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AP Race Call: Independent Bernie Sanders wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Vermont

Independent Bernie Sanders won reelection to a fourth term in the U.S. Senate representing Vermont on Tuesday.

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Republican Thomas Massie wins Kentucky's 4th Congressional District

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Kentucky on Tuesday. Massie was unopposed in the northern Kentucky district. In the primary, he easily defeated two challengers.

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Voting period marked by massive early turnout ends with few problems, generally smooth Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — After an election season marked by concerns over disinformation , foreign influence and worrisome threats to election workers and voting systems , Election Day unfolded relatively smoothly nationwide with only scattered disruptions

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'Fat Leonard,' Navy contractor behind one of the military's biggest scandals, sentenced to 15 years

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S.

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Trump snaps at reporter when asked about abortion: 'Stop talking about that'

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida's abortion measure — and getting testy about it.

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'Fat Leonard,' Navy contractor behind one of the military's biggest scandals, sentenced to 15 years

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S.

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Protesters in Serbia throw paint in anger over deadly canopy collapse

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Protesters threw flares and red paint on the City Hall building in the Serbian city of Novi Sad in rage over last week's collapse of a concrete canopy at the railway station that killed 14 people.

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French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade

LILLE, France (AP) — A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on flimsy boats across the perilous sea from France to

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Israel's Netanyahu dismisses defense minister in surprise announcement

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement. Netanyahu and Gallant have repeatedly been at odds throughout the war in Gaza.

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An Israeli strike kills 20 in north Gaza, where Palestinians say they've had little food for weeks

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as Palestinians fled Israel’s assault.

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