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Quebec's second wave driven by community transmission, muddled messaging, expert says
MONTREAL - Quebecers following the COVID-19 news in recent days may be feeling a certain sense of deja vu. The government has been announcing 700, 800, even close to 900 new cases per day - numbers no...
Sep 30, 2020
Indian court acquits all accused in razing of Babri mosque
LUCKNOW, India - An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted all 32 people who had been accused of crimes in a 1992 attack and demolition of a 16th century mosque that sparked Hindu-Muslim violence leaving...
Sep 30, 2020
'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy, '70s hitmaker, dies at 78
LOS ANGELES - Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem "I Am Woman" and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Reddy's children Traci and Jordan a...
Sep 29, 2020
Debate veers from 'How you doing?' to 'Will you shut up?'
CLEVELAND - It started out civil enough, with President Donald Trump striding deliberately to his lectern, and Democrat Joe Biden nodding to his opponent and offering, "How you doing, man?" Within 15 ...
Sep 29, 2020
AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Trump and Biden's first debate
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden sparred Tuesday in their first of three debates, hoping to sway undecided voters planning to cast ballots by mail and in person in th...
Sep 29, 2020
Barrett tied to faith group ex-members say subjugates women
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the "head" of the family and ...
Sep 29, 2020
The Latest: First Trump-Biden debate begins in Cleveland
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local): 9 p.m. President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are face-to-face in their first presidential debate, the most pivotal ...
Sep 29, 2020
Trump intel chief unveils unverified Russian info about Dems
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration's top intelligence official said Tuesday that he has declassified Russian intelligence alleging damaging information about Democrats during the 2016 election even...
Sep 29, 2020
California prosecutor: Driver tried to kill Trump supporters
LOS ANGELES - The organizer of a Southern California rally against police brutality and racism was charged with attempted murder Tuesday for driving her car into counterprotesters and running over a w...
Sep 29, 2020
Wisconsin justices weigh removal of 130K from voter rolls
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed Tuesday whether to go along with conservatives who argue that 130,000 voters should be removed from the rolls in the hotly contested presidential ba...
Sep 29, 2020