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Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

WASHINGTON - The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top of the...

Nov 4, 2020

Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east ...

Nov 4, 2020

EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania

WHY AP HASN'T CALLED PENNSYLVANIA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, because there were roughly 1 million votes left to be counted Wednesday aft...

Nov 4, 2020

Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns

WASHINGTON - Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn't mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states r...

Nov 4, 2020

Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs

SALEM, Ore. - In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offences, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, ...

Nov 4, 2020

Debut of Chinese e-finance giant derailed by fear of risks

BEIJING - The world's biggest online finance company was racing toward a stock market debut when it was derailed by Beijing's anxiety about risks in the fledgling industry, jarring global investors an...

Nov 4, 2020

Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramaticall...

Nov 4, 2020

Jay Inslee wins 3rd term as Washington governor

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has become the first incumbent elected to a third term in Washington state in more than 40 years, beating Republican challenger Loren Culp, Inslee, who brie...

Nov 4, 2020

Inslee wins third term, voters weigh in on sex ed

Gov. Jay Inslee's attempt to win a third term and an effort to repeal a statewide sex-education requirement for public school students top Washington state's general election ballot. Here is a summary...

Nov 4, 2020

Voters strip ‘Plantations’ from Rhode Island’s formal name

Voters have agreed to strip the words "and Providence Plantations" from Rhode Island's formal name, approving a statewide referendum that had been revived amid the nation's reckoning with racial injus...

Nov 4, 2020