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Spain's farleft deputy prime minister said on Saturday that a financial scandal which has rocked the royal family had presented an "historic moment" to push for a republic.

A man up for resentencing this month over a monthslong armed standoff with U.S. marshals in 2007 to protest a tax evasion conviction says he should be sentenced to the 13 years he has already served.

The trial of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's death will generate massive public interest when it begins in March, but as it stands, most people who want to watch the proceedings will be out of luck.

Taiwan's leader, senior government officials and a highlevel U.S. envoy on Saturday paid tribute to the man who led Taiwan's transition to democracy, former President Lee Tenghui.

A Michigan judge ruled on Friday that mailed ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 must be counted in the state as long as they are received within two weeks after the Nov. 3 election, the latest move by a U.S. court to protect voting rights in the pandemic.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993, died on Friday at age 87, giving President Donald Trump a chance to expand its conservative majority with a third appointment at a time of deep divisions in America and...

A raft of temporary government jobs for the U.S. Census boosted California's economy in August as the state added 101,900 jobs as the unemployment rate fell below the highwater mark of the Great Recession for the first time since March.

A former Philadelphia police officer who was cleared of charges that he falsified records is suing to get his job back, saying officials were retaliating for his support of Black Lives Matter.

It won't be known until Election Day if a poll showing a tightening contest between Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democrat Jaime Harrison portends an upset but the gains are real enough in the Democrat's campaign account.

Amal Clooney has become the highest profile lawyer to quit an official job over her opposition to the British government's suggestion that it could break international law in the event it fails to agree a trade deal with the European Union.

Republican President Donald Trump won election in 2016 promising to put "America First," overturn what he said were unfair trade deals and force U.S. allies to pay more toward joint defense measures.

Canada is extending the agreement to keep the U.S. border closed to nonessential travel to Oct. 21 during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Nile River has hit its highest levels in a half-century under heavy seasonal rainfall, and large parts of Sudan, Ethiopia and South Sudan have been swamped amid worries about climate change.

The Sicilian town of Corleone, made famous by the fictional Mafia clan in The Godfather, has ordered schools closed and a limited lockdown after a spate of coronavirus infections were tied to a big wedding there last week.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign unveiled a series of nationwide digital events Friday targeting Black voters in swing states a strategic move to further energize the key demographic as the race heads into its final weeks.

Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now?