Creative ‘I Voted’ stickers branch out beyond the familiar flag design
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Whether scenic or slightly sinister — angry werewolf, anyone? — the designs on the front of “I Voted”…
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Toxic smog cloaks India’s capital as Diwali firecrackers push air pollution to hazardous levels
NEW DELHI (AP) — A thick layer of toxic smog is cloaking India’s capital as smoke from firecrackers used to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival…
Continue Reading Australian judge rules senator broke race law by telling rival legislator to return to Pakistan
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has ruled that anti-immigration party leader Sen. Pauline Hanson breached a racial…
Continue Reading Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they’re in the US legally. Here’s how it works
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status…
Continue Reading A Bolivian artist carves faces of the departed onto Day of the Dead bread
Associated Press EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November, Latin…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April during his promised reelection…
Continue Reading Prosecutor says veteran’s subway chokehold went ‘too far.’ Defense says his ‘courage’ helped others
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on this about Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s encounter last year with a…
Continue Reading We are what we celebrate: America’s holiday calendar is increasingly diverse
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — John Albert’s daughter isn’t going to school on Friday. And he couldn’t be happier about it. For…
Continue Reading Israel fights a seemingly endless war in Gaza’s most devastated region
Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a year into a war that has ricocheted across the Middle East, Israeli troops are still battling Hamas…
Continue Reading Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe wear elaborate E.T. costumes for their Halloween parties
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heidi Klum and Janelle Monáe opted for out-of-this-world Halloween costumes this year — both choosing to dress…
Continue Reading Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not
Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Up and down Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are deciding whether to stay or go following two recent…
Continue Reading Embattled Republican candidate fights on in North Carolina governor’s race
Associated Press ELLERBE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina had been projected as the state with the most closely watched race for governor this fall. But…
Continue Reading Hakeem Jeffries chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority
AP Congressional Correspondent PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Hakeem Jeffries has said this election is about the economy, and stopping Project 2025 and…
Continue Reading Trump and Vance make anti-transgender attacks central to their campaign’s closing argument
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump has made his opposition to transgender rights central to his closing argument before Election Day,…
Continue Reading Miami native ‘Cuban Cowboy’ Orlando Mendez returns home for Country Bay Musical Festival
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Country Bay Music Festival is returning to Miami for its second year, with organizers hoping the event can earn a…
Continue Reading Peeking behind the curtain: News outlets are conscious of the need to explain election reporting
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At The Associated Press, election night is a massive undertaking, with thousands of people involved in counting the…
Continue Reading Local school staple ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ from 1939 hits the big screen nationwide
Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine schoolchildren know about the boy lost for more than a week on the state’s tallest mountain. Now…
Continue Reading AP-NORC poll finds skepticism of nationwide election tallies, especially among Republicans
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year’s election,…
Continue Reading US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the…
Continue Reading Takeaways from The Associated Press investigation into sexual abuse of incarcerated women
Associated Press As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have…
Continue Reading Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free
Associated Press HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry.…
Continue Reading Court orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn’t been verified
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s secretary of state office must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly…
Continue Reading Ballot-sorting machine woes slow count in Oregon county with pivotal US House race
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — Election officials in Oregon’s third-largest county say the vote count is being delayed because of problems with a…
Continue Reading AP sources: White House altered record of Biden’s ‘garbage’ remarks despite stenographer concerns
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to…
Continue Reading Colorado governor works to remedy leak of voting system passwords
Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s Democrat governor said Thursday that he is providing state aircraft and vehicles to…
Continue Reading Dodgers’ World Series-ending win averages 18.6 million; series averages 15.81 million for 5 games
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dodgers’ 7-6 victory over the Yankees in Game 5 for their eighth World Series title and second in five years averaged…
Continue Reading Arizona enlists county employees to help tackle a surge of 2-page early ballots
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Employees for Arizona’s most populous county are taking on extra shifts to help election workers with an…
Continue Reading North Korea boasts of ‘the world’s strongest’ missile, but experts say it’s too big to use in war
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s…
Continue Reading Florida surfer is bit by a shark at the same beach he was bitten at 11 years ago
STUART, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is recovering from a shark bite just over a decade after being bitten at the same beach. Treasure Coast…
Continue Reading Man gets suspended sentence in assault of former US senator in Iowa park
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a man probation and a suspended sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to attacking a former U.S.…
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