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AP VoteCast: Voters favour Biden on virus, Trump on economy
WASHINGTON - Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged as the clear choice to handle both of those issues, according to...
Nov 03, 2020
Pennsylvania emerges as online misinformation hot spot
A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania -- but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machine...
Nov 03, 2020
US approves Taiwan drone purchase as arms sales escalate
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island. The State ...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Despite the angst, voting problems not widespread
WASHINGTON - In Spalding County, Georgia, machine problems led to a two-hour extension for voting. Wait times stretched beyond an hour at four voting centres in Baltimore. And this, unique to 2020: Sa...
Nov 03, 2020
Golden State Killer arrives in prison to start life sentence
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former police officer who eluded authorities for years as the Golden State Killer arrived in state prison Tuesday to begin serving multiple life sentences for rapes and murders ...
Nov 03, 2020
SKorea military captures NKorean man at heavily armed border
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean troops captured a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border on Wednesday, the military said. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that government age...
Nov 03, 2020
Tight gubernatorial contest as Puerto Rico counts votes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's two main political parties were in a tight gubernatorial race late Tuesday after voters stood in long lines and forced polling centres to remain open late as they...
Nov 03, 2020
George Floyd’s brother rallies voters on Election Day
NEW YORK - The murmurs spread quickly among the poll workers late Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn neighbourhood station: George Floyd's brother was present. A few came up to Terrence Floyd, whose brothe...
Nov 03, 2020
News outlets preach caution as first election results arrive
Media outlets preached patience as the first Election Day results in the hard-fought campaign between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden came in, even as it ran counter to their instincts. ...
Nov 03, 2020
Voters keeping status quo in most races for governor
The nation's governor's offices are mostly status quo in a year when efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic have put the leaders in the spotlight while state legislatures are poised to determine r...
Nov 03, 2020