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Georgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election

Nov. 01, 2024 19:12 PM EDT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's third-largest county is running late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots to voters just a few days before the election. To deliver the ballots on time, election officials in Cobb County north of Atlanta were using U.S. Postal Service express...

Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea

Nov. 01, 2024 19:10 PM EDT

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation’s biggest battleground...

Harris assails Trump for saying Liz Cheney should have rifles 'shooting at her'

Nov. 01, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris said Friday it was “disqualifying” for Donald Trump to say former Rep. Liz Cheney, one of the former president's most prominent Republican critics, should have rifles “shooting at her” to see how she feels about sending troops to fight. ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets April 2025 trial date as his lawyers fight to get bribery charge tossed

Nov. 01, 2024 18:30 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption trial will begin next April, a judge ruled Friday, right in the thick of his promised reelection campaign. U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho set the trial date as Adams returned to Manhattan federal court for a...

Early in-person voting in North Carolina exceeds 2020 total

Nov. 01, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting in North Carolina ends on Saturday, but the number of people who have cast ballots by this method already has exceeded the total from four years ago, according to the State Board of Elections. For the fall 2020 elections, a record 3.63...

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin

Nov. 01, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a fevered, final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin's largest county. Milwaukee is home to the...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a measure of the influence the world’s richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent...

Mississippi has 3 contested US House races and 1 incumbent without a challenger

Nov. 01, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has three contested U.S. House elections and one incumbent who will win another term with no opposition in the general election. HOUSE DISTRICT 1 Republican Rep. Trent Kelly faces Democratic challenger Dianne Dodson Black in north...

Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump

Nov. 01, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week's presidential election isn't just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It's also a measure of the influence the world's richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech and business titan, has spent at least...

Brazil criticizes Venezuela for escalating tensions and personal attacks

Nov. 01, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's government broke its silence Friday over growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was surprised by “the offensive tone” adopted by Venezuelan authorities toward Brazil. In recent days, Venezuela’s government...