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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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2020
House Democrats blame losses on polls, message, even Trump
WASHINGTON - Their majority shrunk, House Democrats cast blame Thursday on their election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's team after expectations for big wins came cra...
Nov 5, 2020
Final votes confirm New Zealand won't legalize marijuana
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand won't be legalizing marijuana after the final votes counted Friday in a referendum failed to overturn the result from election night - although it got close. The ...
Nov 5, 2020
Plea deal in California officer killing that fed Trump fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Mexican immigrant in the country illegally pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors in an emotional hearing Thursday to killing a Fiji-born California police officer in a ca...
Nov 5, 2020
Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence
OAKLAND, Calif. - Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count. Some ...
Nov 5, 2020
Trump steps to podium, lets loose on integrity of election
WASHINGTON - For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last emerged, it was to stand behind the presidential seal in the White House and ...
Nov 5, 2020
Networks cut away from Trump's White House address
NEW YORK - ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from h...
Nov 5, 2020
Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay
SEATTLE - A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week, a decision expected to apply to the rest of t...
Nov 5, 2020