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The Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting
October 22, 2026, 10:48 pm |
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Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day. Advocates for greater voter identification requirements are pursuing a new approach in some states: a mandate...
World Series preview: Surprising Brewers-Rays matchup will open with Jacob Misiorowski’s record heat
October 22, 2026, 10:46 pm |
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball’s biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night when he throws the first pitch of the...
Trump backs Ramaswamy on ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother
October 22, 2026, 10:46 pm |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that Vivek Ramaswamy, the GOP nominee for Ohio governor, should keep running a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton, as debate over the ad divided Republicans and threatened to spill into other races and states. Trump called Acton “fair game” and...
Why reported challenges with touchscreen voting machines don’t signal election rigging
October 22, 2026, 10:43 pm |
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NEW YORK (AP) — The reports erupt on social media every election year: Voters say they tapped a candidate’s name on a touchscreen voting machine, only for the wrong person to light up as their selection. With some trial and error, and occasionally help from poll workers, the voters are generally able to cast their...
El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti to help find 4 missing soldiers who came under attack
October 22, 2026, 10:40 pm |
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — El Salvador deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti on Thursday to help rescue four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by gangs, two officials told The Associated Press. The special forces arrived a day after Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele announced a military...
A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients’ tumors returning
October 22, 2026, 10:23 pm |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients’ tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna and Merck. The vaccine was custom-brewed for each patient to match their tumor. Adding it to a standard post-surgery treatment reduced by 42% the risk...
Calley Means, a key MAHA advocate, resigns as a top RFK Jr. adviser
October 22, 2026, 10:18 pm |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursday. In a statement, Means did not say why he was leaving. His departure comes as leading voices in the MAHA...
The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified
October 22, 2026, 10:16 pm |
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The family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot when a police officer fired into a moving vehicle in Mississippi said Thursday they do not believe the shooting was justified after reviewing videos from officers’ body-worn cameras at the scene. Kohen Wiley’s close relatives watched the footage shot during the June encounter in a...
Execution staff warned IV site might have ‘blown’ during Christa Pike’s execution attempt
October 22, 2026, 10:03 pm |
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Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown,” before she was injected with pentobarbital, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday. The IV team went through about 10 needles...
Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes
October 22, 2026, 10:01 pm |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg made a deal with Meta’s board to help him pay a proposed California tax on billionaires without losing his ownership stake in the company he founded, according to regulatory filings published this week. If passed by voters in the Nov. 3 election, the measure would levy a one-time 5%...
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