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Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
Jill Lawless, The Associated Press LONDON - A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on either side of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year's Day after a seismic overnight s...
Jan 01, 2021
UK okays ‘vaccine for the world’; extends time between doses
LONDON - Britain authorized an easy-to-handle coronavirus vaccine Wednesday and decided to stretch out the time between doses to allow more people to get some level of protection faster as infections ...
Dec 30, 2020
Biden clears 270-vote mark as electors affirm his victory
WASHINGTON - The Electoral College gave Joe Biden a majority of its votes Monday, confirming his victory in last month's election in state-by-state voting that took on added importance this year becau...
Dec 14, 2020 A member of Iowa's Electoral College signs the Certificate of Vote of Electors for the State of Iowa on Dec. 14, 2020. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
WASHINGTON - Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Elect...
Dec 14, 2020 (The Associated Press)
Report: Cleveland Indians changing name after 105 years
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Indians are changing their name after 105 years. Citing three people familiar with the decision, The New York Times reported Sunday night that the team is moving away from a ...
Dec 13, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Pearl Harbor dead remembered in ceremony shrunk by pandemic
HONOLULU - U.S. servicemen and women and National Park Service officials gathered at Pearl Harbor on Monday to remember those killed in the attack -- but elderly survivors stayed home to pay their res...
Dec 07, 2020 (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, Pool)
Biden reaches out to governors as Trump stymies transition
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's meeting Thursday with a group of Democratic and Republican governors is his latest attempt to fight through President Donald Trump's unprecedented attempt to block the p...
Nov 19, 2020
Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history
WASHINGTON - A coalition of federal and state officials found no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespr...
Nov 13, 2020
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective
Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track ...
Nov 09, 2020
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a...
Nov 07, 2020
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