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Disputes over access to the vote intensify as Ohioans begin to cast ballots 10/08/2024 05:03pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several disputes over voter rights in Ohio were unresolved Tuesday as the state began accepting early ballots in this fall’s election for president, a key U.S. Senate race and a redistricting measure. Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose had not yet responded to Commo Bring your pets to church, Haitian immigrant priest tells worshippers. 'I am not going to eat them.' 10/08/2024 05:01pm • CONCORD, N.H. (RNS) — As pet lovers gathered in a church garden here Saturday (Oct. 5) with dogs and photographs for the annual Blessing of the Animals, they were greeted with an assurance unlike any in years past. “I say: Bring your pet. Bring your dog and cat. I am a Haitian, and I am not goin Jets owner says firing of Saleh will bring 'new energy' to one of franchise's 'most talented teams' 10/08/2024 04:24pm • Woody Johnson sensed his struggling New York Jets needed a change — and now. So the owner made the stunning decision Tuesday to fire coach Robert Saleh just five games into his fourth season after the team's 2-3 start following a 23-17 loss to Minnesota in London on Sunday. “This is one of the m NCAA cracking down on weapon gestures toward opponents in college football 10/08/2024 04:24pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — College football is on high alert for players flashing make-believe guns at an opponent. That happened Saturday when freshman edge rusher Dylan Stewart, who sacked Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart for a loss of eight yards on third down, stood over him and pretended to sho What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories 10/08/2024 04:10pm • Severe weather can target any part of the globe, but each year the Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic devastation to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America all the way up through the United States and into Canada. Forec 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 Not everything will run perfectly on Election Day. Still, US elections are remarkably reliable 10/08/2024 03:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — On Election Day, some voting lines will likely be long and some precincts may run out of ballots. An election office website could go down temporarily and ballot-counting machines will jam. Or people who help run elections might just act like the humans they are, forgetting their Milton's storm surge is a threat that could be devastating far beyond the Tampa Bay region 10/08/2024 03:21pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene “spared” the Tampa Bay region a direct hit and yet storm surge still caused catastrophic damage, flooding homes, drowning people who decided to stay near the coast and leaving massive piles of debris that still sit along roadsides. No Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election? 10/08/2024 03:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When you hear the term bellwether, you might think about states in the presidential election that always vote with the White House winner. The true meaning of a bellwether is an indicator of a trend. And for that, you need to be thinking about counties. In a closely contested pre Gun activists say they are aiming to put Massachusetts gun law repeal on 2026 ballot 10/08/2024 03:15pm • BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gun advocates announced Tuesday that they have gathered enough signatures to place a question on the 2026 ballot that would repeal a sweeping new gun law that cracks down on privately made, unserialized ghost guns, criminalizes possession of bump stocks and trigger cran On a screen near you: Officials are livestreaming the election process for more transparency 10/08/2024 03:13pm • Rows of folding tables and empty chairs appear on Ballot Processing View 2. Over on Tabulation View 2, a man in a black T-shirt and shorts is seen shuffling papers near a waist-high machine. The livestream scenes from Maricopa County, Arizona, of the 2024 election process may not be the most riveti Oregon receiver Tez Johnson looks forward to third-ranked Ducks' duel with No. 2 Ohio State 10/08/2024 03:07pm • EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Tez Johnson's journey in Eugene started with Bo Nix. Johnson followed his brother Nix to Oregon last year after three years at Troy State. The connection between the two players was special, both off the field and on it. Adopted by the Nix family when he was a teenager, Johns Election certification is a traditionally routine duty that has become politicized in the Trump era 10/08/2024 03:02pm • For the outcome of this year's presidential race, it will be the vote count on election night and possibly in the days after that will grab the public's attention. But those numbers are unofficial until the election is formally certified — a once uneventful process that has become politicized sinc Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 6 10/08/2024 02:45pm • They may not all look secure at first glance, but these players are virtual locks in fantasy football going into Week 6. Also added are some big-name players who you should fade if you have the leeway to do so. Quarterbacks Start: Caleb Williams, Bears vs Jaguars Williams seems to have found his gro France’s minority government survives a no-confidence vote, 2 weeks after taking office 10/08/2024 02:37pm • PARIS (AP) — France’s minority government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing lawmakers to bring down new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier. The vote was a key test for Barnier, whose Cabinet is force