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Year: 2024

Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit trying to block counties from accepting hand-returned mail ballots

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block county election offices from opening on Saturday and Sunday to let voters return their mail ballots in person. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer said in a Saturday hearing that state law specifically allows the hand-return of mail

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A leader of Mexican folk saint cult ‘La Santa Muerte’ is killed at an altar to the skeletal figure

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities say a local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” has been gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure. The saint — whose name means roughly “Holy Death” — is often worshipped by convicts, drug addicts and criminals, along with other people with serious difficulties

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Intense competition at polling sites leads to confrontations among campaign workers

By Larry Seward Click here for updates on this story     TAMARAC, Florida (WFOR) — Intense competition for voters’ attention at early voting polls spilled over into arguments among campaign workers in Broward County. CBS News Miami cameras recorded an incident at the Tamarac Library polling place on Friday afternoon, where individuals were seen restraining a

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3 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employees resign as investigation into fatal training exercise continues

By Kevin Boulandier Click here for updates on this story     VIRGINIA GARDENS, Florida (WSVN) — Three Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employees have turned in their resignations to the department amid an investigation into a fatal training tragedy. The investigation stems from a June exercise at a three-story building in Virginia Gardens that took a deadly turn.

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A 22-year-old political prisoner has died in Belarus, rights campaigners say

Associated Press Human rights activists say a 22-year-old political prisoner has died behind bars in Belarus. Viasna, the country’s oldest human rights group said Saturday that Russian-born Dmitry Schletgauer is the seventh dissenter to die in jail since Minsk launched a harsh and extensive crackdown on the opposition in 2020. Tens of thousands were arrested

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