CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — Police say a Croydon woman has surrendered more than 20 Chihuahuas and a cat. Police say the woman handed over the animals on Saturday. New Hampshire Animal Rescue League president Monica Zulauf says some of the dogs are currently in the organization’s care in Bedford. She says two had to be […]

NEW YORK Donald Trump awakened a movement of angry working class voters fed up with political insiders and desperate for change. On Tuesday, that movement propelled him to the White House. Trump’s stunning, come from behind victory over Hillary Clinton — a far more organized and experienced rival — served as a raised middle finger […]

WASHINGTON Conceding his party’s staggering electoral defeat, President Barack Obama today invited President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him to discuss the handover of power from his administration to Trump’s. The White House said Obama called the Republican in the early hours of the morning to congratulate him on his victory in the presidential campaign, […]

From Virginia coal country, as election results trickled in, Jimmy McDonald texted his boss to warn he might need a day off today. Celebrations, it seemed, were in order. “Historic day,” his boss wrote back. “There’s still some good in America,” McDonald responded. Just before midnight, he said he could barely believe it. “The people […]

WASHINGTON Republicans retained their lock on the House for two more years early today as GOP candidates triumphed in a checkerboard of districts in Florida, Virginia and Colorado that Democrats had hoped Donald Trump’s divisive comments about women and Hispanics would make their own. Democrats who’d envisioned potentially big gains in suburban and ethnically diverse […]

LOS ANGELES Donald Trump’s presidential victory set off protests early today by hundreds of people on California college campuses and in Oregon. Police says at least 500 people swarmed on streets in and around UCLA, some shouting anti-Trump expletives and others chanting “Not my president!” There were no immediate arrests. Smaller demonstrators were held at […]

World leaders, presidents and prime ministers, officials, politicians, people from all walks of life and even the Taliban in Afghanistan are reacting to Donald Trump’s astounding victory as America’s 45th president. Here are the highlights of what some of them said today: “Russia is ready and wants to restore full-format relations with the United States. […]

Filling a void created by congressional inaction, voters in a scattering of states tightened gun control laws and approved increases in the minimum wage. The campaign to legalize marijuana achieved a major breakthrough, with victories in at least six states. In all, more than 150 measures appeared on statewide ballots in Tuesday’s election. California, Nevada […]

(AP) — Canada and the prospect of Americans moving there appears to have drawn so much online interest that it knocked out the country’s immigration website. Internet searches for “move to Canada” and “immigrate to Canada” spiked Tuesday night as election returns favored Republican President-elect Donald Trump. “Canada” was a leading U.S. trend on Twitter, […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The New York gravestone of Susan B. Anthony is thickly encrusted with “I Voted” stickers on an Election Day that could put America’s first female president in the White House. A steady stream of people lined up at Rochester’s Mount Hope cemetery starting before dawn to pay respects to the women’s […]