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The Latest: All eyes on Pennsylvania as candidates spend final day campaigning there

Nov. 05, 2024 01:03 AM EST

The presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. Kamala Harris spent all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald...

Casey and McCormick square off in Pennsylvania race that could determine Senate control

Nov. 05, 2024 00:17 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick will help determine control of the chamber Tuesday in a battleground state contest that is one of the nation’s most expensive this year. ...

Legislature's majorities and picking a new state attorney general are on the Pennsylvania ballot

Nov. 05, 2024 00:08 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday will decide whether to keep Democrats in control of the state House and maintain the Republican state Senate's majority, along with deciding who should be running state offices that prosecute crimes, handle billions in public money and keep a...

Pennsylvania is home to 5 heavily contested races for the US House

Nov. 05, 2024 00:04 AM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is home to five heavily contested races for the U.S. House, contests that will be critical to determining control of a narrowly divided chamber where Democrats need a net pickup of four seats to take control. Three of those five races are in...

Lamothe has 27, N.C. A&T takes down Cheyney (PA) 107-55

Nov. 04, 2024 23:23 PM EST

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Jahnathan Lamothe's 27 points helped N.C. A&T defeat Cheyney (PA) 107-55 on Monday night. Lamothe added six rebounds for the Aggies. Will Felton added 17 points while going 6 of 6 and 5 of 7 from the free-throw line while they also had 12 rebounds....

Williams' 17 lead Pennsylvania past NJIT 58-57

Nov. 04, 2024 23:13 PM EST

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Dylan Williams had 17 points in Pennsylvania's 58-57 victory over NJIT on Monday night. Williams shot 5 for 9 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Quakers. Ethan Roberts shot 4 for 11 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7...

Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico

Nov. 04, 2024 22:29 PM EST

READING, Pa. (AP) — The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic. “What you call trash is our treasure,” the sign read. ...

Jason Kelce apologizes for cellphone incident at Ohio State-Penn State before Bucs-Chiefs game

Nov. 04, 2024 20:29 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Retired Eagles center Jason Kelce apologized during ESPN's pregame show Monday night after grabbing the phone of an unruly fan and spiking it to the ground before the Ohio State-Penn State game last weekend. “In a heated moment, I decided to greet hate...

This is how precincts in Pennsylvania handle unexpected issues on Election Day

Nov. 04, 2024 17:48 PM EST

On Tuesday, millions of people in Pennsylvania will travel to their local polling place to cast a ballot. Election officials want everything to go smoothly, but disruptions sometimes happen. The most common disruptions at precincts are late openings, lack of staffing...

Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications

Nov. 04, 2024 17:38 PM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving election officials to decide voter eligibility during hearings that will extend well past Election Day. State elections officials say the “mass...