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September 23, 2020

GOP Senate report on Biden son alleges conflict of interest

Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday alleging that the work Democratic ...

September 23, 2020

Tokyo Olympics CEO suggests relaxed entry rules for athletes

Tokyo Olympics officials are proposing that the government relax immigration regulations to allow athletes to enter the ...

September 23, 2020

Thousands expected to honor Ginsburg at Supreme Court

Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the Supreme Court to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ...

September 23, 2020

Russia's Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month's treatment for ...

September 23, 2020

Late-stage study of first single-shot vaccine begins in US

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the ...

September 23, 2020

Group sues Austrian govt over ski resort virus outbreak

An Austrian consumer protection group said Wednesday it has filed four civil lawsuits against the country's government for ...

September 23, 2020

Election 2020 Today: Trump vs. science, Biden takes his time

Here’s what’s happening Wednesday in Election 2020, 41 days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive ...

September 23, 2020

Sierra Leone doctor in dedicated mission against COVID-19

Dr. Mamadu Baldeh can’t forget the 18-year-old who came into his hospital with COVID-19, gasping for air until the day he ...

September 23, 2020

Report: Video refutes trooper who denied unmasking protester

A former Tennessee state trooper's insistence that he never yanked the mask off a protester near the state Capitol has been ...

September 23, 2020

The Latest: More restrictions in store for hard-hit Madrid

MADRID — Health authorities in Madrid may extend to more communities the restrictions on movement it imposed on areas of the ...

September 23, 2020

Asia Today: India sees 83,000 new cases, but numbers falling

India reported more than 83,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, showing some decline after reaching a record a week ...

September 23, 2020

World leaders who skipped past UN meetings get their moment

He's not recognized as a head of state by the country he'd be visiting. His diplomatic immunity is granted by the United ...

September 23, 2020

Trump, Biden fight to define campaign's most pressing issues

President Donald Trump was interrupted twice during an Ohio rally this week by sign-waving supporters chanting, “Fill that ...

September 23, 2020

GOP Senate candidate defends controversial Ginsburg meme

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Lauren Witzke on Tuesday defended a controversial meme in a Facebook post by her campaign ...

September 23, 2020

‘Bidin’ his time': Joe Biden battles being chronically late

Joe Biden was running late. Again. On a recent Friday, he’d already apologized for the delayed start to a speech, then taken ...

September 23, 2020

Asian shares take breather after Wall Street gains

Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday as investors kept a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the ...

September 23, 2020

House easily passes stopgap funding bill, averting shutdown

In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide ...

September 23, 2020

The Latest: Nigeria urges vaccine to be available to all

The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT): 8:15 p.m. The president of Africa’s most populous country, ...

September 23, 2020

With 95% homes hit, feds say no need for census extension

With the number of U.S. households counted topping 95%, there is no reason for a judge to order the U.S. Census Bureau to ...

September 23, 2020

World powers clash, virus stirs anger at virtual UN meeting

Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an ...