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Supreme Court rejects push to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from ballot in two swing states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency appeal to remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential ballot in two battleground states.
Kennedy wanted to get off the ballot in Wisconsin and Michigan after…
Man who threatened Georgia prosecutor and sheriff over Trump gets nearly 2 years in prison
ATLANTA (AP) — An Alabama man who left threatening phone messages for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the county sheriff last summer because he was angry over an investigation into former President Donald Trump was sentenced…
‘I’m walking here!’: Jaywalking legalized in New York City
Jaywalking is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council officially became law over the weekend after Mayor Eric Adams declined to sign or veto it after 30 days. The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at…
Elon Musk wins court victory in a dispute over a 2018 post during a labor dispute
A federal appeals court says the National Labor Relations Board was wrong to order that Tesla CEO Elon Musk delete a 2018 social media post that union leaders saw as a threat to employee stock options. The 9-8 ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit…
Google’s moneymaking machine still pumping out massive profits despite multiple threats
Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire. The latest evidence of Google’s prosperity emerged Tuesday with the release…
Offshore wind industry says ‘misinformation’ from foes is a strong headwind it must fight
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The U.S offshore wind energy industry says it needs to fight back against disinformation being spread by opponents of wind farms.
During the first day of a national offshore wind conference Tuesday in New Jersey,…
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on challenges to voting in Alaska Native villages
KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn't always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across Alaska.
In these far-flung locations — well off any connected road systems, often accessible…
Family releases video showing final moments before Black man’s death in Missouri prison
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Newly released prison video of a Black Missouri man who prosecutors say was killed by guards shows almost 10 minutes passed after he stopped moving before a nurse checked on him.
A lawyer for Othel Moore Jr.’s mother…
US chooses winning bids in first commercial sale for floating offshore Atlantic wind
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. government chose winning bids Tuesday to develop wind power off New England in the first commercial sale for floating offshore wind on the Atlantic coast.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held a lease…
Trump’s social media company is now worth more than Musk’s X after recent surge in stock price
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's Truth Social is now worth more than Elon Musk's X, thanks to a recent run-up in the shares of the parent company of the former president's social media platform.
Trump Media & Technology Group is now…
Federal government hands out $2.4 billion for 122 railroad projects nationwide
The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads. The grants announced Tuesday will go to projects across 41 states and…
Where has all the rain gone? Bone-dry October strikes much of US
A bone-dry October is pushing nearly half of the United States into a flash drought, leading to fires in the Midwest and hindering shipping on the Mississippi River.
More than 100 different long-term weather stations in 26 states, including…
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims surrounding the 2024 election
With early voting underway, false and misleading reports have emerged online. A woman who was shown in a video shouting at a young girl in a stroller outside the rally for Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday was falsely identified. She…
Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
A 15-year-old Colorado girl is hospitalized with severe complications of E. coli food poisoning in an outbreak linked to McDonald's. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, ate Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before the…
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is detained in New York on parole violation claims
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully to convince a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he never meant to violate the terms of probation from a felony conviction. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer in…
Judge tosses GOP congressmen’s lawsuit over Pennsylvania’s overseas and military votes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit by six Republican members of Congress seeking to make Pennsylvania election officials institute new checks confirming the eligibility and identity of soldiers, sailors…
Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was ‘an absolute lovefest’
Donald Trump says his weekend rally that was marked by crude and racist insults was a “lovefest.” That’s a term the former president has also used to reference the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Given a chance to apologize on…
CNN bans conservative writer after ‘beeper’ comment to Muslim commentator
A prime-time CNN discussion that went off the rails led to a conservative writer being thrown off the air and banned from the network. Author Ryan Girdusky was participating in a panel discussion on “News Night” with commentator Mehdi Hasan…
Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC uses vulgarity demeaning women to describe Harris
Elon Musk's political action committee created an ad attacking Vice President Kamala Harris that includes multiple references to a vulgarity often used to demean women as well as calling her a communist.
In a 35 second video dated Oct. 25…
Judge continues to block Florida officials from threatening TV stations over abortion ads
A federal judge has continued to block the head of Florida’s health department from taking any more steps to threaten TV stations that air commercials for an abortion rights measure on next week’s ballot. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker…
US job openings fell in September to a 3 1/2-year low
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings tumbled last month to their lowest level since January 2021, a sign that the labor market is losing some momentum. Still, posted vacancies remain well above pre-pandemic levels.
The Labor Department…
Google ad change could affect millions of small businesses
NEW YORK (AP) — Google is changing the way its Google Local Services ads work, which could affect millions of small businesses.
