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A person in the audience holds a sign against Amendment 4 which would protect access to abortion as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference with Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Coral Gables, Fla.

Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

A person in the audience holds a sign against Amendment 4 which would protect access to abortion as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference with Florida Physicians Against Amendment 4 Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Coral Gables, Fla.

October 30, 2024, 8:19am Nation & World

The groups promoting ballot measures to add amendments to the constitutions in nine states that would enshrine a right to abortion have raised more than $160 million. Read story

US forest managers finalize land exchange with Native American tribe in Arizona

October 30, 2024, 8:16am Nation & World

U.S. forest managers have finalized a land exchange with the Yavapai-Apache Nation that has been decades in the making and will significantly expand the size of the tribe’s reservation in Arizona’s Verde Valley, tribal leaders announced Tuesday. Read story

Liberty University sued by former IT staffer fired after disclosing she’s a transgender woman

October 30, 2024, 8:15am Churches & Religion

The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman. Read story

Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near the headquarters of Israel&#039;s Mossad spy agency, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel&#039;s Magen David Adom rescue service in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.

AP-NORC poll finds Democrats and Republicans split on Israel’s responsibility for war’s escalation

Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near the headquarters of Israel&#039;s Mossad spy agency, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel&#039;s Magen David Adom rescue service in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.

October 30, 2024, 8:12am Nation & World

Many American voters are concerned that the ongoing Middle East conflict will escalate into an all-out regional war, a new poll finds. About half of voters are “extremely” or “very” worried about the possibility of a broader war in the region. Read story

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Oct. 29, 2024.

Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Oct. 29, 2024.

October 30, 2024, 8:11am Latest News

In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests. Read story

Tamera Drain wears an &ldquo;I Voted&rdquo; sticker on her sweatshirt during a get out the vote rally at North Carolina A&amp;T in Greensboro, N.C., Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.

North Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history

Tamera Drain wears an &ldquo;I Voted&rdquo; sticker on her sweatshirt during a get out the vote rally at North Carolina A&amp;T in Greensboro, N.C., Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.

October 30, 2024, 8:10am Nation & World

Strewn across the coastal plains and backroads of North Carolina lie institutions that could be pivotal in the battleground state in Tuesday’s elections — 10 historically Black colleges and universities steeped in a history of activism. Read story

Stickers for voters sit in a roll on a ballot box at a voting drop-off location Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Washington Park in Denver.

Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure

Stickers for voters sit in a roll on a ballot box at a voting drop-off location Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Washington Park in Denver.

October 30, 2024, 7:38am Nation & World

Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday. Read story

Assad Turfe, a Lebanese American and the deputy executive of Wayne County, is interviewed, Oct. 23, 2024 in Dearborn, Mich. Turfe is among the few Arab American leaders in Michigan to have endorsed presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Arab American voters make their choice — Harris, Trump or neither — in the election’s final days

Assad Turfe, a Lebanese American and the deputy executive of Wayne County, is interviewed, Oct. 23, 2024 in Dearborn, Mich. Turfe is among the few Arab American leaders in Michigan to have endorsed presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

October 29, 2024, 2:27pm Latest News

Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite. Read story

Construction is wrapping up on eight  reefs at the southernmost tip of New York City, off the coast of Staten Island, Oct. 9.

Artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures

Construction is wrapping up on eight  reefs at the southernmost tip of New York City, off the coast of Staten Island, Oct. 9.

October 29, 2024, 1:46pm Nation & World

Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island’s Tottenville neighborhood when Superstorm Sandy struck the city 12 years ago. A narrow strip of sand, some beach scrub and a few lonely trees did almost nothing to slow the ocean swells… Read story

Lawsuit claims ICE withheld $300M in bond payments from immigrants

October 29, 2024, 1:38pm Nation & World

U.S. immigration authorities illegally kept more than $300 million in bond payments from tens of thousands of low-income immigrant families and U.S. citizens, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Read story