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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

Nagorno-Karabakh fighting raises threat of escalation

YEREVAN, Armenia - Heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh continued Thursday with Armenia and Azerbaijan trading blame for new attacks, hostilities that raised the threat of Turkey and Russia being draw...

Oct 22, 2020

Cartel battles stun once-peaceful state in central Mexico

MEXICO CITY - The two most powerful drug cartels in the hemisphere are battling over the industrial and farming hub of central Mexico - a state that has attracted gangs for the same reason it has lure...

Oct 22, 2020

French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew

PARIS - French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus, saying "the second wave is here...

Oct 22, 2020