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Kamala Harris speaks to crowd in North Las Vegas<strong> </strong>
In another push to win Nevada’s vote days before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied thousands of attendees in North Las Vegas.
“Las Vegas, are we ready to do this, are we ready to vote, are we ready to win?” Harris said to an enthusiastic crowd.
She noted that Friday was Nevada’s last day for early, in-person voting ...Read more
Xi highlights employment woes in speech published before US vote
President Xi Jinping highlighted pressures facing China’s employment market in a newly published speech that painted a turbulent time for the world’s No. 2 economy, as officials try to arrest a growth slowdown.
“China is entering a period where strategic opportunities as well as risks and challenges coexist, and unexpected factors are ...Read more
No charges for protesters arrested after spring raid of UCSD Gaza encampment
SAN DIEGO — None of the 64 protesters arrested at the University of California, San Diego, last spring after police tore down a large pro-Palestinian encampment will face criminal charges, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office said Thursday.
The decision followed “a months-long review by the City Attorney’s Office of substantial body-...Read more
Columbia University tried offering Gaza encampment organizers deals to clear lawns, US House report says
NEW YORK — Negotiations at Columbia University between administrators and a pro-Palestinian encampment went further than previously thought — with students pressuring the university to divest from Israel, according to a 325-page U.S. House committee report on allegations of campus antisemitism.
Last semester, negotiators under former ...Read more
Trump insists he has big lead over Harris, setting stage for 2024 doubts
Donald Trump and his allies are telling supporters that they’re on pace for a runaway victory barring fraud — setting the stage for outrage and legal challenges if the election doesn’t break in favor of Republicans.
The Republican nominee’s efforts have ramped up in rally speeches since early voting began. By conflating polls and early-...Read more
Young Thug leaves jail after getting probation in lengthy Atlanta gang and RICO case
ATLANTA — After nearly two and a half years behind bars, Atlanta rapper Young Thug left the Fulton County Jail Thursday night after a judge sentenced him to time served and 15 years on probation.
The stunning development upended the sweeping gang and racketeering case, which has become the longest trial in Georgia history. Earlier in the day,...Read more
Man grabs AR-15, hops into golf cart to chase burglary suspects. Instead, he shoots at 2 deputies
LOS ANGELES — A scary situation unfolded early Halloween morning when an AR-15-wielding vigilante mistakenly fired at San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies while trying to pursue a group of suspected burglars, authorities said.
At 1:26 a.m. Thursday, deputies responded to an alarm at a Pick-N-Pull, a used auto parts store and salvage yard ...Read more
Invasive species posing 'immediate threat' found in California, a first in North America
An invasive mussel that poses a significant threat to other bivalves and the health of statewide water conveyances has been detected for the first time in North America in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Golden mussels were recently discovered in the Port of Stockton by wildlife ...Read more
Brush fire in San Diego's Talmadge and College Area neighborhoods damages homes and prompts evacuations
SAN DIEGO — A rapidly growing brush fire chewed through canyons of thick brush and palm trees in the San Diego College Area and Talmadge neighborhoods Thursday afternoon, damaging homes and prompting widespread evacuations.
The fire was reported about 1:40 p.m. and was burning on both sides of Montezuma Road, just east of Fairmount Avenue, ...Read more
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Trump says he’ll ‘protect women’ whether they ‘like it or not’
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has stirred fresh controversy by vowing to “protect women” whether they “like it or not” as a wide gender gap looms in the White House race with Kamala Harris.
Admitting his own advisers warned him to avoid the ...Read more
Lawsuit alleges Bureau of Land Management violated Endangered Species Act in approving lithium mine
LAS VEGAS — A week after the Bureau of Land Management approved Nevada’s third lithium mine, environmentalists and a Western Shoshone group filed a lawsuit alleging that the agency rushed the environmental review process and violated federal laws.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, is the latest in a long line of ...Read more
'No one else even knows about it except for our friend': Testimony in ex-Illinois speaker's corruption trial turns to 2018 sex harassment scandal
CHICAGO — A sexual harassment scandal had erupted in Springfield in the summer of 2018 and Kevin Quinn, a longtime aide to House Speaker Michael Madigan, was toxic.
Quinn, the brother of Madigan’s handpicked 13th Ward alderman, had been dumped from the speaker’s organization after a campaign worker accused him of sending her a relentless ...Read more
Tucker Carlson claims he was attacked by a demon in upcoming documentary
Former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson claims he had a violent demonic experience about 18 months ago.
The 55-year-old fabulist told his story in a YouTube clip posted on Halloween advertising an upcoming Christian documentary. He calls what allegedly happened “a direct experience” with evil.
“(It happened) in my bed at night and I got ...Read more
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked school board president resigned Thursday after coming under fire for social media posts from critics, including Gov. JB Pritzker and the mayor, deemed antisemitic, misogynistic and conspiratorial.
“Today, I asked Chicago School Board of Education (BOE) President Reverend Mitchell ...Read more
Young Thug will leave jail after pleading guilty, receiving probation in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial
ATLANTA — After nearly two and a half years behind bars, Atlanta rapper Young Thug is set to be released from jail on Thursday after pleading guilty and being sentenced to 15 years on probation.
The stunning development upends the sweeping gang and racketeering case, which has become the longest trial in Georgia history.
Sheriff Pat Labat ...Read more
California's Proposition 36 aims to force drug offenders into treatment. Would it help solve homelessness?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants you to know that Proposition 36 is about more than just cracking down on retail crime.
Mahan — one of the statewide ballot measure’s most vocal supporters — argues passing the initiative to toughen penalties for low-level theft and drug crimes would also help solve California’s ...Read more
NYC Department of Correction commissioner calls for probe into 'deadlocking' Rikers Island mentally ill patients
NEW YORK — New York City Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie on Thursday said she has “personally” asked for an outside investigation of “deadlocking” — extended lock-ins of mentally ill detainees on Rikers Island — after reading about it in The New York Daily News.
“Those are extremely disturbing ...Read more
Maryland AG demands that nonprofit stop sending 'Voter Report Card' election mailers
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office said Thursday that it is sending a cease-and-desist letter to a pair of Washington D.C.-based nonprofits for threatening to expose individuals’ voting history.
The Center for Voter Information and the Voter Participation Center sent “voting report cards” to Marylanders that described whether they ...Read more
This Democrat could challenge DeSantis' campaign against abortion, pot amendments
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
Man left improvised explosive devices in Tampa's Hard Rock Casino, authorities say
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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