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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court in push to sideline 20,000 California mail ballots

The emergency appeal came after an appeals court rejected the request to set aside some 20,000 ballots from people the federal government suspects may not be citizens. The Republican Trump ...
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Analysis: Republicans face a midterm reckoning of Trump’s making

During Trump’s last midterm in 2018, Democrats gained 40 House seats and 31 during Republican George W. Bush’s second term in 2006. Republicans, meanwhile, picked up 63 seats in 2010 under Obama but ...
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Judge cites ‘weaponization’ in tossing charges for ex-FBI agents accused of lying about Hunter Biden

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden, saying the investigation that produced the ...
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Court hears Lori Vallow Daybell’s appeal in Idaho killings of 2 of her children, romantic rival

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court is scheduled Monday to hear Lori Vallow Daybell’s appeal of her convictions in that state for killing her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a ...
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Sonoma County’s Domestic Violence High Risk Team works to proactively prevent tragedies. Here’s how and why it wants to expand

Domestic violence rates remain stubbornly high, a grim counterweight to falling rates of other violent crime. The toll of those cases, including a pair of recent Bay Area murder suicides, underscores ...
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4 Americans and 1 Canadian among the 69 dead in Spain’s train collision

MADRID (AP) — Four Americans and one Canadian were among the 69 people killed in last week’s high-speed train collision in ...
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Lindsay Clancy returns to court in a bid to dismiss charges she killed her three young children

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy returns to court Monday in a bid to dismiss the charges that she murdered her three young children.
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Justice Department urges sanctions for database analysis critical of its noncitizen voting claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Sunday defended the accuracy of a list of what it says are more than 20,000 ...
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Trump is giving his closing midterm pitch at problem-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

President Donald Trump is making his closing pitch of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, pushing his slow, expensive and problem-plagued efforts to repair it back into the ...
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Approval of a cheap version of HIV-prevention shot lenacapavir raises hopes in low-income countries

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV — a ...
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Ukraine and Russia report fake emergency alerts after cyberattack targets apps

Authorities in Ukraine and Russia said their emergency alert mobile apps had been targeted by cyberattacks, with users in Ukraine receiving false warnings of an imminent nuclear threat. It was not ...
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These 20 local projects are 2026 Excellence in Construction winners

Photos and insights into the 20 winners of North Bay Business Journal’s 2026 Excellence in Construction Awards celebrating new healthcare and education facilities, housing, hospitality, office and ...