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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
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
Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east ...
Nov 04, 2020
EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
WHY AP HASN'T CALLED PENNSYLVANIA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, because there were roughly 1 million votes left to be counted Wednesday aft...
Nov 04, 2020
Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. - In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offences, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, ...
Nov 04, 2020
Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns
WASHINGTON - Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn't mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states r...
Nov 04, 2020
In virus era, bubbles provide game-changing lessons learned
The NBA wants to be back in December. The NHL is aiming at games resuming in January. Baseball's spring training may begin in February, like normal. They almost certainly won't be in bubbles if and wh...
Nov 04, 2020
Debut of Chinese e-finance giant derailed by fear of risks
BEIJING - The world's biggest online finance company was racing toward a stock market debut when it was derailed by Beijing's anxiety about risks in the fledgling industry, jarring global investors an...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. could learn from elections in other countries including Canada: expert
The United States could have avoided the "crippling political paralysis" it is experiencing if it had a central elections administrator like in other democracies, says an American professor who teache...
Nov 04, 2020
Inslee wins third term, voters weigh in on sex ed
Gov. Jay Inslee's attempt to win a third term and an effort to repeal a statewide sex-education requirement for public school students top Washington state's general election ballot. Here is a summary...
Nov 04, 2020