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Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading election misinformation on X

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO CHICAGO (AP) — Five secretaries of state are urging Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on the social media platform X, saying in a letter sent Monday that it has spread election misinformation. The top election officials from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington told Musk that X’s AI chatbot, […]

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Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party’s nominee, committee chair says

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to […]

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Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory

By STEVE PEOPLES, STEPHEN GROVES and MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. When Vance was first introduced at the Republican […]

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Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race

By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as […]

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About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll

By Seung Min Kim and Linley Sanders WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some key Democratic constituencies that had been especially tepid about President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. About 8 in […]

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At least 973 Native American children died at U.S.-run boarding schools between 1871-1969

By Shaun Griswold The U.S. legacy of genocide against Native people through public education may never be completely told.  Today, there is a little more truth to share. The second half of an investigative report was released Tuesday as part of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative led by the Department of the Interior. It’s another step […]

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Newsom issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments in California

By TRÂN NGUYỄN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments, a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces. Newsom’s order is aimed at the thousands of tents and makeshift […]

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Biden delivers solemn call to defend democracy as he lays out his reasons for quitting race

By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. Insisting […]

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Wildfires prompt California evacuations as crews battle Oregon and Idaho fires stoked by lightning

By REBECCA BOONE BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Rapidly growing wildfires prompted evacuations in Northern California on Thursday, a day after powerful winds and lightning strikes in Oregon and Idaho cut power and stoked fires, including one in Oregon that was the largest active blaze in the United States. Another fast-moving wildfire forced thousands to abandon […]