Biden defeats Trump for White House, says ‘time to heal’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States. Trump refused to concede on Saturday, threatening further legal complaints about vote counting, but official counts show he has lost his bid for reelection. Biden vanquished his Republican foe after a campaign as bitter and divisive as Trump’s own presidential term. Victories in “blue wall” northern industrial states propelled Biden to the White Hous