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Detroit-area county certifies vote after first blocking it
DETROIT - Michigan's largest county reversed course and unanimously certified its presidential election results Tuesday night after Republicans first blocked the move in a party-line vote that threate...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump ally McCarthy is reelected leader of House Republicans
WASHINGTON - Rep. Kevin McCarthy easily won reelection as House Republican leader Tuesday, a stunning turnaround as the entire GOP leadership team was rewarded by their colleagues for reducing the Dem...
Nov 17, 2020
Loeffler, Warnock set for head-to-head debate in Georgia
ATLANTA - Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock will face off in a televised debate on Dec. 6, the Atlanta Press Club announced Tuesday. It's the first head-to-head ...
Nov 17, 2020
Meng's border exam was necessary because of national security concern: officer
VANCOUVER - A senior border officer involved in the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says he has never seen a customs and immigration exam deferred to ...
Nov 17, 2020
Meng's border exam was necessary because of national security concern: officer
VANCOUVER - A senior border officer involved in the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says he has never seen a customs and immigration exam deferred to ...
Nov 17, 2020
Health officer says COVID-19 cases reach new high at 717 in B.C. and 11 deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says COVID-19 cases are rising on Vancouver Island, in the Interior and in the North as people take the illness with them when they travel from ...
Nov 17, 2020
Trump fires head of DHS election security agency
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election. Trump fired Christopher Krebs in a tweet, saying his rece...
Nov 17, 2020
Recount affirms B.C. Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
VICTORIA - Elections B.C. says a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky has affirmed incumbent B.C. Liberal Jordan Sturdy as the winner. On election night, the riding went to the B.C. Green par...
Nov 17, 2020
Donald Trump on Elections Canada's disavowal of voting machines: 'THIS SAYS IT ALL'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A tweet seeking to distance Elections Canada from the use of electronic voting equipment has earned a like from the president of the United States. Despite a lack of evidence,...
Nov 17, 2020
NBA draft one of several huge tasks facing the Raptors this month
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have the 29th and 59th picks in Wednesday night's NBA draft, capping the longest and most convoluted pre-draft period in league history. The Raptors haven't been able eva...
Nov 17, 2020