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AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day 10/08/2024 04:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Americans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close ��� in several different ways, including many submitted a few weeks before polls even open. They will choose a president, members of Congress and thousands of state lawmakers, city council m 3 Virginia universities with ���some��� viability risks, study finds 10/08/2024 02:13pm • While none of Virginia���s colleges and universities are considered to be a ���high��� viability risk, three institutions ��� the University of Mary Washington, Virginia State University, and Radford University ��� are rated as having ���some��� risks that could threaten their ability to survive and Supreme Court takes the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket 10/07/2024 12:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights. Seated in front of the courtroom's sweeping marble columns, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the formal end of the court's previous term, when a serie First responders: Large, clear house numbers needed when finding you in an emergency 10/07/2024 11:57am • First responders rushing to offer police, fire and emergency services can be delayed if home address numbers can't be easily seen from the street. "We want to get to you quickly," said Pete Piringer, chief spokesperson for Montgomery County, Maryland's fire and rescue service. "Finding your home, Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump's no-tax pledges and what they might cost 10/07/2024 09:58am • Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he's elected to the White House again. But he hasn't detailed how he would fund those ideas and avoid creating a huge budget shortfall, beyond arguing he will usher in an economic boom. He argues hi Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts 10/07/2024 03:34am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S. Iswar Sao Paulo mayor's race heads to a runoff without a controversial outsider in Brazil's elections 10/06/2024 08:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Incumbent Ricardo Nunes and leftist lawmaker Guilherme Boulos will face each other in a runoff to decide the next mayor of Sao Paulo, following a first round of voting Sunday in Brazil���s local elections. Nunes, Boulos and self-help guru turned far-right politician Pablo Mar Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 10/06/2024 08:00pm • Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are disrupting virtually every industry. In recent years, the world has gotten a firsthand look at remarkable advances in AI technology, including OpenAI's ChatGPT AI chatbot, GitHub's Copilot AI code generation software and Google's Gemini AI model. Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region 10/06/2024 07:55pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Hurricane Milton quickly intensified Sunday and is on track to become a major hurricane with the Tampa Bay area in its sights, putting Florida on edge and triggering evacuation orders along a coast still reeling from Helene���s devastation. While forecast models vary, Virginia abortion patients, new report highlight barriers to accessing care despite fewer restrictions 10/05/2024 08:54pm • Editor���s note: The Virginia Mercury is not using the last names of the women in this article to protect their privacy and safety. The accounts of all three women have been verified with medical records and by a medical professional with knowledge of their experiences. Nisa knew her third pregna The Supreme Court opens its new term with election disputes in the air but not yet on the docket 10/05/2024 08:35am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Transgender rights, the regulation of ���ghost guns��� and the death penalty highlight the Supreme Court's election-season term that begins Monday, with the prospect of the court's intervention in voting disputes lurking in the background. The justices are returning to the bench Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge 10/04/2024 08:09pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A jury on Friday acquitted a former police officer in Virginia of involuntary manslaughter after he fatally shot a shoplifting suspect outside a busy shopping mall. But the jury did convict the former police sergeant, Wesley Shifflett, of reckless handling of a firearm in co Judge denies an order sought by a Black student who was punished over his hair 10/04/2024 07:32pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student���s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume. Darryl George had sough Paul Pogba doping ban reduced from 4 years to 18 months 10/04/2024 03:49pm • Paul Pogba has had his four-year ban for doping reduced to 18 months after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The ruling means the France World Cup winner will be free to resume his career in March 2025. CAS confirmed earlier reports that the ban was reduced when approached by The Asso Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild 10/03/2024 09:12am • HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� It was just a month ago that Brooke Hiers left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived since Hurricane Idalia slammed into her Gulf Coast fishing village of Horseshoe Beach in August 2023. Hiers and her husband Clint were still finishing the elect