Month: October 2024

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters will cast ballots for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general election, as Democrats in the commonwealth look to continue their dominance in federal and state elections. Topping the ballot this year is the race for president, where Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont voters will cast ballots for a full slate of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including the president, a U.S. senator, the governor and seats in the state Legislature. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will be on the ballot, along with seven third-party

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware voters will select replacements for some of the state’s most prominent elected officials in the Nov. 5 general election. At the top of the ballot, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for the state’s three electoral votes in the race to replace Democratic President Joe Biden,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska voters will decide in the Nov. 5 general election which presidential candidate will receive the state’s three electoral votes, but it’s the race for the state’s sole U.S. House seat that might have bigger national implications. Republicans hold a slim majority in the U.S. House, and control of the

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself. The lawsuit filed this week by Megan Garcia of Orlando alleges that Character Technologies Inc. engineered a product that pulled 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III into an

AP Film Writer Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president. The Oscar-winning actor expressed support for the Democratic nominee in a video Friday. DiCaprio has long been an outspoken advocate for addressing the climate crisis and has supported Democratic candidates in the past. In early 2020, he attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden at

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, in just over three weeks in office, has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor’s policy of not confronting drug cartels and using the army for law-enforcement. Sheinbaum, who took office Oct. 1, would rather be talking about

Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. Durk, 32, is charged with conspiracy

AP Film Writer Tom Holland is getting ready to don his Spidey suit again. The fourth installment of the blockbuster series has been set for a July 2026 release, Sony Pictures said Friday. Daniel Destin Cretton, best known for helming Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” has also signed on to direct

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A scruffy, mixed-breed dog that became a social media star by evading capture in New Orleans for six months has been taken off the streets at last. The mutt’s name is Scrim. But he became known as the “Houdini” of the New Orleans neighborhood where he spent months avoiding nets, traps

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weeklong trip to the Middle East ended as expected without a cease-fire breakthrough for Gaza, but talks are being revived. Officials say U.S. and Israeli negotiators will be arriving in Qatar in the coming days. Blinken’s trip to Israel, Qatar and Saudi Arabia came after

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic primary, New Jersey voters turn to the Nov. 5 general election to resolve several races for federal offices up and down the state. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for the state’s 14 electoral votes. In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is looking to continue his winning streak in Oklahoma as he competes with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for the state’s seven electoral votes. Oklahoma voters will also decide races for Congress, the state Legislature and will consider an effort to amend the state constitution to

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut voters will decide races for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general election, as well as a statewide ballot measure to expand voting options. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and three third-party candidates will compete for the state’s seven electoral

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A 600-pound (272-kilogram) bronze statue of a Tuskegee airman has been found after it was stolen from a city park, Detroit police said Friday. The statue of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson was reported missing Wednesday evening from Rouge Park on Detroit’s far west side, police said. It appeared to have

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for Rhode Island’s four electoral votes in the Nov. 5 general election. Rhode Island voters will also cast ballots for Congress, the state Legislature, several ballot measures and mayoral races. Among the third-party and independent presidential candidates on the ballot are

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of North Dakota have asked the state Supreme Court to let North Dakota’s overturned abortion ban remain in effect during the state’s appeal of the judge’s ruling that found the law unconstitutional. The judge earlier this month denied such a stay. The state asked the Supreme Court

Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A well-known Tunisian attorney and commentator is facing two years in prison for remarks she made about Tunisia and its treatment of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Sonia Dahmani was found guilty on Thursday of violating a statute against fake news that critics have long argued Tunisian authorities use to

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has notified prosecutors of suspected offenses committed by members of a special commission that investigated the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Poland’s then-president and 95 others. Commissioners alleged the crash was a Moscow-sponsored assassination. The notices of 41 potential offenses are the result of

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, can be traced to a white man from upstate New York. He has a history of drug abuse and a long list of

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering the levels of water for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the country’s electricity. Acting Energy minister Inés Manzano said that the authorities are ordering an electricity service

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for setting a house fire that killed his girlfriend and their two daughters. Thirty-three-year-old Kyle Tyler won’t be eligible for parole until he serves at least 25 years of his life sentence for the first-degree murder conviction. On top of that,

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of funding on Friday to go toward disaster recovery from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. The bill Cooper signed to approve the spending was passed by the General Assembly on Thursday. It comes as the second iteration of disaster

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The presiding judge of an International Criminal Court panel considering a request to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders has been replaced on medical grounds. The court published a decision Friday granting a request by Romanian Judge Iulia

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” on the legislation that is vital to farmers in the state known as

LONDON (AP) — An online predator who blackmailed as many as 3,500 girls around the world has been sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. Alexander McCartney admitted 185 charges, including the manslaughter of a victim who took her own life. Prosecutors say 26-year-old McCartney, from Northern Ireland, pretended to be a teenage girl

Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses the WWE and its founders of fostering a culture of sexual abuse within the organization and looking the other way while longtime ringside announcer Melvin Phillips preyed on young men he hired as “ring boys.” The suit was filed Wednesday in state court in Maryland, where

AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are so many Hollywood stars either on New York theater stages or on the way that you might want to level up your stargazing game. Why not play some bingo? Sure, Robert Downey Jr., Daniel Dae Kim, Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes are currently on Broadway, and

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s presidential election could come down to microscopic margins, so Kamala Harris is hunting for votes in even the most unlikely of places. One of her latest targets is Donald Trump ‘s demographic base — white people who didn’t attend college. “It’s tough turf,” said Dan Kanninen, the Harris

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Workers on strike have shut down power across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and left its more than 370,000 inhabitants without electricity. A government statement said the workers raided the power plant’s control room on Friday, prompting police to rush to the scene to secure it. Unionized workers

Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The grandson of South Africa’s first Black president, Nelson Mandela, says the U.K. government denied him an entry visa because of his support for Hamas. Mandla Mandela could not travel to the U.K. earlier this month to address pro-Palestinian gatherings after he was informed that he would need a visa,

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (AP) — A person of interest is in custody in connection with the death of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in south-central Missouri. The body of Sgt. Sarah Roque of Ligonier, Indiana, was found Tuesday inside a trash bin. No cause of death was given but the Department of

Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Officials in a Pennsylvania county say an investigation is underway after election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent. The Lancaster County Elections Board and the local prosecutor said Friday some of the forms contained false names, suspicious handwriting, questionable signatures, incorrect addresses or other

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election and the race for control of the closely divided U.S. House are expected to dominate attention in Oregon on election night. Voters will also decide a ballot measure to establish ranked-choice voting. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for Oregon’s eight electoral votes. In

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah voters will cast ballots for the full range of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election, including president, Congress, governor, state Legislature and others. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and half a dozen third-party candidates are competing for Utah’s six electoral