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What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest. At this late stage in the campaign, every day matters. And while few voters might change their minds this late in a...
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour
The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed....
Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry. She crossed under a patchwork of pipes and ducts to the far back corner of the basement, as she had done many times before. That, she said, is where correctional...
Arizona enlists county employees to help tackle a surge of 2-page early ballots
PHOENIX (AP) — Employees for Arizona’s most populous county are taking on extra shifts to help election workers with an around-the-clock operation to process early ballots that are an unusually long two pages. Election officials in Maricopa County must verify each voter’s...
Court orders Arizona to release list of voters whose citizenship hasn't been verified
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's secretary of state office must release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to the full ballot because of a coding glitch, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday. Secretary of State Adrian...
Arizona county board votes not to pay elected prosecutor facing misuse of funds charges
PHOENIX (AP) — A longtime top prosecutor in a rural eastern Arizona county who faces criminal charges of misusing public funds will be stripped of his salary just days before standing unopposed for reelection as a Democrat, following a vote of county elected officials on Thursday. ...
Man gets suspended sentence in assault of former US senator in Iowa park
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a man probation and a suspended sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to attacking a former U.S. senator as she was running along a riverside park in western Iowa. Dominic Henton, 26, was given the suspended sentence and probation for...
Comtech: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (CMTL) on Thursday reported a loss of $90.8 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Chandler, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of $3.48 per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs and...
Viav Solutions: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV) on Thursday reported a loss of $1.8 million in its fiscal first quarter. The Chandler, Arizona-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to...
49ers seek to shake off the Super Bowl hangover in the second half of the season
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As much as the San Francisco 49ers tried to downplay the curse of the Super Bowl loser leading up to this season, the first half of 2024 has looked just like that. A summer dominated by contract disputes. A string of injuries that put many of last...
