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Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters
Sometimes her hand hurt, but Nancy Gehman kept writing. Every evening from July until mid-October, the 85-year-old retiree sat with a gel pen, writing notes imploring fellow Americans to find a way to...
Oct 28, 2020
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US healthcare system
BOSTON - Federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system designed to lock up hospital information systems, wh...
Oct 28, 2020
US official says UN has 'lack of curiosity' on Xinjiang
BEIJING - The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China's Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women's issues said Thursday. C...
Oct 28, 2020
S. Korea's top court upholds 17-year jail term on ex-leader
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's top court upheld a 17-year sentence imposed on former President Lee Myung-bak for a range of corruption crimes in a final ruling Thursday that will send him b...
Oct 28, 2020
Asia Today: Virus arrives in Marshall Islands with 2 cases
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The Marshall Islands has reported its first cases of the coronavirus after two people who flew from Hawaii to a U.S. military base tested positive. The small Pacific nation h...
Oct 28, 2020
8 killed, 42 missing in landslides in typhoon-hit Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam - Landslides set off by Typhoon Molave killed at least eight people with 42 others missing in central Vietnam, state media said Thursday. Rescuers dug up eight bodies in Tra Van village...
Oct 28, 2020
Liberals win two Toronto byelections despite stiff challenges from Greens, Tories
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals saw their share of the vote drop in two Toronto byelections Monday, a humbling result for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the first electoral test of his government's ha...
Oct 28, 2020
Banged-up Toronto FC suffers second straight loss, beaten 1-0 by New York City FC
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Jesus Medina's second-half goal lifted New York City FC to a 1-0 victory over a banged-up Toronto FC on Wednesday in MLS play. It marked the first loss in five outings (3-1-1) f...
Oct 28, 2020
Barrett confirmation rises as issue in Kentucky Senate race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap Wednesday for shepherding Amy Coney Barrett onto the U.S. Supreme Court, while his Democratic challenger questioned his prio...
Oct 28, 2020
Florida man charged with changing governor's voting address
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis couldn't initially cast his ballot this week because someone illegally changed his address online, a complication that resulted in a suspect's arrest ...
Oct 28, 2020