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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Idaho on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine presidential candidates will appear on Idaho's ballot in the Nov.
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AP Decision Note: What to expect in Connecticut on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut voters will decide races for president, Congress and the state Legislature in the Nov. 5 general election, as well as a statewide ballot measure to expand voting options.
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Ohio's first female House speaker, Republican Jo Ann Davidson, champion of GOP women, has died at 97

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women in office, died Friday. She was 97. Republican Ohio Gov.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Rhode Island on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will compete for Rhode Island’s four electoral votes in the Nov. 5 general election.
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North Dakota Supreme Court asked to keep overturned abortion ban in place during state's appeal

BISMARCK, N.D.
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Trump accused of groping a woman in 1992 while Jeffrey Epstein watched

Trump accused of groping a woman in 1992 while Jeffrey Epstein watched

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stacey Williams alleged this week that former President Donald Trump groped her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein watched.
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Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster

Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that the government said was the country's worst-ever environmental disaster.
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Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters

Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of major government contractor SpaceX and key ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years, The Wall
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After years of legal battles, Montreal suburb finally kills deer in park

After years of legal battles, Montreal suburb finally kills deer in park

MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb with a park overpopulated with white-tailed deer says it has carried out the first phase of its cull, with 64 animals killed. Longueuil, Que.
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The 'Black Insurrectionist' was actually white. The deception did not stop there

The 'Black Insurrectionist' was actually white. The deception did not stop there

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York. He's white.
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