Pennsylvania high court gives voters provisional option if their mail ballots get rejected
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Wednesday said people whose mail ballots are rejected for not following technical procedures in state law can cast provisional ballots, a decision sure to affect some of the thousands
California man charged with using ‘weapon of mass destruction’ in courthouse explosion
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man is facing new federal charges after being arrested in a courthouse bomb attack that injured five people last month, prosecutors said Wednesday. Nathaniel McGuire, 20, has been charged with using
North Carolina government calculates Hurricane Helene damages, needs at least $53B
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The catastrophic flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina likely caused at least a record $53 billion in damages and recovery needs, Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration said Wednesday. The
Postal Service reassures on mail ballots, says all centers operating in regions hit by hurricanes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes, a top official said Wednesday in a briefing meant to
Before Taylor Swift show in New Orleans, a homeless encampment is forced to move
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In anticipation of three Taylor Swift concerts, which could draw around 150,000 visitors to New Orleans’ Superdome this weekend, state authorities on Wednesday began clearing a nearby homeless encampment. Roughly 75 people who
Rudy Giuliani is ordered to turn over assets to 2 Georgia election workers. How will that work?
Rudy Giuliani has to get his stuff together. The former New York City mayor has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes and a variety of other personal possessions — from his television to
Florida teachers unions head to trial over anti-union law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s teachers unions are heading back to court Thursday in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new requirements for certain unions. A trial is scheduled to begin at a federal courthouse in
DNA links a suspected Chicago-area serial killer who died in 1981 to a woman’s 1979 death
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (AP) — DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later, authorities said
50 years after Philadelphia halted prison medical testing, families seek reparations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifty years ago, Philadelphia prison officials ended a medical testing program that had allowed an Ivy League researcher to conduct human testing on incarcerated people, many of them Black, for decades. Now, survivors of
Harris hits a Philadelphia deli famous for being a political hotspot ahead of townhall
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday popped into Philadelphia’s Famous 4th Street Deli — a longtime haven for elected officials where the politics is probably more famous than the pastrami and other lunchtime staples.
