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Asia Today: Court upholds state border closings in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Friday upheld a state's border closure and dismissed billionaire businessman Clive Palmer's argument that the pandemic measure was unconstitutional. ...
Nov 05, 2020
Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez wins Silver Slugger Award
Toronto Blue Jays rightfelder Teoscar Hernandez has won a Silver Slugger Award for the first time in his career.The 28-year-old Hernandez broke out as one of the game's top sluggers in the shortened 2...
Nov 05, 2020
Poll watchers emerge as a flashpoint in battle over ballots
Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying T...
Nov 05, 2020
Portland, Oregon rejects bid to cut $18M more from police
PORTLAND, Ore. - City commissioners in Portland, Oregon on Thursday rejected a budget amendment that would have slashed another $18 million from the Portland Police Bureau amid months of racial justic...
Nov 05, 2020
Australia accuses head of Chinese group of foreign meddling
CANBERRA, Australia - The leader of a Chinese community organization has become the first person to be charged under Australia's foreign interference laws that were passed two years ago, police said T...
Nov 05, 2020
AP sources: Texas AG's affair tied to criminal allegations
DALLAS - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman whom he later recommended for a job with the wealthy donor now at the centre of criminal allegations against him, acc...
Nov 05, 2020
In NYC, marking 50th anniversary of Pride, no matter what
NEW YORK - There were protests, rainbow flags and performances - it was LGBTQ Pride, after all. But what was normally an outpouring on the streets of New York City looked a little different this year,...
Nov 05, 2020
EXPLAINER: What does a smaller majority in the House mean?
The counting isn't over yet, but Democrats in Congress are already asking what went wrong. That's because it's looking like their expected gains in the House aren't happening. And while Democrats are ...
Nov 05, 2020
Megachurch Pastor Carl Lentz fired, admits cheating on wife
NEW YORK - Carl Lentz, the celebrity magnet of a pastor who brought the global megachurch Hillsong from Australia to the United States, has been fired, acknowledging on Instagram that he cheated on hi...
Nov 05, 2020
Man, 18, arrested in slaying of actor Eddie Hassell in Texas
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Police say an 18-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of actor Eddie Hassell during a random robbery at a suburban Dallas apartment complex parking lot over the ...
Nov 05, 2020