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Today: September 20, 2024

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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Connecticut's mayoral elections

Voters throughout Connecticut will elect mayors in Tuesday’s off-year general election

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Connecticut's mayoral elections
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania's general election

Voters in Tuesday’s general election in Pennsylvania will fill a vacant state Supreme Court seat that could play a significant role on voting-related cases during the 2024 presidential campaign

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Pennsylvania's general election
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's general election

Tuesday is Election Day in Mississippi

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi's general election
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Maine's referendum election

Maine voters will decide the fate of eight statewide ballot measures in a referendum election Tuesday

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Maine's referendum election
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey's general election

Every seat in the New Jersey Legislature is up for grabs in Tuesday’s general election

AP Election Brief | What to expect in New Jersey's general election
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Kentucky's general election

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear seeks a second term in the heavily Republican state on Tuesday in one of the most competitive and closely watched races on the ballot this year

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Kentucky's general election
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in Rhode Island's special elections

Democrat Gabe Amo and Republican Gerry Leonard face off in a special congressional election in Rhode Island on Tuesday to complete the term of former Democratic congressman David Cicilline

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Rhode Island's special elections
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A Russian singer who condemned the war in Ukraine is back home. The Orthodox Church wants an apology

The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Russia's most renowned pop singer who returned home this week over her criticism of the war in Ukraine

A Russian singer who condemned the war in Ukraine is back home. The Orthodox Church wants an apology
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Putin says some Western weapons for Ukraine are ending up in the Taliban's hands

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that some Western weapons supplied to

Putin says some Western weapons for Ukraine are ending up in the Taliban's hands
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AP Election Brief | What to expect in New York's general election

New York voters will decide of a variety of races and ballot questions in Tuesday's general election

AP Election Brief | What to expect in New York's general election
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Serbia's pro-Russia intelligence chief sanctioned by the US has resigned citing Western pressure

Serbia’s intelligence chief has resigned after less than a year in the post saying he wanted to avoid possible further embargos against the Balkan nation

Serbia's pro-Russia intelligence chief sanctioned by the US has resigned citing Western pressure
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A cyber breach delays poll worker training in Mississippi's largest county before the statewide vote

Election officials in Mississippi’s most populous county had to scramble to complete required poll worker training after an early September breach involving county computers

A cyber breach delays poll worker training in Mississippi's largest county before the statewide vote
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Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might come next

Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden
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Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech

A federal appeals court is temporarily lifting a gag order on Donald Trump in his federal election interference case in Washington

Appeals courts temporarily lifts Trump's gag order as he fights the restrictions on his speech
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Her daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting. Now she's running for mayor of Uvalde

Kimberly Mata-Rubio's 10-year-old daughter was one of the 19 children and two teachers killed in the May 24, 2022, shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Her daughter was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting. Now she's running for mayor of Uvalde
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War in the Middle East upends the dynamics of 2024 House Democratic primaries

Most members of Congress have stood firmly behind Israel since the Hamas attack, but not Cori Bush

War in the Middle East upends the dynamics of 2024 House Democratic primaries
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North Carolina's voter ID mandate taking effect this fall is likely dress rehearsal for 2024

North Carolina’s photo voter identification law is getting implemented in local elections that wrap up next week

North Carolina's voter ID mandate taking effect this fall is likely dress rehearsal for 2024
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Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now. Blinken says that could be counterproductive

Arab leaders who met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jordan are pushing for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war

Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now. Blinken says that could be counterproductive
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Western officials broach with Kyiv issue of possible peace talks with Moscow - NBC

U.S. and European officials have spoken to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail to end the war, NBC quoted an unidentified senior U.S.

Western officials broach with Kyiv issue of possible peace talks with Moscow - NBC
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Erdogan says he will try to facilitate Sweden's NATO bid ratification

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would try to facilitate the parliamentary ratification of Sweden's NATO membership as much as possible, but added that Stockhom had still

Erdogan says he will try to facilitate Sweden's NATO bid ratification
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Gov. Youngkin aims for a GOP sweep in Virginia's legislative elections. Democrats have other ideas

Voters are set to make a critical decision in next week's Virginia legislative elections

Gov. Youngkin aims for a GOP sweep in Virginia's legislative elections. Democrats have other ideas
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GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party's direction under Trump as he leaves the House

Ken Buck has gained national prominence as a Republican congressman fed up with Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden

GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party's direction under Trump as he leaves the House
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Haley and Ramaswamy show the rising political power of Indian Americans even as they feud in debates

Two of the Republicans running for president are Indian American, even though polling points to an Indian diaspora that overwhelmingly votes for Democrats

Haley and Ramaswamy show the rising political power of Indian Americans even as they feud in debates
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Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have marched in Washington, Paris, Berlin and other European cities

Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza
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Blinken visits West Bank to meet Palestinian leader Abbas as Gaza war rages

U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to the occupied West Bank on Sunday and met with the Palestinian Authority president as he continues a

Blinken visits West Bank to meet Palestinian leader Abbas as Gaza war rages

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