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Georgia election board rejects rule change on using hand-marked paper ballots
Georgia's State Election Board on Wednesday rejected a proposal defining when hand-marked paper ballots could be used in place of the state's touchscreen voting machines.
Pacific Northwest braces for more rain after a powerful storm caused flooding and rescues
Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers, closing roads and prompting high water rescues.
Judge orders Trump to stop using California’s National Guard
A federal judge accused President Trump on Wednesday of using National Guard troops to create a "national police force" and ordered him to relinquish control of the California troops he's commandeered.
RECIPE: Pecorino and root vegetable flatbread, gluten-free alternative to classic crostini
In Tuscany, schiacciata - which is pronounced skee-ah-CHA-tah and roughly means "crushed," "flattened" or "squashed" - is a versatile word applied to a variety of breads and bread-like things, from a piece of sweet focaccia studded with roasted grapes around the autumn harvest to a savory situation that more closely resembles a panino and comes stuffed with your choice of cured meats and cheeses.
Pacific Northwest braces for more heavy rain, after a powerful storm caused flooding and rescues
Pacific Northwest residents braced for another round of heavy rain Wednesday after a powerful storm clobbered the region the day before, swelling rivers, closing roads and prompting high water rescues.
Supreme Court hears Alabama’s appeal to execute a man found to be intellectually disabled
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could make it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled.
Rod Paige, first Black man to serve as U.S. secretary of education, dies at 92
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation's landmark "No Child Left Behind" policy as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday.
Luigi Mangione’s notes to self: ‘Pluck eyebrows,’ ‘Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight’
Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras.
A student dies during stabbing at North Carolina high school
A stabbing at a central North Carolina high school Tuesday left one student dead and another injured, authorities said.
Tennessee governor won’t intervene to stop latest execution by lethal injection
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday said he will not intervene to stop the execution of Harold Wayne Nichols.
Activist arrested for vandalism after painting Los Angeles crosswalk deemed unsafe
Frustrated by the city's slow progress in painting crosswalks at intersections they believe are unsafe, activists in Los Angeles have been picking up paint rollers and doing it themselves. Now one of them has been arrested on a vandalism charge.
Retiring Navy admiral briefs Congress on boat strikes near Venezuela
The U.S. Navy admiral who is retiring early from command of the campaign to destroy vessels allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela spoke to key lawmakers Tuesday as Congress seeks more answers on President Donald Trump's mission, which, in one instance, killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage of an initial strike.
San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police
The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history.
