Mayor voices 'serious concerns' about protest arrest tactics
Pittsburgh's mayor says he has "serious concerns" about the tactics used in the arrest of a protester during a march Saturday that drew condemnation from the American Civil Liberties Union and others.
Texas National Guard soldier dies in training at Fort Hood
A Texas Army National Guard soldier has died during a training exercise at Fort Hood, according to the Texas Military Department.
White House's Meadows says he accepts Harris eligible for VP
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday he accepts that Sen. Kamala Harris is eligible to serve as vice president, rejecting a false and racist conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump had promoted.
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Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill
The House speaker's action comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options.
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Portland police declare riot, use smoke to clear crowd
A riot was declared in Oregon's biggest city as protesters demonstrated outside a law enforcement building early Sunday, continuing a nightly ritual in Portland.
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The Latest: New Zealand postpones elections due to virus
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday chose to delay New Zealand's national elections by four weeks as the country deals with a new coronavirus outbreak in its largest city, Auckland. The election had been scheduled for Sept. 19 but will now be held on Oct. 17. Under New Zealand law, Ardern had the option of delaying the election for up to about two months. Opposition parties had been requesting a delay after the virus outbreak in Auckland last week prompted the government to put the city into a two-week lockdown and halted election campaigning. Ardern said she wouldn't consider delaying the election again, no matter what was happening with any virus outbreaks. Opinion polling indicates Ardern's liberal Labour Party is favored to win a second term in office.
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Georgia governor allows local mask mandates, with limits
Georgia's governor, who has opposed local mask mandates and even sued over one in Atlanta, has signed a new executive order that allows local governments to enact mask requirements to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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US supports Cyprus, wants closer east Med gas cooperation
The U.S. wants tighter cooperation on developing gas finds in the "strategically significant" eastern Mediterranean and supports Cyprus' right to exploit hydrocarbon deposits discovered in its waters, a senior U.S. State Department official said Sunday.
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Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge census
Out on her first day of knocking on doors in the San Francisco Bay Area, the census taker had limited success getting people to answer the questions on the 2020 census.
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Democrats tap array of faith leaders to speak at convention
The Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., who criticized President Donald Trump after he held a Bible aloft at a photo op at a historic church…
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Coronavirus hasn't devastated the homeless as many feared
When the coronavirus emerged in the U.S. this year, public health officials and advocates for the homeless feared the virus would rip through shelters and tent encampments, ravaging vulnerable people who often have chronic health issues.
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Black Portland reflects on role of white allies in movement
More than two months of intense protests in Portland, Oregon — one of America's whitest major cities — have captured the world's attention and put a place that's less than 6% Black at the heart of the conversation about police brutality and systemic racism.
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Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice
President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force — and this time there's no daylight between them.
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Virus, fees hinder drive to register Florida felons to vote
When Floridians overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing most felons to vote after completing their sentences, many expected Democrats to benefit most from the participation of up to 1.4 million newly eligible voters in this year's election.
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Democrats in conservative SC now see opportunity for gains
There's an unusual feeling emerging among Democrats in South Carolina: energy.
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Mormons cool to Trump are finding new influence in Arizona
Yasser Sanchez has twice worked to defeat Joe Biden's bids for the vice presidency by building support for Republican candidates among his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It wasn't hard.
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Trump to withdraw Pendley's nomination as public lands chief
President Donald Trump intends to withdraw the nomination of William Perry Pendley to head the Bureau of Land Management, a senior administration official said Saturday — much to the relief of environmentalists who insisted the longtime advocate of selling federal lands should not be overseeing them.
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'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days.
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The Ultimate Recovery: Cycles of pain anchor Biden's moment
A young lawyer bounds across a parking lot in New Castle, Delaware, a blur of long sideburns, wide lapels and self-assurance. He throws open a door to a beauty salon, and the ladies inside whoop with surprise. It's clear from the grainy footage that the stylists don't know this 29-year-old candidate – yet.
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Robert Trump, the president's younger brother, dead at 71
President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible with the family name, died Saturday night after being hospitalized in New York, the president said in a statement. He was 71.
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Q&A: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why?
The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time…
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New voting laws revive fights over 'ballot harvesting'
As President Donald Trump's reelection campaign challenged Nevada's new voting law in court, the president and Republicans argued the rules would facilitate fraud and illegal voting. Chief among their criticisms was a provision allowing "ballot harvesting."
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Protesters skirmish, fire pepper spray in Portland
A rally by a small group of alt-right demonstrators in Portland, Oregon, quickly devolved Saturday as they traded paint balls and pepper spray with counter-protesters.
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- Q&A;: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why?
- Robert Trump, the president's younger brother, dead at 71
- USPS warns 46 states, D.C. it can't guarantee mail-in votes can be counted