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In Alabama, Trump goes from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to adulation of college football fans

Sep. 28, 2024 23:07 PM EDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as they prepared for the former president’s visit later in the evening. ...

Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration

Sep. 28, 2024 21:18 PM EDT

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues during an event intended to link his Democratic opponent to illegal border crossings. A day after Harris discussed...

No. 13 USC rallies from a double-digit deficit in the second half and roars past Wisconsin, 38-21

Sep. 28, 2024 20:59 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Coliseum crowd booed Southern California off the field at halftime Saturday after the Trojans committed three turnovers, struggled for defensive stops against Wisconsin and generally played like a team that wasn't ready for the Big Ten. Although they couldn't...

Sharpton and Central Park Five members get out the vote in battleground Pennsylvania

Sep. 28, 2024 02:56 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A few dozen New Yorkers boarded a bus in Harlem on Friday with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and members of the group formerly known as the Central Park Five, bound for Philadelphia, where they toured the city hoping to energize the youth vote ahead of the 2024...

Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state's ballot

Sep. 27, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die. The unanimous decision from the...

Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on swing state’s ballot (REMOVES extraneous word)

Sep. 27, 2024 17:33 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on swing state’s ballot (REMOVES extraneous word).

Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections

Sep. 27, 2024 15:36 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the elections clerk in Wisconsin's heavily Democratic capital city of Madison announced on Monday that duplicate absentee ballots had mistakenly been sent to around 2,000 voters, it ignited concerns about election integrity from a Republican congressman and others on the...

Utilities complete transmission line linking Iowa and Wisconsin

Sep. 27, 2024 13:28 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Construction work on a high-voltage transmission linking Iowa and Wisconsin has been completed and the line is fully operational, a group of utilities announced Friday. American Transmission Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and ITC Midwest began work on the...

Nebraska to become last Big Ten school to sell alcohol at football games in 2025 if regents give OK

Sep. 27, 2024 11:36 AM EDT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska would sell alcohol at Memorial Stadium in 2025 if the university's Board of Regents gives its approval at its next meeting. The proposal is listed on the agenda for the October meeting in Kearney next Friday and was first reported by The Omaha...

Judge orders US government to leave Wisconsin reservation roads open

Sep. 26, 2024 18:19 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to temporarily leave roads open on a northern Wisconsin reservation, giving non-tribal homeowners hope that they can maintain access to their properties for a while longer. U.S. District Judge William...