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NBC's Welker sharp in first turn as debate moderator

NEW YORK - Moderator Kristen Welker - with the help of an offstage mute button - helped give Americans the substantive, crackling debate over leadership that had been missing so far during the 2020 pr...

Oct 23, 2020

Animals, people rescue each other in heartfelt docuseries

LOS ANGELES - In a new docuseries, a child who uses a walker meets a dog with its own version of wheels. Inmates find solace in training canines for adoption, and pigs strut their stuff in a "body pos...

Oct 23, 2020

Analysis: Debate is brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race

WASHINGTON - The second and final presidential debate, it turns out, was actually a debate - a brief interlude of normalcy in an otherwise highly abnormal year, and a reprieve for voters turned off by...

Oct 23, 2020

Debate Takeaways: Round 2 highlights policy over petulance

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden met for the second and last time on a debate stage after a previously scheduled town hall debate was scrapped after the Republic...

Oct 23, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Falsehoods and fumbles in Trump-Biden debate

WASHINGTON - The facts took a hit right out of the gate Thursday night. President Donald Trump's first line of the night, about COVID-19 deaths, was false and set the tone as he and Democratic rival J...

Oct 23, 2020

UN says Libyan sides sign countrywide cease-fire deal

GENEVA - The United Nations said Friday that the two sides in Libyan military talks have reached "historic achievement" with a permanent cease-fire agreement across the war-torn North African country....

Oct 23, 2020

Walmart sues US in pre-emptive strike in opioid abuse battle

NEW YORK - Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis. The government is expected to take civil action against the wo...

Oct 22, 2020

High stakes for Trump, Biden heading into final debate

NASHVILLE - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden hurtled toward Thursday night's final debate, which could be the trailing incumbent's best chance to change the race's trajectory...

Oct 22, 2020

Forecasters: Hurricane Epsilon should sideswipe Bermuda

MIAMI - Hurricane Epsilon's maximum sustained winds dropped slightly as it moved northwest over the Atlantic Ocean on a path that should sideswipe Bermuda on Thursday. Epsilon's maximum sustained wind...

Oct 22, 2020

Epstein ex Maxwell denied getting Prince Andrew sex partners

NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend denied introducing Britain's Prince Andrew to underage sex partners in a defensive and combative deposition made public Thursday, calling the prince's accuse...

Oct 22, 2020