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Incendiary texts traced to outfit run by top Trump aide

BOSTON - A texting company run by one of President Donald Trump's top campaign officials sent out thousands of targeted, anonymous text messages urging supporters to rally where votes were being count...

Nov 06, 2020

Trump, GOP test out rallying cry: Count the 'legal' votes

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and some of his Republican supporters are testing out a rallying cry for his uphill fight to reverse the lead that Joe Biden holds in key battleground states: count...

Nov 06, 2020

A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar holds national and state elections Sunday in which Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party will be looking to hold on to power. Here's a c...

Nov 06, 2020

Nations long targeted by US chide Trump’s claims of fraud

BOGOTA - Demands to stop the vote count. Baseless accusations of fraud. Claims that the opposition is trying to "steal" the election. Across the world, many were scratching their heads Friday - especi...

Nov 06, 2020

Trump chief of staff Meadows diagnosed with COVID-19

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with the coronavirus as the nation sets daily records for confirmed cases for the pandemic. Two senior administrati...

Nov 06, 2020

Perdue, Ossoff head to Georgia US Senate runoff

ATLANTA - Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue's Senate seat. Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was able to get enough votes...

Nov 06, 2020

Japan's Toyota sees profit slip, holding up despite pandemic

TOKYO - Toyota's July-September profit fell 11% from a year earlier as the coronavirus pandemic slammed global demand, but Japan's top automaker appeared to be holding up better than weaker rivals tha...

Nov 06, 2020

Japan automaker Honda reports profit rise despite pandemic

TOKYO - Japanese automaker Honda reported Friday that its profit rose 23% in the last quarter, despite a pandemic that has slammed businesses around the world. Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co. said its Jul...

Nov 06, 2020

Vatican to release McCarrick report Tuesday, spans 1930-2017

ROME - The Vatican on Tuesday will release its long-awaited report into what it knew about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's sexual misconduct during his rise through the church hierarchy, setting up a...

Nov 06, 2020

Biden sees path to 270; Trump attacks election integrity

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in this week's election against Joe Biden, as the Democrat gained ...

Nov 06, 2020