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Elections staff prepare the machines for a recount at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, in Lauderhill, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Florida election recount underway, tensions rise

The first election workers are recounting ballots Sunday in Florida's bitterly close races for the U.S. Senate and governor

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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan says audio recordings of Jamal Khashoggi's murder have been released to the U.S. Khashoggi was a journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's government. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)

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International

Turkey says recordings of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder have been given to the U.S.

According to Turkish officials, the recordings prove the recordings prove that Khashoggi's murder was premeditated.

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Part of the Pardis petrochemical complex facilities in Assaluyeh, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, Iran. The United States has reimposed sanctions targeting Iran's economy. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

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International

Iran and trading partners will find ways to skirt sanctions, analysts say

The Trump administration hopes the sweeping sanctions it has imposed on Iran's oil, shipping and banking industries will cripple its economy and force it to negotiate.

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Heads of states and world leaders attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

History

International

World leaders gather in Paris a century after WWI armistice

"The traces of this war never went away," Macron said.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks in during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Pelosi says she's confident she will win enough support to be elected speaker of the House next year and that she is the best person for the job. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Law

National

Public Safety

Democrats promise congressional action on gun control

Measures including expanded background checks and a ban on assault-style weapons are likely to reach the House floor.

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President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing for France on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Law

Future seems uncertain for Trump’s acting attorney general

Matthew Whitaker's future at the Justice Department appears uncertain as President Donald Trump denies even knowing the man he's just named acting attorney general.

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Keystone Crossroads

Pennsylvania

Religion

Dioceses’ compensation funds shouldn’t end Pa. victims’ right to sue, advocates say

Seven of Pennsylvania’s eight Catholic dioceses have announced plans to create funds to compensate those abused by priests as children, ...

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A group of Central American migrants, representing the thousands participating in a caravan trying to reach the U.S. border, undertake an hours-long march to the office of the United Nations' humans rights body in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Members of the caravan which has stopped in Mexico City demanded buses Thursday to take them to the U.S. border, saying it is too cold and dangerous to continue walking and hitchhiking.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Immigration

National

Trump limits asylum, says migrants must ‘come legally’

Trump issued an order Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the U.S.

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