governor

JACKSON, Miss. — Republicans strengthened their dominance in Mississippi by keeping the governorship and picking up the last remaining statewide offic...
6:17 6 November 2021

Analysis: Trump’s GOP has no answer for suburban slide

NEW YORK — The suburban revolt against President Donald Trump's Republican Party is growing.
6:02 6 November 2021

Stuck on US terror list, Sudan turns to wealthy Gulf for aid

CAIRO — Sudan's new prime minister has repeatedly urged the West to end his country's international pariah status. He says it's the only way to save t...
6:01 6 November 2021

The Latest: Tucson voters reject sanctuary city measure

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Latest on elections in Tucson, Arizona (all times local):
5:48 6 November 2021

Democrats promise swift action after win in Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Democrats are promising swift action on a host of liberal policy proposals now that they've taken control of the statehouse f...
5:38 6 November 2021

US diplomat acknowledges what Democrats call a quid pro quo

WASHINGTON — "I now do recall."
5:31 6 November 2021

A ‘refreshed’ memory: Key takeaways from Ukraine testimony

WASHINGTON — In transcripts of closed-door interviews released by impeachment investigators Tuesday, two State Department officials recount what they ...
5:28 6 November 2021

Man held in Texas party hall shooting freed as case crumbles

GREENVILLE, Texas — A man held as a suspect in the shooting at an off-campus college Halloween party in East Texas that killed two people and injured ...
5:05 6 November 2021

Asia stocks mixed on possible US-China trade snag

BEIJING — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after investors were rattled by a possible snag in a U.S.-Chinese trade truce following reports Bei...
4:47 6 November 2021

Dems flip Virginia; Kentucky governor race too close to call

Democrats took full control of the Virginia legislature for the first time in more than two decades on Tuesday while the race for governor in deeply R...
4:38 6 November 2021

Kansas City votes to remove King’s name from historic street

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved removing Dr. Martin Luther King's name from one of the city's most historic b...
4:30 6 November 2021

Jersey City voters pass limits on Airbnb, short-term rentals

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Voters in a New Jersey city that's just a few minutes by train from the tourist sights of Manhattan approved restrictions Tuesday ...
4:21 6 November 2021

The Latest: Democrats win control of Virginia statehouse

RICHMOND, Va. — The Latest on Virginia's legislative elections (all times local):
3:00 6 November 2021

‘This city is not livable’: New Delhi people decry dirty air

NEW DELHI — Sakshi Chauhan has not left her house in a quiet inner-city slum in the Indian capital for the past six days on her doctor's orders.
2:10 6 November 2021

Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City...
1:48 6 November 2021

Biden accuses Warren of having elitist view of policy

Without naming her, Joe Biden attacked fellow Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday for employing a "condescending" approach t...
1:12 6 November 2021

The Latest: 5 kids are stable after surviving Mexico attack

MEXICO CITY — The Latest on the slaying of U.S. citizens in northern Mexico (all times local):
0:37 6 November 2021

Boeing chairman says CEO won’t get bonus until Max flies

Boeing's new chairman gave embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year.
23:59 5 November 2021

ABC says interview with Epstein accuser wasn’t ready to air

NEW YORK — ABC News faced questions Tuesday about its reluctance to air a sensitive story of alleged sexual misconduct after a leaked video emerged of...
23:00 5 November 2021

White House lawyers expected to take lead in impeachment

WASHINGTON — As House Democrats prepare for public impeachment hearings, President Donald Trump and his legal team are working to organize a defense t...
22:50 5 November 2021

Agency: All states should require bicyclists to wear helmets

DETROIT — A government agency is recommending that all 50 states enact laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets to stem an increase in bicycle deaths...
22:37 5 November 2021

Impeachment reversal: Diplomat now acknowledges quid pro quo

WASHINGTON — In a striking reversal, a top diplomat revised his testimony in the House impeachment inquiry to acknowledge that U.S. military aid to Uk...
22:27 5 November 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wildfire tweets not grounded in facts

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scorching the facts about California's wildfires.
22:11 5 November 2021

White House and Pelosi part ways on relief for drug prices

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday signaled President Donald Trump's blunt thumbs-down to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan allowing Medicare to ...
22:00 5 November 2021

Roger Stone leaves Day 1 of trial early over food poisoning

WASHINGTON — The trial of Roger Stone, the flamboyant former confidant of President Donald Trump, kicked off Tuesday amid a host of medical issues inv...
21:51 5 November 2021

McDonald’s CEO’s ouster reflects trend on workplace romances

NEW YORK — Workplace couples are often romanticized — think Bill and Melinda Gates or Michelle and Barack Obama. But when the relationship involves tw...
21:34 5 November 2021

US victims in Mexico attack from Mormon offshoot community

MEXICO CITY — The nine women and children killed by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico lived in a remote farming community where residents with dua...
21:33 5 November 2021

Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86

NEW ROADS, La. — Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles that g...
21:30 5 November 2021

Review: LaBeouf explores his own childhood in ‘Honey Boy’

"Honey Boy" will break your heart.
20:57 5 November 2021

Drug cartel gunmen kill 9 US citizens in an ambush in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering six children and three women — all U.S. citizens living in northe...
20:53 5 November 2021