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Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms

Voters in Northern California county to vote on whether to allow large-scale farms

PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A proposal to phase out large-scale confined animal farms will be put before voters in a Northern California county. Sonoma County residents will decide whether to approve Measure J. Proponents say…

Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted

Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that…

Hezbollah confirms that an Israeli strike killed a top official, the 7th such death in recent days

Hezbollah confirms that an Israeli strike killed a top official, the 7th such death in recent days

By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday it has killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the Lebanese militant group was reeling from a…

In Alabama, Trump goes from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to adulation of college football fans

In Alabama, Trump goes from the dark rhetoric of his campaign to adulation of college football fans

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as…

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Medicare Advantage shopping season arrives with a dose of confusion and some political implications

Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025. More than a million people will probably have to find…

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a ‘measure of justice’

By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice” for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden…