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Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states

WASHINGTON - The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states - Wisco...

Nov 4, 2020

Services sector expands for fifth straight month

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. services sector, where most Americans work, registered its fifth consecutive month of expansion in October. The Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday that it...

Nov 4, 2020

US trade deficit falls to $63.9 billion in September

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The U.S. trade deficit fell in September after hitting a 14-year high the previous month as exports outpaced imports. The gap between what the U.S. sells and what it buys abroad f...

Nov 4, 2020

Trump seeks to stop 'all voting,' but only counting remains

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Elec...

Nov 4, 2020

Pope returns to private library for audience as virus surges

ROME - Pope Francis urged people to follow recommendations from governments and health authorities to prevent coronavirus infections as he returned to his private library for his Wednesday general aud...

Nov 4, 2020

Indian police arrest, charge firebrand TV station founder

NEW DELHI - Indian police on Wednesday said they arrested a firebrand television news anchor and charged him with abetment to suicide in connection with the 2018 deaths of an interior designer and the...

Nov 4, 2020

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona

PHOENIX - Democrat Mark Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona's changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. Arizona ...

Nov 4, 2020

EXPLAINER: Why AP called Arizona for Biden

WHY AP CALLED ARIZONA FOR BIDEN: The Associated Press has declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in Arizona, flipping a longtime GOP state that President Donald Trump won in 2016. The AP called the ra...

Nov 4, 2020

Dubai's budget carrier to start regular flights to Tel Aviv

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's budget carrier flydubai said Wednesday that it would start flying twice daily to Tel Aviv later this month, becoming the first Emirati airline to announce regular...

Nov 4, 2020

Sports venues across country in play on Election Day

DETROIT - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson cast her vote at the Detroit Pistons' training facility. About 12 hours later, she saw metal boxes on wheels with ballots inside roll into Ford Fie...

Nov 4, 2020