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Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — There is increased security at a downtown Detroit convention center ahead of next week’s presidential election. Elections officials say Thursday that metal detectors are located at the entrances to the hall where ballots will be counted. To enter, public observers, vote challengers and the media will have to show poll

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — According to a Pentagon audit, Boeing has overcharged the Air Force on spare parts for a major cargo plane, including marking up the price of simple lavatory soap dispensers by 8,000%. The Defense Department’s inspector general reported this week that Boeing’s overcharges totaled nearly $1 million for 12 items used

Associated Press ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A Republican committeeman has asked a judge to stop early voting in Missouri’s third-largest county until it allows “watchers” or challengers” to observe the polls. The county’s election director and Republican secretary of state say early voting will continue in St. Charles County until a judge issues a

Associated Press A moving company representative and lawyers were expected to be given access to Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment on Thursday after the former New York City mayor failed to turn over belongings to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him. The two sides hurled allegations against each

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former South Florida school district attorney accused of illegally sharing information from a statewide grand jury on the 2018 Parkland school shooting has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge. Former Broward County Public Schools general counsel Barbara Myrick pleaded no contest Thursday to a misdemeanor count of attempted

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say a 50-year-old hunter has been found dead in an apparent brown bear mauling on an island in southeastern Alaska. Tad Fujioka, of Sitka, was reported overdue Tuesday evening after not returning from a solo daylong hunting trip on heavily forested Baranof Island. State wildlife troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard

Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — For U.S. philanthropist Amed Khan, America’s has mismanaged the war in Ukraine. It has rallied support, but not enough for Kyiv to win the war. He and other Americans who directly support Ukraine’s war effort, either through financial aid or voluntary combat, say the U.S. — Ukraine’s main ally

Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas has purchased 815 acres of land to build a new prison intended to ease a backlog of inmates being held in county jails. Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and state corrections officials announced the land had been purchased in Charleston. The Board of Corrections must approve the

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s no surprise that workers feel burned-out. We’ve been through a lot the past few years. A global pandemic took loved ones’ lives and left parents working without childcare. College graduates began first jobs without lunch buddies or in-person mentors. Elections and wars divided families and places of work.

Associated Press BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain (AP) — Moments after rushing waters burst through the door to her home, Mari Carmen Pérez received a text message alert from regional Spanish authorities warning her of the possibility of flash floods. But by the time Pérez’s phone buzzed, the water had already gushed into her kitchen,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025. The future of ‘Obamacare’ has emerged as a key issue in the closing days of the presidential campaign, with a top GOP leader promising this week to overhaul the program should

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A student from the University of Michigan faces criminal charges after authorities say an illegal ballot was cast in a rare case of a non-U.S. citizen voting. The student faces charges of perjury and attempting to vote as an unauthorized elector. Noncitizen voting is extremely rare in the U.S.

Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — In a matter of minutes, flash floods caused by heavy downpours in eastern Spain swept away everything in their path. With no time to react, people were trapped for hours in vehicles, homes and businesses. A week after the Oct. 29 deluge, authorities have recovered 219 bodies and continue

Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former worker hacked servers at Walt Disney World after being fired in order to manipulate computer menus by changing prices, adding profanities and altering notifications to wrongly declare some items as safe for people with allergies, according to a federal criminal complaint. The former employee was arrested last

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the scenic hills overlooking Los Angeles, nine immigrants from countries spanning from Lebanon and Germany to Taiwan and Mexico took oaths to become new American citizens at an outdoor naturalization ceremony with the Hollywood sign in the background. With the U.S. presidential election fast approaching, several said voting

AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Athletics owner John Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas and U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan, club executive Sandy Dean said Thursday. Dean made his remarks to a special meeting of the

Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed on her death certificate, after a decade-long battle that highlighted the risks vehicle emissions pose to children in low-income communities. The apology