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Thousands of mail-in ballots to be counted this weekend to finalize B.C.'s election
VICTORIA - Counting of the mail-in and absentee ballots from British Columbia's election will resume this morning. Elections BC had about 660,000 ballots to count and while a handful of ridings ...
Nov 07, 2020
Regardless of election, uniting the U.S. a mission impossible for next president
PHILADELPHIA - The mission for Joe Biden, should he prove to be elected: bring the United States back together. Even fictional superspy Ethan Hunt might think twice about that one. If they...
Nov 07, 2020
B.C. officials to hold weekend COVID-19 update as cases spike
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer and health minister are holding a rare weekend news conference today amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases. Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health...
Nov 07, 2020
Former Afghan TV presenter killed in explosion in capital
KABUL - A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan's TOLO TV exploded early Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said. The death of Yama Siaw...
Nov 07, 2020
Guatemala searches for bodies as strengthening Eta eyes Cuba
PURULHA, Guatemala - Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, as the remnants of Hurricane Eta strengt...
Nov 06, 2020
Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses
WASHINGTON - The conservative evangelical Christians who helped send Donald Trump to the White House four years ago stuck by him in 2020. But even if Trump doesn't get a second term, some conservative...
Nov 06, 2020
Not waiting: Biden transition team at work amid limbo
WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden's transition team isn't waiting for a verdict in the presidential race before getting to work. As officials continue to count ballots in several undecided states, longtime...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has repeatedly said there's one place he wants to determine the outcome of the presidential election: the U.S. Supreme Court. But he may have a difficult time ever ...
Nov 06, 2020
Trump's wild claims test limits of Republican loyalty
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's wild and unsupported claims of voter fraud have emerged as a high-stakes Republican loyalty test that illustrates the tug of war likely to define the future of th...
Nov 06, 2020
Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory
WASHINGTON - Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a v...
Nov 06, 2020