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Appeals court declines to ban drive-thru voting in Houston

NEW ORLEANS - A panel of federal appeals court judges has rejected an eleventh hour Republican effort to bar Election Day drive-thru voting in Houston. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orl...

Nov 03, 2020

Market debut of Chinese e-finance giant Ant postponed

HONG KONG - The planned stock market debut of the world's biggest online finance company, Ant Financial was suspended in Shanghai and Hong Kong, disrupting a record-setting $34.5 billion initial publi...

Nov 03, 2020

'Vote and get home': Anxious voters say on Election Day

She carefully planned a five-hour drive to the polling place in her Tennessee hometown to vote on Election Day. She considered the traffic, the weather, the surging coronavirus pandemic and - somethin...

Nov 03, 2020

Democrats push to extend control of House for two more years

WASHINGTON - Democrats pushed to seal control of the House for two more years Tuesday as they banked on their health care focus, dominant fundraising and broad suburban indignation with President Dona...

Nov 03, 2020

Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US

For four years, the world's nations have watched as a very different American president engages with the international community - or doesn't. Longtime alliances have been strained, agreements wiped a...

Nov 03, 2020

The Latest: Joe Biden visiting 2 key Pennsylvania cities

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 9:20 a.m. For Joe Biden, it all comes down to Pennsylvania. Biden is spending Election Day campaigning in his hometown of Scrant...

Nov 03, 2020

Evidence deadline looms in case of Epstein's ex-girlfriend

NEW YORK - Prosecutors and defence lawyers are clashing days before a deadline for evidence to be turned over in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time girlfriend on charges that she recruited ...

Nov 03, 2020

Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine after presidential nomination

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan police on Tuesday again arrested Bobi Wine, a popular singer and opposition presidential hopeful, just after he was successfully certified as a candidate in next year's elect...

Nov 03, 2020

Germany eyes antigen tests to keep elderly safe from virus

BERLIN - As Europe tries to break a surge in coronavirus infections, Germany is counting on a new type of test to avoid closing nursing homes to visitors, a move that caused considerable anguish among...

Nov 03, 2020

Northern Greece locks down as Europe tightest restrictions

ATHENS, Greece - A lockdown came into effect in northern Greece on Tuesday, with the southeastern European country joining the list of the continent's nations tightening restrictions to restrain rapid...

Nov 03, 2020