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The scourge of a global pandemic produced an election season like no other in the U.S., persuading record numbers of Americans to cast their ballots early, forcing states to make changes to long-estab...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is to hear arguments in a case that could put the brakes on what has been a gradual move toward more leniency for children who are convicted of murder. The court has con...

WASHINGTON - There's a good chance Americans won't know the winner of Tuesday's presidential election when they go to bed that night. The main reason? Many states have made it easier to request a mail...

NEW DELHI - India's capital is seeing its worst wave of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, even as the nation's overall cases fall. New Delhi has averaged more than 5,200 newly co...

WASHINGTON - What's all this hubbub about 270? It's not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia's island state of Tasmania. It's not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters i...

WASHINGTON - Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremon...

Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency - most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice? A look at an American political anomal...

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago struck down a key immigration rule Monday that would deny green cards to immigrants who use food stamps or other public benefits, a blow to the Trump administratio...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 9 p.m. Sen. Kamala Harris is delivering an urgent message for people to vote to repair the nation's divides and protect its demo...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has surpassed California in recording the highest number of positive coronavirus tests in the U.S. so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As the coronavirus pan...