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Biden makes rare dip into battleground state fray with a visit to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Oct. 08, 2024 06:59 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making a rare jump into the 2024 political battleground fray since taking a step back after ending his reelection bid. He’ll campaign on Tuesday in Pennsylvania for a close ally and visit Wisconsin to spotlight a signature legislative...

Supreme Court rejects Republican-led challenge to Biden effort to ease voter registration

Oct. 07, 2024 21:35 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge from Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to a Biden administration executive order that is intended to boost voter registration. The justices did not comment in rejecting an appeal from the Republicans,...

Judge rules the FTC can proceed with antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, tosses out few state claims

Oct. 07, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

A federal judge said the Federal Trade Commission can proceed with its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon. But, he also gave the company a small victory by tossing out a few claims made by states involved in the legal fight. The order, issued last week by Judge John H. Chun...

Pennsylvania high court declines to decide mail-in ballot issues before election

Oct. 06, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to step in and immediately decide issues related to mail-in ballots in the commonwealth with early voting already under way in the few weeks before the Nov. 5 election. The commonwealth's highest court on Saturday...

Elon Musk makes his first appearance at a Trump rally and casts the election in dire terms

Oct. 06, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X,...

In Philadelphia, Chinatown activists rally again to stop development. This time, it's a 76ers arena

Oct. 06, 2024 01:08 AM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vivian Chang works on a narrow Philadelphia street that would have been consumed by a Phillies stadium had Chinatown activists not rallied to defeat the plan in the early 2000s. Instead of 40,000 cheering fans, the squeals of young children now fill the playground at Folk...

Trump urges his supporters to deliver victory in his return to scene of first assassination attempt

Oct. 05, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting. The former president and Republican nominee picked up...

Photos: A visual look at Trump's return to Pennsylvania for a rally at site of assassination attempt

Oct. 05, 2024 21:48 PM EDT

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of supporters returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday to rally around Donald Trump at the same site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July. Many had lined up as the sun rose for the event billed as a “tribute to the American spirit."...

Morgan State piles on D-II Lincoln (PA) for 41-0 win

Oct. 05, 2024 18:37 PM EDT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Duce Taylor threw for 197 yards and a touchdown and Morgan State beat Division II-affiliate Lincoln (PA) 41-0 on Saturday. Taylor threw a 79-yard scoring pass to Andre Crawley for the game's first score. The point-after attempt was blocked. Myles Miree ran it in...

Drew Allar throws TD, runs for another as No. 7 Penn State beats UCLA 27-11

Oct. 05, 2024 17:15 PM EDT

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Drew Allar threw for 237 yards with a touchdown and ran for another score to lead No. 7 Penn State to a 27-11 win over UCLA on Saturday. Playing without star running back Nick Singleton, Tyler Warren caught a touchdown pass in the last minute of the first...