AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana voters will decide which presidential candidates will receive their eight electoral votes in the Nov. 5 election. Also on the ballot are races for the U.S. House and a pair of statewide ballot
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election
A steady stream of false and misleading information is circulating online around the 2024 election. Since early voting began there have been false reports of ballots for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania being destroyed; more registered
What to know about the Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County has recommended resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez who were convicted for killing their parents in 1989 and may now have a pathway to freedom after
Phil Lesh, bassist and founder of Grateful Dead, dies at age 84
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose nuanced bass playing made him an architect of the band’s otherworldly sound, died on Friday at age 84, his Instagram account said.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Kansas on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican former President Donald Trump is hoping to win Kansas and its six electoral votes for the third consecutive presidential election on Nov. 5. He is running against Vice President Kamala Harris, who faces
An abrupt goodbye to a guerilla goldfish aquarium beneath a leaky Brooklyn fire hydrant
NEW YORK (AP) — A makeshift aquarium that popped up this summer in a puddle beneath a leaky fire hydrant has been paved over, to the dismay of neighbors who turned the area into a hangout spot
A staged video claimed to show someone destroying ballots. Election officials were prepared
YARDLEY, Pa. (AP) — A video that showed mail-in ballots for former President Donald Trump apparently being destroyed in a suburban Philadelphia county took off quickly on social media Thursday afternoon. Cries of election fraud came right
Legal fight over Mississippi counting mail ballots after Election Day is revived
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s practice of counting mailed absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. It appears
The vehicle collision death of a famous Wyoming grizzly bear was an accident, authorities say
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The driver who struck and killed a famous grizzly bear south of Grand Teton National Park earlier this week was not speeding and the bear’s death was an accident, law enforcement officers said
Appeals court in crucial Georgia won’t expedite case on election certification
ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court in the battleground state of Georgia declined Friday to expedite review of an appeal of a judge’s order that county election officials must vote to certify results by the deadline set