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This Democrat could challenge DeSantis' campaign against abortion, pot amendments

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ use of state resources to campaign against two constitutional amendments has prompted a flurry of lawsuits, rebukes from politicians on both sides of the aisle and at least one state official’s abrupt resignation.

One of the few people who haven’t weighed in is a key Democrat in Florida’s capital...Read more

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Man left improvised explosive devices in Tampa's Hard Rock Casino, authorities say

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TAMPA, Fla. — A man arrested this week is accused of leaving two improvised explosive devices in restrooms at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, authorities said.

Bryan Robert Eckley, 46, of Tampa was arrested Wednesday on two counts of making and placing destructive devices with the intent to harm, officials announced Thursday. The charge is a ...Read more

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Young Thug pleads guilty in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial

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ATLANTA — After nearly two and a half years behind bars, Atlanta rapper Young Thug has pleaded guilty in his sprawling gang and racketeering trial which has become the longest in state history.

But the musician’s legal team and Fulton County prosecutors “reached an impasse” over what his punishment should be, Judge Paige Reese Whitaker ...Read more

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Can the GOP reclaim the U.S. Senate? Kentucky's Mitch McConnell sees 'great' odds

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says private Republican polls reveal nearly the same picture that public polls do: The 2024 presidential race is tied in each of the seven battleground states.

“Everything that we find is a reflection of exactly what the independent polls are. I think we’ve got really tight races everywhere, and ...Read more

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U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti amid spreading violence, attack on Catholic nuns

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Days after a Catholic mission that treats up to 30,000 poor people a year became the latest target of armed gangs in a new wave of coordinated attacks, the Biden administration deported dozens of people back to Haiti in the midst of worsening humanitarian conditions and rampant violence.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight ...Read more

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Man falsely accused in KC Chiefs rally shooting files new lawsuits against Missouri state senators

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County, Kansas, man filed new lawsuits against three Missouri state senators, alleging they shared posts falsely identifying him as being an illegal alien and a shooter in the February Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooting.

Denton Loudermill, an Olathe, Kansas, native, filed new lawsuits Thursday in the U.S...Read more

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Former NY Gov. Cuomo referred to prosecutors by GOP House panel on COVID pandemic

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A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing.

The House of Representatives subcommittee sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland Wednesday accusing Cuomo of making “...Read more

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Harris to rally in North Las Vegas with J-Lo, Mana

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LAS VEGAS — With Election Day less than a week away, Vice President Kamala Harris will make another push for Nevada’s vote by rallying supporters in North Las Vegas Thursday evening.

The Nevada Day — and Halloween night — event coincides with former President Donald Trump’s rally in Henderson earlier in the day.

Harris will headline ...Read more

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Young Thug pleading guilty in lengthy gang case

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ATLANTA — After nearly two and a half years behind bars, Atlanta rapper Young Thug is pleading guilty in his sprawling gang and racketeering trial that became the longest in state history.

But the musician’s legal team and Fulton County prosecutors “reached an impasse” over what his punishment should be, Judge Paige Reese Whitaker said ...Read more

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'Culture of cover-up': Grand jury details missteps in Kissimmee police excessive-force investigation

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A grand jury found a “culture of cover-up” in the internal investigation of a Kissimmee cop later indicted for excessively beating a man in 2023, implicating the now-former police chief and others of trying to protect the officer.

The 34-page report, released Thursday by the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office, offers...Read more

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Heat contributed to 4 deaths, made many ill at Miami-Dade prison without AC, lawsuit claims

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MIAMI — South Florida temperatures soared to record highs over the last few summers — and so did the toll on more than 1,300 people incarcerated in a sweltering men’s state prison not far from Everglades National Park, according to a new lawsuit.

Many men at the Miami-Dade Correctional Institute, an aging complex lacking air conditioning ...Read more

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NY mom, 2 kids presumed dead after jumping into Niagara Falls

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NEW YORK — The upstate New York woman who leapt over a guardrail and into Niagara Falls, along with her child and baby, are all presumed dead, New York State Police said Thursday.

Chianti Means, 33, was the mother of the two kids she took with her when she jumped off an overlook at Luna Island at around 9 p.m. Monday, in a leap authorities ...Read more

Youth leader at Texas megachurch charged with child porn

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A youth leader at an Evangelical megachurch in west-central Texas has been arrested and charged with child pornography, authorities said.

Charles Goff, who served as a youth volunteer at the Beltway Park Church in Abilene for approximately three years, reportedly told a member of the church he was struggling with his desire to watch child ...Read more

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So far, 919,581 ballots have been cast in Minnesota ahead of the Nov. 5 election

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More than 350,000 Minnesotans cast ballots this past week ahead of the election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, bringing the current total to 919,581, according to the state Secretary of State’s office.

Local election officials have distributed 1,152,900 absentee and mail ballots in the state since voting began on Sept. 20.

“More Minnesotans voted in ...Read more

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Detroit officials outline 'rigorous' security plan for Election Day, counting votes

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Determined to avoid the "shenanigans" that embroiled Detroit while absentee votes were being counted during the tumultuous 2020 presidential election, city officials on Thursday outlined the "rigorous" security plan they've developed this year to keep workers safe and ensure every vote is counted.

Speaking to reporters in Huntington Place's ...Read more

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Hungarian leader Orban stirs up concerns he plans a Trump surprise for EU leaders

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Viktor Orban held a phone call with Donald Trump on Thursday, raising concerns among some European Union officials that the Hungarian premier may be planning to invite him to dial into an upcoming E.U. meeting should he win next week’s U.S. election.

Orban, who posted on X that he’d spoken to the Republican presidential candidate to wish ...Read more

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Harvard, Northwestern hit by Republicans over antisemitism

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Republican lawmakers stepped up their campaign to pressure colleges including Harvard, Northwestern and Columbia to take a stronger stance against antisemitism with a report that scrutinizes their responses to protests that erupted after the Hamas attack on Israel last year.

The 325-page document released by the House Education and the ...Read more

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Former Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen eyeing 2026 election reform ballot question

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BOSTON — A coalition that includes former gubernatorial candidate and Harvard professor Danielle Allen is staffing up in an attempt to field a ballot question during the 2026 election that would ask voters to approve a new preliminary election system and sign-off on campaign finance reforms.

The move by the Coalition for Healthy Democracy, ...Read more

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N.H. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen poised to make history on Senate Foreign Relations

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WASHINGTON — Regardless of the outcome of next week’s elections, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will make history in 2025 when the panel for the first time will have a woman as one of its two leaders.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., is poised to succeed Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., as either the chair or ranking member of the panel,...Read more

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Hurricane center ups odds for Caribbean system, tracks 2 more

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ORLANDO, Fla. — That National Hurricane Center increased odds a Caribbean system will form while also starting to track to more systems with potential to become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. tropical outlook, it said a broad area of low pressure is likely to develop over the southwestern Caribbean ...Read more