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Month: November 2023

Eyeing 2024, Michigan Democrats expand voter registration and election safeguards in the swing state

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a package of bills adding more protections for election workers and allowing 16-year-olds to register before they can legally vote at 18. Thursday’s ceremony in Detroit also included legislation that will automatically register individuals to vote when they are released

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Kari Lake loses suit to see ballot envelopes in 3rd trial tied to Arizona election defeat

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has rejected Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake’s request to examine signed ballot envelopes of 1.3 million early voters. It’s another loss in her third trial related to last year’s election. The majority of the two-day bench trial was spent hearing testimony from Maricopa County

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What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official. The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after

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Georgia Republicans advance House and Senate maps as congressional proposal waits in the wings

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republicans are pushing forward new legislative maps that would preserve their majorities in the state House and Senate. But they’re still not revealing how they want to redraw Georgia’s 14 congressional districts. State House and Senate committees on Thursday passed maps for their respective chambers on

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First on CNN: Biden campaign prepares legal fight against election deepfakes

By Donie O’Sullivan and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign has assembled a special task force to ready its responses to misleading AI-generated images and videos, drafting court filings and preparing novel legal theories it could deploy to counter potential disinformation efforts that technology experts have warned could disrupt the vote.

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Tesla delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck pickups as it tries to fix production woes

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla has delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers. The deliveries Thursday came two years behind the original schedule amid uncertainty over when large-scale production will begin. CEO Elon Musk showed off

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El cáncer de Shannen Doherty se ha extendido pero ella aún tiene mucho por hacer: “No he terminado de vivir”

Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Shannen Doherty no permitirá que el cáncer le impida vivir. La estrella de “Beverly Hills, 90210”, de 52 años, debutará en el nuevo podcast de iHeartRadio “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty” a principios de diciembre. Se trata de un programa que abarcará muchos aspectos de su vida, tanto profesional como personal.

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Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit attempting to end the state’s near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees. Known as Act 10, the 2011 law was the signature accomplishment of former Republican Gov. Scott Walker and

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