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UK extends wage support scheme until March amid new lockdown

LONDON - The British government and the Bank of England joined forces Thursday to provide further support to an economy that is set for a difficult winter following the imposition of new coronavirus l...

Nov 5, 2020

Judge rejects moving trial of ex-officers in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS - A judge on Thursday rejected defence requests to move the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death, and also ordered that all four will be tried t...

Nov 5, 2020

How two blind brothers became Two Blind Brothers for a cause

NEW YORK - Would you buy something you can't see? That's the question posed by two New York brothers who've lost much of their vision to a rare degenerative eye disorder and have dedicated their lives...

Nov 5, 2020

US productivity increases 4.9% in third quarter

WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity increased between July and September but at a slower pace than in the previous quarter. Productivity advanced 4.9% in the third quarter, following an even larger 10.6% s...

Nov 5, 2020

751,000 seek US jobless benefits as virus hobbles economy

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 751,000, a still-historically high level that shows that many employers keep cutting jobs in the face of t...

Nov 5, 2020

Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci, a guerrilla leader during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia in the 1990s, resigned on Thursday in order to face charges for war crimes and c...

Nov 5, 2020

Democrats' Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

WASHINGTON - Democrats faced increasingly long odds as the battle for Senate control hangs in balance, and Republicans brushed back multiple challengers to protect their majority. Still, it was too so...

Nov 5, 2020

EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way

WASHINGTON - A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. Here, The Associated Press reviews them and examines the reasons why they could sti...

Nov 5, 2020

With another Florida loss, Democrats begin second guessing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Perhaps only in Florida is a loss by fewer than 4 percentages points considered a public drubbing. In a state famous for razor-thin margins, the size of former Vice-President Joe B...

Nov 5, 2020

Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome

WASHINGTON - As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strategy the president ha...

Nov 5, 2020