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Disputed House race puts spotlight on 'ballot harvesting'
HELENA, Mont. - An investigation into whether political operatives in North Carolina illegally collected and possibly stole absentee ballots in a still-undecided congressional race has drawn attention...
Dec 07, 2018
Lawyer: Trump resort hired undocumented workers
NEW YORK - Two women who cleaned rooms set aside for President Donald Trump at one of his golf resorts in New Jersey say they used false papers to get hired, their supervisors knew it and that many em...
Dec 07, 2018
US loses to Russia in case of 2 arms trafficking suspects
WASHINGTON - The Russian father and son were in a Hungarian jail, charged in an elaborate plot to ship weapons to Mexican drug cartels and cocaine to the U.S. They found an American lawyer anticipatin...
Dec 07, 2018
US hiring pullback could signal mild slowdown in growth
WASHINGTON - U.S. job growth declined modestly in November, a move that could signal a slower but still steady pace of hiring and growth next year. The potential for a more anemic economy contributed ...
Dec 07, 2018
Edmonton police homicide unit investigates deaths of two children
EDMONTON – The Edmonton police homicide unit is investigating the deaths of two young children. Police say officers were investigating a report of an assault on a woman Wednesday who was found w...
Dec 07, 2018
Ebola spreads to major Congo city as vaccines a concern
DAKAR, Senegal - The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up to the dem...
Dec 07, 2018
Pearl Harbor survivor and Navy veteran recalls 1941 attack
HONOLULU - Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Don Long was alone on an anchored military seaplane in the middle of a bay across the island from Pearl Harbor when Japanese warplanes started striking Hawaii on Dec...
Dec 07, 2018
Storm brings record rainfall, snow to Southern California
LOS ANGELES - Crews were busy Friday assessing damage and cleaning up after a storm that brought record rainfall to Los Angeles, snowfall to northern elevations, snarled traffic and forced evacuations...
Dec 07, 2018
Democratic 2020 campaign revving up quickly
NEW YORK - Democrats are hitting fast forward. The first major presidential campaign announcements could come before year’s end. The Democratic National Committee plans to announce a debate fram...
Dec 07, 2018
Merkel ally becomes German conservative party's leader
HAMBURG - Angela Merkel’s centre-right party elected an ally of the longtime German chancellor as its new leader on Friday, opting for continuity and experience as it handed her the challenge of...
Dec 07, 2018