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NEW YORK — The murmurs spread quickly among the poll workers late Tuesday morning at a Brooklyn neighbourhood station: George Floyd’s brother was present.

WARREN, Mich. — For a brief and unexpected moment, there was harmony. Melody, too.

RALEIGH, N.C. — Rising GOP star Madison Cawthorn was elected on Tuesday to represent a North Carolina U.S. House district. Cawthorn, 25, will be one of the youngest people to ever serve in Congress after his win in the 11th District.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's two main political parties were in a tight gubernatorial race late Tuesday after voters stood in long lines and forced polling centres to remain open late as they chose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S.

Republican Maria Elvira Salazar has defeated Democrat Donna Shalala for a U.S. House seat in Florida. Salazar, a Spanish-language television newscaster, won in her second try for the office after Shalala prevailed in 2018.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korean troops captured a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border on Wednesday, the military said.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has notified Congress that it has approved the sale of $600 million in armed drones to Taiwan, the latest in a series of arms transfers for the island.

WASHINGTON — In Spalding County, Georgia, machine problems led to a two-hour extension for voting. Wait times stretched beyond an hour at four voting centres in Baltimore.

A single voting machine jammed for just minutes Tuesday morning at a precinct in Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania -- but misleading posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed multiple machines there were down for hours.