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Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania vote heads to court
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - A hearing on the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results remains on track for Tuesday after a judge quickly...
Syndicated Author Nov 17, 2020

Amazon opens online pharmacy, shaking up another industry
NEW YORK (AP) - Now at Amazon.com: insulin and inhalers.The online colossus opened an online pharmacy Tuesday that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered...
Syndicated Author Nov 17, 2020

Sen. Grassley, 87, quarantining after virus exposure
WASHINGTON (AP) - Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus.Grassley, 87, did not say how he was exposed. He said...
Syndicated Author Nov 17, 2020

Twitter: 300,000 tweets flagged over election disinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The CEO of Twitter says the social media site flagged some 300,000 tweets as part of efforts to combat disinformation in the period around the 2020 election between President Donald ...
Syndicated Author Nov 17, 2020

Biden says his family will follow holiday guidance
As Americans face the complications of holding holiday celebrations amid the ongoing pandemic, Joe Biden says he and his family are trying to navigate the same issues, with safety measures.Biden said ...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020

About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
NEW YORK (AP) - Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization's bankruptcy case. The nu...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020

Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 vo...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020

Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq
The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, U.S. officials said Monday. The order would stop short of outgoing President Do...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020

Dow returns to record, S&P 500 adds to its on vaccine hopes
NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average returned to a record Monday for the first time since plunging nine months ago in despair about the pandemic, riding a swell of optimism that a vaccine ...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020

Governors ratchet up restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving
From California to Pennsylvania, governors and mayors across the U.S. are ratcheting up COVID-19 restrictions amid a record-breaking resurgence of the virus that is all but certain to get worse becaus...
Syndicated Author Nov 16, 2020
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