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Creative ‘I Voted’ stickers branch out beyond the familiar flag design

By HOLLY RAMER
Nov 01, 2024 9:20 am - Whether scenic or slightly sinister — angry werewolf, anyone? — the designs on the front of “I Voted” stickers are attracting a lot of attention this year. But have you ever considered the back of your Election Day souvenir?
US employers added just 12,000 jobs last month as hurricanes and strikes sharply reduce payrolls

By PAUL WISEMAN
Nov 01, 2024 7:51 am - America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls. The report provided a somewhat blurry view of the job market at the end of a presidential race that has pivoted heavily on voters’ feelings about the economy.
Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as residents appeal for aid

By JOE WILSON and TERESA MEDRANO
Nov 01, 2024 7:09 am - Three days after historic flash floods swept through towns in Spain and killed at least 205 people, the initial shock was giving way to anger, frustration and a wave of solidarity on Friday.
Death toll in Israeli strikes in central Gaza rises to 25 as Beirut suburb is pounded again

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JULIA FRANKEL
Nov 01, 2024 7:07 am - The death toll from Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip rose to 25, including five children, as more bodies have been recovered, while three people were killed in an early morning airstrike near the Lebanese capital, officials said Friday.
Shootings kill 2 and wound 6 during Halloween celebrations in Orlando

Associated Press
Nov 01, 2024 7:05 am - Two people were killed and six others were wounded in two shootings that took place among crowds during Halloween celebrations in Orlando early Friday, authorities said.
Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

By CALVIN WOODWARD, JEFF AMY and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Oct 31, 2024 1:56 pm - For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message away.
The U.S. election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability

By DAVID KLEPPER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Oct 31, 2024 1:27 pm - Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades of work by American election officials, volunteers and citizens.
Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’

By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG
Oct 31, 2024 1:25 pm - Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies."
As America votes, these big energy projects hang in the balance

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy
Oct 31, 2024 8:53 am - The outcome of next week’s US presidential election is poised to have profound implications for a handful of multi-billion-dollar energy projects.
US applications for jobless benefits fall as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels

By MATT OTT
Oct 31, 2024 8:30 am - Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remained at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates.

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