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EXPLAINER: What does a smaller majority in the House mean?

The counting isn't over yet, but Democrats in Congress are already asking what went wrong. That's because it's looking like their expected gains in the House aren't happening. And while Democrats are ...

Nov 05, 2020

Megachurch Pastor Carl Lentz fired, admits cheating on wife

NEW YORK - Carl Lentz, the celebrity magnet of a pastor who brought the global megachurch Hillsong from Australia to the United States, has been fired, acknowledging on Instagram that he cheated on hi...

Nov 05, 2020

House Democrats blame losses on polls, message, even Trump

WASHINGTON - Their majority shrunk, House Democrats cast blame Thursday on their election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi's team after expectations for big wins came cra...

Nov 05, 2020

Final votes confirm New Zealand won't legalize marijuana

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand won't be legalizing marijuana after the final votes counted Friday in a referendum failed to overturn the result from election night - although it got close. The ...

Nov 05, 2020

Plea deal in California officer killing that fed Trump fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Mexican immigrant in the country illegally pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors in an emotional hearing Thursday to killing a Fiji-born California police officer in a ca...

Nov 05, 2020

Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence

OAKLAND, Calif. - Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count. Some ...

Nov 05, 2020

Networks cut away from Trump's White House address

NEW YORK - ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from h...

Nov 05, 2020

Trump steps to podium, lets loose on integrity of election

WASHINGTON - For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last emerged, it was to stand behind the presidential seal in the White House and ...

Nov 05, 2020

Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay

SEATTLE - A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week, a decision expected to apply to the rest of t...

Nov 05, 2020

Hundreds march in Haiti after outrage over student's slaying

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hundreds of protesters - many dressed in school uniforms - marched through the streets of Haiti's capital Thursday to demand answers after the kidnapping and killing of a young...

Nov 05, 2020