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Final votes confirm New Zealand won't legalize marijuana
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand won't be legalizing marijuana after the final votes counted Friday in a referendum failed to overturn the result from election night - although it got close. The ...
Nov 05, 2020
Plea deal in California officer killing that fed Trump fight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Mexican immigrant in the country illegally pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors in an emotional hearing Thursday to killing a Fiji-born California police officer in a ca...
Nov 05, 2020
Facebook bans big 'Stop the Steal' group for sowing violence
OAKLAND, Calif. - Facebook on Thursday banned a large group called "Stop the Steal" that supporters of President Donald Trump were using to organize protests against the presidential vote count. Some ...
Nov 05, 2020
Trump steps to podium, lets loose on integrity of election
WASHINGTON - For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last emerged, it was to stand behind the presidential seal in the White House and ...
Nov 05, 2020
Networks cut away from Trump's White House address
NEW YORK - ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from h...
Nov 05, 2020
Washington Supreme Court: Farmworkers to get overtime pay
SEATTLE - A divided Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday the state's dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week, a decision expected to apply to the rest of t...
Nov 05, 2020
Election officials worried by threats and protesters
Election officials in several states said Thursday they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a stream of threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside their doors, drawn by President...
Nov 05, 2020
Hundreds march in Haiti after outrage over student's slaying
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hundreds of protesters - many dressed in school uniforms - marched through the streets of Haiti's capital Thursday to demand answers after the kidnapping and killing of a young...
Nov 05, 2020
Weakened Eta drenches Central America; at least 57 dead
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras - The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Eta flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to 57, and aid organizations warned th...
Nov 05, 2020
Republicans break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims
WASHINGTON - Some Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump's attempts to falsely declare victory in the election and claim without evidence that Democrats are trying to "steal" it from him...
Nov 05, 2020