Google Local Services ads run locally and are a big way that small businesses market their goods and services.…
American consumers feeling much more confident as Election Day nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling quite a bit more confident this month as Election Day approaches, a business research group says.
The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index jumped to 108.7 in…
‘All I can think about is hotter days.’ Voter campaigns target Latinas worried about climate change
As the November election approaches, large get-out-the-vote efforts are targeting Latinos, and particularly Latina moms, with a climate focus. They are hoping to harness the political power of millions of eligible Latino voters to protect…
Election 2024 Latest: With 1 week to go, Harris heads to Washington and Trump stumps in Pennsylvania
Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign’s “closing argument” from the same spot in Washington where former President Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Harris’ address from the…
Pfizer rides Paxlovid sales growth to better-than-expected third quarter
A boost from COVID-19 treatment sales helped bush Pfizer to a better-than-expected third quarter and higher forecast for the year.
Demand for the drugmaker’s Paxlovid treatment spurred by the latest COVID wave and a U.S. national stockpile…
7 steps to forecasting your cash flow needs in retirement
New retirees frequently rhapsodize about the joys of tossing their alarm clocks into the trash and filling their days with whatever activities they find gratifying. But if they’re honest, most new retirees find the financial aspect of the…
Voters drowning in ads from ‘obscene’ amounts of cash flooding Montana U.S. Senate race
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — After 18 years working to topple Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, Republicans in Big Sky Country see potential victory and control of the Senate majority within their grasp in an increasingly acrimonious…
Colorado congressional candidates in up-for-grabs district walk the line on border security
DENVER (AP) — The stage at a recent rally for presidential candidate Donald Trump in Colorado was designed with a pointed message in mind: poster-sized mugshots of Hispanic men in prison-orange loomed from the stage as speaker after speaker…
Candidates’ supporters seek Pennsylvania’s Catholic voters, whose votes may be crucial
Nationally, Catholic voters have been closely divided in recent presidential elections. This year, in the vital state of Pennsylvania, they’ll likely comprise at least a quarter of the electorate — and thus play a pivotal role in deciding…
McDonald’s US sales rebound on value meals, but E. coli outbreak could slow that momentum
Value meals helped turn around McDonald's U.S. sales in the third quarter, but that recovery could be dented in the final months of the year by an E. coli outbreak tied to the company's Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
U.S. same-store sales — or…
Biden announces $3B to reduce carbon emissions at US ports, ‘the linchpin to America’s supply chain’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $3 billion to boost climate-friendly equipment and infrastructure at ports across the country, including Baltimore, where a bridge collapse killed six construction workers in…
Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
Kamala Harris will promise to “put country above party and above self” in the closing argument of her presidential campaign. The vice president is to deliver the speech Wednesday evening from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the…
As Halloween approaches, tourists visit a home with a gruesome past and tunnels said to be haunted
October has long been considered the spookiest month, and as Halloween approaches, many tourists find it the ideal time to visit a home with a gruesome past or descend into a darkened basement clutching a lantern. While there is no…
Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren’t happy
Newspaper owners across the country have been ditching presidential endorsements, figuring they shouldn't alienate readers with something most of them don't care about. Yet in following that trend this past week, the Washington Post and Los…
Nebraska uses a unique method to find election workers: It drafts them
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day. But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections.
Nebraska is the only state in the U.S. that employs…
The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages
The polling place in the tiny Arctic village of Kaktovik never opened when Alaska had its primary election this summer because there was no trained staff to run the precinct. Voters also didn’t get a chance to vote in person in Wales, a…
Ballot drop box fires highlight concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target
The suspected arson fires of ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington this week is a reminder of how the popular collection devices have been the subject of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election. That has prompted distrust…
Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election’s final days
Arab Americans in Michigan are making their final decisions in the presidential election after a year of political turmoil in the nation's largest Arab American community. Voters in Muslim-majority cities like Dearborn have voted…
The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will test new guardrails from Congress
This presidential election will be the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol. And it will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ensure America’s long tradition of the peaceful…
Election threats persist four years after far-right extremists stormed the US Capitol
Nearly four years after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, political violence remains a persistent threat heading into another presidential election. But the nature of the danger has changed since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Many far-right…
Trump ally Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress
Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon has been released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Bannon left the Federal…
For the US election, the AP performs the world’s single largest act of journalism
Since long before the advent of the internet, smartphones or social media, The Associated Press has delivered the results of elections in the United States. Our fundamental role in the American democracy – the single largest act of…