Also on this day in 2019 people celebrated the 30th anniversary of reunification of East and West Germany. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.
Five more states legalized marijuana for adults, and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of some street drugs.
More LGBTQ candidates ran for office in the U.S. in 2020 than ever before — at least 1,006. That’s a 41% increase over the 2018 midterms, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund.
Nearly two-thirds of voters said their vote was about Trump — either for him or against him. Here's a snapshot of who voted and what matters to them, based on preliminary results from a national survey.
Also on this day in 2019 riot police stormed several malls in Hong Kong in a move to thwart more pro-democracy protests. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.