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709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates

WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly heal...

Nov 12, 2020

AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations...

Nov 11, 2020

North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff races in Georgia in January if they are to seize Se...

Nov 11, 2020

Future of business travel unclear as virus upends work life

Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account executive at a U.S. tech firm, Contreras was used to travelling frequently for his company. But ...

Nov 11, 2020

Biden's agenda at stake, battle for Senate pushes to January

WASHINGTON - Control of the Senate won't be decided until January runoffs in Georgia after neither party Wednesday locked down a majority, launching a mammoth battle to shape President-elect Joe Biden...

Nov 11, 2020

Biden's plea for co-operation confronts a polarized Congress

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden feels at home on Capitol Hill, but the place sure has changed since he left. The clubby atmosphere that Biden knew so well during his 36-year Senate career is go...

Nov 11, 2020

Republican Dan Sullivan re-elected in Alaska Senate race

JUNEAU, Alaska - Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has won re-election in Alaska, defeating independent Al Gross in a race that attracted outside attention with control of the Senate at stake. The rac...

Nov 11, 2020

UN agency: Iran uranium stockpile still violates atomic deal

VIENNA - Iran continues to increase its stockpile of low-enriched uranium far beyond the limits set in a landmark nuclear deal with world powers and to enrich it to a greater purity than permitted, th...

Nov 11, 2020

Georgia audit to trigger hand recount of presidential vote

ATLANTA - Georgia's secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said will trigger a full hand recount. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a n...

Nov 11, 2020

Cadillacs probed for suspension failure that led to crashes

DETROIT - The U.S. government's road safety agency is investigating complaints that the rear suspensions on some older Cadillac SUVs can fail, causing drivers to lose control and possibly crash. The p...

Nov 11, 2020