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Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Biden told reporters on Thursday that he's alr...

Nov 20, 2020

The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic

MADRID - No one performing onstage in Spain's Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic. And that's even before the second act scene in Antonn Dvork's "Rus...

Nov 20, 2020

Justice Dept. plans 3 more executions in lame-duck period

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, including two just days before his inaugurati...

Nov 20, 2020

Feds charge man in armed robbery of Kardashian pal Cheban

NEW YORK - Federal authorities in New York City have brought charges in the armed robbery of Jonathan Cheban, a reality TV pal of Kim Kardashian. Victor Rivera is accused of stealing a $250,000 watch ...

Nov 20, 2020

Spokesman: Trump's eldest son tests positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON - A spokesman says President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has been infected with the coronavirus. The spokesman says the younger Trump learned his diagnosis earlier this wee...

Nov 20, 2020

Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on US vote are from Trump

WASHINGTON - Russia didn't have to lift a finger. In the weeks before the U.S. presidential election, federal authorities warned that Russia or other foreign countries might spread false information a...

Nov 20, 2020

Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots

MADISON, Wis. - The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump's campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of...

Nov 20, 2020

Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden's victory as criticism mounted that his fut...

Nov 20, 2020

NY's Cuomo to receive International Emmy for virus briefings

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to soon receive an International Emmy award for his once-daily televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that killed tens of thousands of New Yor...

Nov 20, 2020

Mayor: Wisconsin mall shooting injuries not life-threatening

WAUWATOSA, Wis. - A shooting at a mall in a suburb of Milwaukee left multiple people with non-life-threatening injuries Friday, according to the city's mayor. Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride said in an...

Nov 20, 2020