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Collins votes against Barrett, heads home to save Senate job

PORTLAND, Maine - When Republican Sen. Susan Collins had to vote on a Supreme Court justice in 2018, she deliberated under the spotlight for weeks, building suspense that ended with a dramatic floor s...

Oct 27, 2020

Philadelphia victim's family sought ambulance, not police

PHILADELPHIA - The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, not for police in...

Oct 27, 2020

Utility: Winds too weak to cut power before California fire

LOS ANGELES - Facing extreme wildfire conditions this week that included hurricane-level winds, the main utility in Northern California cut power to nearly 1 million people while its counterpart in So...

Oct 27, 2020

Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest

WARM SPRINGS, Ga. - Joe Biden travelled Tuesday to the hot springs town where Franklin Delano Roosevelt coped with polio to declare the U.S. is not too politically diseased to overcome its health and ...

Oct 27, 2020

Biden faces challenges in quickly combating the pandemic

WILIMINGTON, Del. - If Joe Biden wins next week's election, he says he'll immediately call Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert. He'll work with governors and local officials ...

Oct 27, 2020

Judge stops Election Day gun ban near Michigan polling sites

DETROIT - A judge on Tuesday blocked a sudden ban on the open display of guns near Michigan polling places on Election Day. Judge Christopher Murray acted just a few hours after hearing a challenge fr...

Oct 27, 2020

New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions

MILAN - Protesters set trash bins afire and police responded with hydrant sprays in downtown Rome Tuesday night, part of a day of public outpouring of anger against virus-fighting measures like evenin...

Oct 27, 2020

NXIVM guru gets 120 years in prison in sex-slaves case

NEW YORK - Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to 120 years on Tuesday for turning some adherents into sex sl...

Oct 27, 2020

Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden

WASHINGTON - The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify unsubstantiated claims of corruption by Joe Biden. Ginni Thomas, a longtime conservative activist, ...

Oct 27, 2020

Poland's leader wants churches defended, condemns protests

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's powerful ruling party leader urged his supporters Tuesday to defend the predominantly Catholic nation's churches, potentially setting the stage for clashes with demonstrators...

Oct 27, 2020