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Most Americans don’t trust AI-powered election information: AP-NORC/USAFacts survey

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Alabama. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. “I just don’t think AI produces truth,” the 68-year-old political conservative said in an interview.

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Scott Walker’s campaign baffles Wisconsin voters who mistake him for more famous namesake

Associated Press PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker is running for the Wisconsin Legislature. But he’s not who you think he is. This is Scott Abbot Walker, not former Gov. Scott Kevin Walker. He’s a Democratic country doctor running against 14-year Republican incumbent Travis Tranel in southwestern Wisconsin’s 49th Assembly District and his toughest task

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On board a lifesaving hospital train bringing Ukraine’s wounded soldiers to safety

Exclusive by Christiane Amanpour, Madalena Araújo and Ivana Kottasová, CNN. Video by Alex Platt and Mark Baron. Photos by Ivana Kottasová Ukraine (CNN) — Olga is running around the intensive care unit, constantly checking her patients’ oxygen levels, adjusting their medication and noting their vitals. She’s working fast, but even at her busiest, the nurse

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Pope marvels at Singapore’s skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant workers not be forgotten

Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers, as he opened the final leg of his tour through some of Asia’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest. Francis marveled

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The candidates to be Japan’s next leader include a former premier’s son and a defense expert

Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan will have a new leader after outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party holds a vote on Sept. 27 to choose his replacement. They hope to shake off scandals that have dogged his government and regain public support. A record nine candidates, including two women, seek the

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Local leaders set to talk post-Hilary air quality concerns in meeting with state representatives Thursday

Questions continue to grow about what’s in the air around the Coachella Valley following last August’s Tropical Storm Hilary. A meeting will be held Thursday where local, regional, and state leaders will focus on those questions and search for potential solutions. The meeting is set to bring together local representatives from local cities, tribes, and Riverside County along with the South Coast

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Maricopa County’s 2-page ballots could make for long lines on Election Day

Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona election officials are warning there could be delays at polling places and vote-counting machines could jam as voters fill out a multipage ballot, an unusual occurrence in the presidential battleground state. The majority of Arizona voters will receive a two-page ballot that is printed on both sides,

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Protests break out in DC following fatal police shooting of a Black ‘violence interrupter’

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Peaceful protests over the fatal police shooting of a Black “violence interrupter” in Washington, DC, turned violent Tuesday evening when protesters threw bottles and rocks at police officers, leading to arrests, authorities said. Crowds had gathered outside the Metropolitan Police Department 7th District station in southeast DC, calling for justice for Justin Robinson,

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Congress will get increased federal security on Jan. 6 for first election certification since US Capitol attack

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — When members of Congress meet on Capitol Hill to certify the electoral votes in the 2024 presidential election, the process, on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, will have the full weight of the federal government behind its security. The certification process on January 6,

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Sudan accuses UAE of arming rivals and prolonging war, UAE accuses Sudan of refusing to talk peace

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Sudanese government accused the United Arab Emirates of providing weapons to its rival paramilitary force and prolonging the 17-month war. The UAE called the allegations “utterly false” and “baseless” and accused the government of refusing to negotiate peace with its enemy. Their latest clash came during a U.N.

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