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Connecticut city's 'mishandled ballots' fuel election skeptics. Experts call problem local, limited 11/02/2023 11:36pm • A judge's order for a new primary in Connecticut's largest city because of what he called mishandling of absentee ballots is fueling skepticism about the security of U.S. elections, as well as conspiracy theories involving the 2020 presidential election. But election experts contend what happened in Va. Gov. Youngkin issues guidelines for notifying parents of school-related drug overdoses 11/02/2023 01:21pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order Wednesday aimed at bolstering the response to school-related drug overdoses after one northern Virginia school district reported 10 suspected student overdoses had taken place across six high schools less than halfway through the school year. 911 call shows man suspected in plan to attack Colorado amusement park was found dead near a ride 11/01/2023 10:40pm • DENVER (AP) — The body of a heavily armed man who authorities suspected was planning a “heinous” attack at a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom at a building that houses a ride that drops 110-feet deep into caverns, accordi Hearing to determine if Trump can be barred from office reaches far back in history for answers 11/01/2023 09:46pm • DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's “insurrection clause” turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates. Ge Countries at a UK summit pledge to tackle AI's potentially 'catastrophic' risks 11/01/2023 09:10pm • BLETCHLEY PARK, England (AP) — Delegates from 28 nations, including the U.S. and China, agreed Wednesday to work together to contain the potentially “catastrophic” risks posed by galloping advances in artificial intelligence. The first international AI Safety Summit, held at a former codebreak 8 juvenile overdoses reported at one Loudoun Co. high school 11/01/2023 06:49am • At least eight opioid-related overdoses have been reported at a high school in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the last three weeks. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating the overdoses reported at Park View High School in Sterling where "four of the overdoses occurred in the school, a Judge in trial of 3 Washington police officers allows a breathing expert to testify over objections 10/31/2023 07:36pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors spent Tuesday morning trying to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure on their ba Editorial Roundup: United States 10/31/2023 06:28pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Oct. 26 The Washington Post on the economic ideas presented by GOP candidates for POTUS Republican candidates are trying to capitalize on discontent with “Bidenomics.” Despite strong job gains, cooling inflation, blockbuster third- Jury finds Hawaii couple guilty for stealing identities of dead babies 10/31/2023 05:19pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A jury has convicted a Hawaii couple of conspiracy, passport fraud and identity theft for stealing identities and living for decades under the names of dead babies. Jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching guilty verdicts Monday, according to court records. The judg Nevada's Republican governor criticizes the state GOP holding a caucus despite a separate primary 10/31/2023 05:06pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo ripped his state party's plan to hold a caucus despite a primary election occurring two days prior, a split that some state GOP officials warn could confuse voters in a key early nomination state. Speaking on the “Nevada Newsmakers” podcast Senior Chinese official meets Myanmar leader for security talks as fighting rages in frontier area 10/31/2023 11:37am • BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security along the countries' shared border, Myanmar state media reported Tuesday. The visit by Chinese State Council member and Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong comes as fighting rage In the shadow of loss, a mother's long search for happiness 10/31/2023 11:23am • AJIJIC, Mexico (AP) — There’s a look Sandy Phillips came to know each time she arrived somewhere a gunman had made famous. Her road trip through mass shooting sites went on for a decade and always seemed to have a new stop. When she reached it, she’d lock eyes with someone and see the catatoni Dutch court sentences Russian businessman to 18 months for busting sanctions targeting Moscow 10/31/2023 10:43am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted a Russian businessman Tuesday of exporting computer chips and other electronic products to the Russian arms and defense industry in violation of European Union sanctions and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. The EU has slapped Moscow with a s Dodgers' Mookie Betts hopes MLB teams consider signing 'awesome guy' Trevor Bauer, report says 10/30/2023 11:23pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Mookie Betts hopes major league teams consider signing his former teammate, pitcher Trevor Bauer, this winter. “It's something to think about,” Betts told the Los Angeles Times on Monday at the World Series in Phoenix. Betts was invited by Major Leagu Mason McTavish scores in the final seconds to lead the Ducks over the Penguins 4-3 10/30/2023 11:09pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anaheim Ducks forward Mason McTavish sat in the penalty box, hoping that his teammates could kill a 5-on-3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play in the final two minutes of a tie game. When the Ducks successfully killed his penalty, McTavish made sure to take care of the