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,…
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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 ReadingGeorgia 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…
Continue ReadingJury awards a family $5M and says football coach’s actions caused their son’s suicide
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A jury in Rhode Island has awarded more than $5 million to the family of a teenager who died by suicide. The jury on…
Continue ReadingArmy releases redacted police report on altercation during Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army has released an almost entirely redacted version of the police report describing when a staffer…
Continue ReadingUS airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti’s capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire
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…
Continue ReadingHoax bomb threats wreak havoc on India’s travel industry, days ahead of Diwali festival
By Jessie Yeung and Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian airlines have received more than 100 hoax bomb threats in a span of a few days,…
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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 ReadingHallmark exec sought to replace ‘old talent,’ lawsuit alleges, naming actors like Lacey Chabert
Associated Press Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people”…
Continue ReadingSecret Service acting director lays out changes after Trump assassination attempts
By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Senior-level personnel changes at the US Secret Service as well as the creation of new…
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Gov. Kotek issues Wallowa County drought declaration, third in Oregon this year
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Governor Tina Kotek has declared a drought in Wallowa County through Executive Order 24-29, and directed state agencies to…
Continue ReadingGeorgia woman accused of killing her toddler found guilty of murder
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman accused of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago has been found…
Continue ReadingAppeals court in crucial Georgia won’t expedite case on election certification
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court in the battleground state of Georgia has declined a request for expedited review of an appeal of a…
Continue ReadingHouse Freedom Caucus chair suggests North Carolina Legislature could assign electors before votes are tallied
By Curt Devine, Lauren Fox, and Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — The chairman of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus suggested that legislators in…
Continue ReadingChinese hackers targeted Trump and Vance’s phone data
CNN By Sean Lyngaas and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Chinese government-linked hackers have targeted the phone communications of former…
Continue ReadingGrateful Dead bassist and founding member Phil Lesh has died at 84
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of iconic rock band Grateful Dead, has died. He was 84. The news was…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wyoming on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wyoming voters will decide races for president, Congress, the state Legislature and a statewide ballot measure…
Continue ReadingPhil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, dies at 84
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role…
Continue ReadingHarvard temporarily suspends library privileges for faculty involved in ‘study-in’ protests
Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Students and faculty members at Harvard University have engaged in pro-Palestinian “study-in” protests…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Washington on Election Day
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Washington will cast ballots for president, governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, as well as several…
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