Category Archives: World

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 04, 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 04, 2020

EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Georgia
WHY AP HASN'T CALLED GEORGIA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Georgia's presidential contest because the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is too e...
Nov 04, 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 04, 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 04, 2020

EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called North Carolina
WHY AP HASN'T CALLED NORTH CAROLINA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in North Carolina's presidential contest because the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe ...
Nov 04, 2020

Victory celebration without a victory as 2020 race dangles
WASHINGTON - It was a victory celebration without a victory. Empty wine glasses littered a table in the East Room of the White House. Pizza boxes and cans of White Claw hard seltzer abounded elsewhere...
Nov 04, 2020

Hungary's foreign minister tests positive for coronavirus
BANGKOK - Hungary's minister of foreign affairs and trade tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving in Thailand for an official visit, Thai and Hungarian officials said Wednesday. Thai Health...
Nov 04, 2020

Bice defeats Horn, wins back Oklahoma’s lone Democratic seat
OKLAHOMA CITY - Republican state Sen. Stephanie Bice defeated U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn on Tuesday and won back the only Democratic-held seat in Oklahoma's congressional delegation. Bice, 46, earned a rep...
Nov 04, 2020

Mace flips South Carolina seat in US House back to GOP
Republican Nancy Mace has defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, dealing a blow to the gains South Carolina Democrats made two years ago. Mace, a member of the state House, beat Cunningham in a ...
Nov 04, 2020