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Associated Press Organizers of a Chinese math competition say a vocational school student who finished near the top in the first round was helped by…

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters are deciding whether to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana. These would be…

Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Two first-term Illinois Democrats locked into competitive congressional contests held onto their seats as control…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has arrived in Pakistan’s capital on a two-day official visit to discuss a range of issues, including…

Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are trying to elect two U.S. House incumbents along with a GOP candidate for an open…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans have maintained control of the Wisconsin Legislature, overcoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’…

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — It was too early to declare a winner Wednesday in Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race that pit…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s only toss-up congressional district could help Republicans keep the U.S. House or…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A mostly smooth Election Day nationwide was marred in multiple battleground states Tuesday by a series of bomb…

Associated Press Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott is seeking reelection to a fifth term leading the heavily Democratic state. On Tuesday, Scott…

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in New York have flipped two key U.S. House seats. The wins Tuesday rolled back some recent…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson has been elected as North Carolina’s next attorney general. Jackson…

Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York voters have approved an amendment to expand the state Constitution’s anti-discrimination language.…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of…

Associated Press A costly campaign to legalize marijuana has failed in Florida, falling short of the supermajority needed for passage. The amendment…

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House,…

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has been elected the state’s next governor. The Democrat…

Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate known for defying party orthodoxy, is defending his seat in…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democrats have won a key congressional seat and are defending two others in Ohio. Twenty-one-term U.S. Rep.…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Bernie Moreno has defeated Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio to help shift control of…

Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Four incumbent Democrats face challengers in U.S. House districts in Massachusetts. Five other Democrats are…

Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Independent Angus King has won a third term in the U.S. Senate representing Maine. King turned back…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is home to five heavily contested races for the U.S. House. Those contests will be critical to…

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have established a citizen-led redistricting…

NEW YORK (AP) — A Kenyan man has been convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Another Iowa teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal drive-by shooting near Des Moines East High School…

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, its neighbors…

Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls…

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving…

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a shooting that killed one person and injured four others in October…

MIAMI (AP) — A Turkish businessman was arrested in Miami and charged with helping Venezuela’s state-run oil company circumvent U.S. sanctions.…

Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia has approved prosecutors’ motion to drop manslaughter charges…

Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — For decades, the cremated remains on more than two dozen American Civil War veterans languished in storage…

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Murray Sinclair, a former First Nation judge, senator and chair of the commission that delved into Canada’s troubled…

AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead. “Sorry about…

Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb over the city’s recent moratorium on…

AP Technology Writer Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public…

GENEVA (AP) — China has moved forward with a complaint at the World Trade Organization that alleges the European Union has improperly set…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s government minister for infrastructure and construction says he’s stepping down, days after a concrete…

AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To mark 30 years of his career, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has released a new compilation album, “Duets,”…

Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon, the country’s Health…

AP Music Writer Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, most…

Associated Press The advent calendar phenomenon is growing every year, with so many exciting, fun, beautiful, and delicious options available. In the…

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff’s patrol commander has apologized for posting on Facebook that he wouldn’t help Democrats and…

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s state media says the head of Myanmar’s military government embarked upon an official visit this week to China, the…

Associated Press LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A small facility in Cyprus is hosting senior government officials from as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia…