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Jittery public awaits news as presidency remains in flux
PHILADELPHIA - They clung to their cocktails and proclaimed themselves sick with dread. They relentlessly checked the news and went outdoors for fresh air. They bemoaned a wipeout wave that never came...
Nov 04, 2020
Election officials scramble to count ballots in key states
ATLANTA - Election officials in several key states furiously counted ballots Wednesday as the nation awaited the outcome of the race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden and braced fo...
Nov 04, 2020
Faith groups pray, sing in post-vote ritual in New York
NEW YORK - Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of other faiths prayed and sang together in post-election solidarity Wednesday afternoon in New York City, even as the outcome of the hotly c...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump's Election Day surge powered by small-town America
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign long maintained there were thousands of new supporters tucked into rural, red pockets of the country who would come out and vote for the president when ask...
Nov 04, 2020
In blue and red states, milestone wins for LGBTQ candidates
NEW YORK - Across the nation, LGBTQ candidates achieved milestone victories in Tuesday's election, including the first transgender person elected to a state Senate, and the first openly gay Black men ...
Nov 04, 2020
US sets record for cases amid election battle over virus
New confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. have climbed to an all-time high of more than 86,000 per day on average, in a glimpse of the worsening crisis that lies ahead for the winner of the p...
Nov 04, 2020
2020 Latest: Mich. Democrat Peters wins Senate reelection
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 9:12 p.m. Democrat Gary Peters has held onto his Senate seat in Michigan. He has defeated Republican challenger John James, a Bl...
Nov 04, 2020
Video, 911 calls released in Walter Wallace police killing
Philadelphia's district attorney vowed Wednesday to make his own decision about whether to charge two young officers in the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. and not to rely solely on the police in...
Nov 04, 2020
Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
WASHINGTON - The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top of the...
Nov 04, 2020
Long wait for Hawaii vote spurs call for more voter centres
HONOLULU - Voter advocates say Hawaii should set up more voter service centres after a last-minute surge of interest led to hours-long lines for in-person voting on Election Day even as the state swit...
Nov 04, 2020