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The AP and other media players have changed their game for making election night calls

Seven questions for executive editor Sally Buzbee, and why The Associated Press is collaborating with Fox News
A person is tested for COVID-19 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Cesar Chavez City Park in Phoenix. The two-week testing event is aimed at bringing tests to Phoenix's Laveen neighborhood, home to many Latinos and Blacks who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. Latino leaders say governments need to do more to communicate effectively with Hispanic communities to ensure people know where to get tested and encourage them to participate. (AP Photo/Matt York)

For Latinos, the COVID-19 trends are getting worse — and the worst may be yet to come

The latest CDC shows that Latinos and Black Americans are dying at rates 3.2 times higher than white Americans
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What are the polls saying and should we believe them?

In 2016, Donald Trump defied the polls defeated Hillary Clinton. Are polls still accurate? Is Trump too much of a wildcard? Or was 2016 an outlier?
In this May 28, 2020, photo, Dave Turnier processes mail-in ballots at at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pennsylvania, prior to the state's primary election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Be patient on election night 2020. Counting the returns will take time.

The expected increase in voting-by-mail will pose challenges for how election officials and journalists report the results, and how voters absorb them
A customer pushes a shopping cart Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, outside a Walmart store, in Walpole, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Walmart pulls guns and ammo from shelves citing possible civil unrest

Plus, what people are searching for about COVID-19, the oil industry will cut thousands of jobs, how the virus spreads, and more.
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Bullhead City, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Trump is wrong that the law says a winner has to be announced on election night

Post-Election Day time to count absentee ballots, overseas military ballots, and provisional ballots are enshrined in both federal and state law.
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