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Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, ‘In God We Trust’
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase "In God We Trust," with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Where AP stands on calling House races
WASHINGTON - Democrats remained favoured to retain control of the House as votes were being counted Tuesday night, but it may be hours or days before the outcome is certain. Mail-in ballots and absent...
Nov 03, 2020
Widow of Florida massacre victim elected to school board
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The widow of a teacher killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre has won election Tuesday to that county's school board, joining the mother of a slain student. Debra Hixo...
Nov 03, 2020
EXPLAINER: Widespread Election Day unrest not materializing
WASHINGTON - Election Day ushered in skirmishes near the White House and relatively minor demonstrations in California and elsewhere on the West Coast, but none of the widespread unrest that some had ...
Nov 03, 2020
Protesters gather near White House, no wide unrest seen
WASHINGTON - More than 1,000 people protesting President Donald Trump descended on Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday night, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through par...
Nov 03, 2020
Iowa GOP Sen. Ernst elected to 2nd term after heated race
DES MOINES, Iowa - Republican Joni Ernst won reelection to her Iowa U.S. Senate seat Tuesday after an expensive and at times bruising race against Democrat Theresa Greenfield. Voters gave another term...
Nov 03, 2020
Puerto Rico awaits final result in tight gubernatorial race
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday following elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race. Pedro Pierluisi of the pro-...
Nov 03, 2020
Ethiopian leader orders military against regional government
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethiopia's prime minister has ordered the military to confront a regional government after he says it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of "provocation and incitement"...
Nov 03, 2020
Harmony: Opposing Trump and Biden groups make music together
WARREN, Mich. - For a brief and unexpected moment, there was harmony. Melody, too. A group of Donald Trump supporters and backers of Joe Biden started shouting at each other through bullhorns Tuesday ...
Nov 03, 2020
AP VoteCast: Voters favour Biden on virus, Trump on economy
WASHINGTON - Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged as the clear choice to handle both of those issues, according to...
Nov 03, 2020