Oct 31 Why Oklahoma has an ‘only citizens’ measure on the ballot By Adam Kemp As Election Day nears, voters in Oklahoma are weighing a ballot measure that would restrict voting "only" to U.S. citizens, echoing a broader Republican effort to fight noncitizen voting, which is already rare. Continue reading
Oct 31 Google Maps introduces AI features to help users explore and navigate By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Oct 31 Pushing past home economics stereotypes, these FCS teachers prepare students for a modern workforce By Vic Pasquantonio “It's the whole gamut of life skills,” said Christina Loyd, a family and consumer sciences teacher in Center Ridge, Arkansas. The focus of her classes includes both hard skills, like financial literacy, and soft skills, like how to present oneself… Continue reading
Oct 31 Dodgers win World Series in Game 5, overcome 5-run deficit after series of Yankee errors By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo's RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second and Giancarlo Stanton's third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 lead for New York. Continue reading
Oct 30 McDonald’s E. coli case count rises to 90 as FDA inspects an onion grower linked to recall By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald’s, as government investigators seeking the outbreak’s source identified an “onion grower of interest” in Washington state. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 10:03 How a college degree is one of the best predictors of which candidate voters support By Judy Woodruff, Sarah Clune Hartman, Cali Steffenhagen American politics are divided in many ways, including based on their education background. To explore this so-called diploma divide, Judy Woodruff visited two neighboring, but very different, counties in Michigan where both candidates have repeatedly made their case as this… Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch 4:32 New airline refund rules could ease travel hassles for American passengers By Geoff Bennett Just weeks before the holiday travel season, new airline refund rules went into effect across the country. They can mean big changes for when, and how, Americans get paid back for things like flight delays or mishandled baggage. They would… Continue watching
Oct 30 Prosecutors seek 17-year prison sentence for Pentagon documents leaker Jack Teixeira By Michael Casey, Associated Press Prosecutors plan to argue that a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine should serve nearly 17 years in prison. Continue reading
Oct 30 Teen Trump supporter in Florida charged with threatening Harris voters with machete By Terry Spencer, Associated Press An 18-year-old Donald Trump supporter is facing a felony charge after police say he threatened two Kamala Harris supporters with a machete as they campaigned outside a Florida early voting site. Continue reading
Oct 30 WATCH: Voters at Harris’ ‘closing argument’ rally on the Ellipse are nervous, excited about the election By Tim McPhillips, Deema Zein Tens of thousands of supporters gathered near the White House and overflowed onto the National Mall on Tuesday evening to listen to Vice President Kamala Harris deliver her campaign’s “closing argument.”… Continue reading