Havasupai Tribe set to receive federal aid for severe flood damage
SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — The Havasupai Tribe is set to receive federal emergency aid to repair damage caused by severe flooding this summer. President…
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Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials say more than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war. That’s a 50%…
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AP Technology Writer Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in…
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Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says
Associated Press YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — Russian actors were behind a widely circulated video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being…
Continue Reading Native Americans laud Biden for historic apology over boarding schools. They want action to follow
Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden has done something that no other sitting U.S. president has: He apologized for…
Continue Reading Delta sues cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over tech outage that canceled flights
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is suing the cybersecurity firm that has been blamed for causing a global technology outage this summer. Delta filed…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina voters will cast ballots for president in the Nov. 5 general election, but with less fanfare than…
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A group of Pennsylvania nuns says a conservative political organizer posted “false and misleading information” about them by…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; independent Dan Osborn, a Nebraska Senate candidate; entrepreneur Mark…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former model Stacey Williams is alleging that Donald Trump groped her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced…
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Continue Reading Texas man punched an election worker who told him to remove Trump hat at voting site, police say
Associated Press Authorities say an election worker was assaulted by a man over a cap worn by supporters of former President Donald Trump at an early…
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Associated Press The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus says news reports that quoted him saying the North Carolina Legislature should consider…
Continue Reading Wisconsin elections officials report 40% increase in early voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin elections officials are reporting a nearly 40% increase in early in-person absentee voting over 2020. Early…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana voters will decide which presidential candidates will receive their eight electoral votes in the Nov.…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Kansas on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican former President Donald Trump is hoping to win Kansas and its six electoral votes for the third…
Continue Reading An abrupt goodbye to a guerrilla goldfish aquarium beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift aquarium that popped up this summer in a puddle beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant is no more.…
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say a former U.S. border inspector has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for taking bribes to allow people and…
Continue Reading Court says Mississippi can’t count late ballots but the ruling doesn’t affect Nov. 5 vote
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A conservative federal court says Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after…
Continue Reading Two more LA Times editorial board members resign after the paper withholds a Harris endorsement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked its plan to…
Continue Reading The vehicle collision death of a famous Wyoming grizzly bear was an accident, authorities say
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The driver who struck and killed a famous grizzly bear south of Grand Teton National Park earlier this week was not speeding…
Continue Reading Pizza inadvertently infused with THC sickens dozens in Wisconsin
STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) — Pizza inadvertently laced with THC has apparently sickened dozens of people in Wisconsin. Health officials say Famous…
Continue Reading The AVP beach volleyball tour now has team play. But will it be a (Dallas) Dream or (Miami) Mayhem?
AP Sports Writer A new league format on the U.S. beach volleyball tour is bringing a team concept to what has always been a two-person sport. Instead…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Minnesota on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota voters will decide on Election Day how to award the state’s 10 presidential electoral votes,…
Continue Reading Taiwan wants to join the IMF to get financial protection from China
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan is making a longshot push to join the International Monetary Fund. The democratically ruled island is a…
Continue Reading Georgia Democrats try to get closer to a majority as they contest legislative seats
Associated Press PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (AP) — Democrats are trying to dent the 102-78 Republican majority in Georgia’s state House. Leaders…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army has released an almost entirely redacted version of the police report describing when a staffer…
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least one U.S. airline has temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit…
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Continue Reading An 11-year-old girl played dead before escaping after 5 family members were killed at their Washington state home
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — An 11-year-old in Washington state fled home in the early morning hours to escape a shooting that left her…
Continue Reading Georgia woman accused of killing her toddler found guilty of murder
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Continue Reading Appeals court in crucial Georgia won’t expedite case on election certification
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Continue Reading Harvard temporarily suspends library privileges for faculty involved in ‘study-in’ protests
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Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Washington on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Washington state will cast their ballots mostly before Election Day, as the state votes almost…
Continue Reading AP sources: Chinese hackers targeted phones of Trump, Vance, people associated with Harris campaign
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hackers engaged in a broader espionage operation targeted cellphones used by Republican presidential…
Continue Reading Pittsburgh’s police chief puts down his badge for a referee’s whistle
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Continue Reading Indianapolis man is convicted in 2021 shooting deaths of 5 people including a pregnant woman
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man has been convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of five people including a pregnant woman. The Marion…
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By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — Two photojournalists and an engineer killed in Lebanon Thursday night are just the latest journalists killed since…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Massachusetts on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters will cast ballots for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Vermont on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont voters will cast ballots for a full slate of federal and state offices in the Nov. 5 general election,…
Continue Reading Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate
AP National Writer Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware voters will select replacements for some of the state’s most prominent elected officials in the Nov.…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alaska voters will decide in the Nov. 5 general election which presidential candidate will receive the…
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Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say two adults and two children were found dead in the charred rubble of a southwest Las Vegas house fire. A fire…
Continue Reading A mutt known as ‘Houdini’ for his ability to elude capture is finally off the streets
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Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weeklong trip to the Middle East ended as expected without a cease-fire…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic primary, New Jersey voters turn to the Nov. 5 general election to resolve several races for…
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Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with…
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is looking to continue his winning streak in Oklahoma as he competes with…
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‘What the f**k to do with them?’ Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North…
Continue Reading AP Decision Note: What to expect in Connecticut on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut voters will decide races for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general…
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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,…
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Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first woman House speaker and a trusted adviser to many of the state’s…
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has notified prosecutors of suspected offenses committed by members of a special…
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering the levels of…
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AP Health Writer A deadly outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13…
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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.…
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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…
Continue Reading One of 3 judges weighing request for ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others is replaced
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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.…
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Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses the WWE and its founders of fostering a culture of sexual abuse within the organization and…
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Continue Reading Judge orders Virginia to restore 1,600 voter registrations canceled in effort to purge noncitizens
Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said…
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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…
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana woman who pleaded guilty to neglect for a rat attack that left her 6-month-old son with disfiguring injuries has…
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Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Many of Donald Trump’s supporters left a Michigan rally before he arrived after the former president…
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‘What the f**k to do with them?’ Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio
CNN By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Russian soldiers have been heard raising concerns about how North…
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers admits there are times when he’s in a disagreement with his wife or absurd situation with his kids…
Continue Reading ‘What the f**k to do with them?’ Russian soldiers heard condemning North Korean recruits in intercepted audio
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Associated Press A court in Uganda has sentenced a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes…
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