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Owl found in Rockefeller Center tree could take flight soon

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. - A tiny owl that was found dehydrated and hungry in the branches of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is eating its way back to good health and is set to be released back into th...

Nov 20, 2020

Georgia Secretary of State to certify election for Biden

ATLANTA - Georgia's top elections official said he will certify that Joe Biden won the state's presidential election after a hand tally stemming from a mandatory audit affirmed the Democrat's lead ove...

Nov 20, 2020

Illinois man, 81, uses antique walking stick to beat thieves

NILES, Ill. - An 81-year-old former Marine from suburban Chicago used his grandfather's antique Irish walking stick to chase off three burglars and deliver one a thump in the head for his trouble. Dan...

Nov 20, 2020

India virus cases pass 9M; capital's hospitals under strain

NEW DELHI - Intensive care wards in New Delhi's hospitals are nearly at capacity, and the city's main crematorium is packed, as the coronavirus has surged in the Indian capital and the country hit a g...

Nov 20, 2020

Georgia hand tally of votes is complete, affirms Biden lead

ATLANTA - A hand tally of ballots cast in Georgia for the presidential race has been completed, and it affirms Democrat Joe Biden's narrow lead over Republican President Donald Trump, according to res...

Nov 19, 2020

Judge halts federal execution after lawyers contract virus

WASHINGTON - A federal judge is temporarily blocking the federal government's plan to execute the first female death row inmate in almost six decades after her attorneys contracted the coronavirus vis...

Nov 19, 2020

Mexico becomes 4th country to hit 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

MEXICO CITY - Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths Thursday, becoming only the fourth country - behind the United States, Brazil and India - to do so. Jos Luis Aloma Zegarra, Mexico's dir...

Nov 19, 2020

Trump summons Michigan GOP leaders for extraordinary meeting

DETROIT - President Donald Trump summoned Michigan's Republican legislative leaders to the White House for an extraordinary meeting Friday amid a long shot GOP push to subvert the democratic process t...

Nov 19, 2020

Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part o...

Nov 19, 2020

Military pay raise at risk in dispute over Confederate bases

WASHINGTON - An annual defence policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military base...

Nov 19, 2020