To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories
NEW YORK (AP) — As news outlets get ready for election night, they’re not only focusing on what happens. They’re keeping watch over what doesn’t. Several plans to combat misinformation are in place across newsrooms that will
Conservatives could win control of Kansas and Nebraska state school boards
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservatives could capture majorities on the Kansas and Nebraska state school boards in this year’s elections, making it easier for them to shape what’s taught in classrooms. At issue are familiar efforts by
Two Virginia candidates for Congress say democracy is at stake. It’s there the campaigns part ways
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The candidates to represent Virginia’s 7th Congressional District both say democracy is in trouble. Republican Derrick Anderson and Democrat Eugene Vindman each make the case that the government has failed voters in the
Mother who beat and starved her 5-year-old son to death faces over 50 years in prison
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman faces a sentence of over 50 years to life in prison in the death of her 5-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and exposed to drugs, weighing just 19
Biden heads to Indian Country as Harris steps up appeal to Native American voters
PHOENIX (AP) — President Joe Biden is at last making his way to Indian Country, paying a long-promised visit to a reservation in Arizona that Democrats hope could provide a boost to Vice President Kamala Harris’ turnout
15-year-old boy charged in shooting deaths of parents, 3 siblings in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy accused of killing his parents and three of his siblings this week east of Seattle tried to pin the slayings on his younger brother, but a sister who survived after playing
Thousands were adopted to the US but not made citizens. Decades later, they risk being deported
The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the way it left thousands of them without citizenship, through a bureaucratic loophole that the government has
Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing ‘The Love Boat’ theme song, dies at 86
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died. He was 86. Jones died Wednesday night at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after battling
‘US doesn’t see me as an American’: Thousands of adoptees live in limbo without citizenship
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The 50-year-old newspaper was turning yellow and its edges fraying, so she had it laminated, not as a memento but as proof — America made a promise to her, and did not keep
Musk sends more money to back Trump, giving $44 million to super PAC
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Ulmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk gave about $44 million to his pro-Donald Trump spending group during the first half of October, federal disclosures showed on Thursday, as the billionaire stepped up
