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Inspired by Harris, many Black sorority and fraternity members are helping downballot races

HARTFORD, Conn. -- U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes isn't a member of the historically Black sororities and fraternities known as the…

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Arizona enlists county employees to help tackle a surge of 2-page early ballots

PHOENIX -- Employees for Arizona’s most populous county are taking on extra shifts to help election workers with an around-the-clock…

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Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of…

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Court orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn’t been verified

PHOENIX -- Arizona's secretary of state office must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly…

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Beyoncé, Shaboozey, Post Malone topped country in 2024. How will Grammy voters react?

NEW YORK -- Country music has become a dominant force, bleeding into pop music's mainstream. And artists who might not…

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Ballot-sorting machine woes slow count in Oregon county with pivotal US House race

OREGON CITY, Ore. -- Problems with a ballot-sorting machine are slowing the vote tally in a suburban Portland county that…

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Ping! Harris and Trump blowing up your phones with texts in campaign’s last days

WASHINGTON -- For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those…

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Report says crowd-sourced fact checks on X fail to address flood of US election misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO -- X's crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn't addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon…

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Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’

MADISON, Wis. -- Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump's comment that he would protect women “whether the women like…

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Jobs report on eve of election will be among the most muddled in years

WASHINGTON -- Four days before Election Day, the government will issue its final snapshot of hiring and unemployment in the…

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Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update

Apple is releasing a free software update that will inject its first dose of artificial intelligence into its iPhone 16…

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About 475 damaged ballots retrieved from burned drop box in Washington state, auditor says

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- About 475 damaged ballots were retrieved from a ballot box that was burned early Monday in southwest…

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Man standing trial alongside rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal

ATLANTA -- One of the co-defendants standing trial alongside the rapper Young Thug accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Tuesday.…

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Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian’s ‘garbage’ comment about Puerto Rico

2024-10-31 16:00:03 NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of…

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Inside ‘the weave’: How Donald Trump’s rhetoric has grown darker and windier

DULUTH, Ga. -- No scene has dominated U.S. politics since 2015 quite like Donald Trump on stage, waxing on for…

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A New York City law used to padlock suspected illegal pot shops is ruled unconstitutional

A law that New York City has relied on to padlock scores of suspected unlicensed marijuana shops is unconstitutional because…

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Police investigate handling of a traffic stop involving Lions WR Jameson Williams and a gun

2024-10-31 09:15:02 DETROIT (AP) — Police in Detroit are conducting an internal investigation after Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams was…

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Election 2024 Campaign for President, October 29

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

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Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress, federal prisons spokesperson says

Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress, federal prisons spokesperson says

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McDonald's third quarter US sales rebound on meal deals, but E. coli outbreak creates end-of-year unease

McDonald's third quarter US sales rebound on meal deals, but E. coli outbreak creates end-of-year unease

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