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Correction: Hunter Biden-Witnesses story

Jun 5, 2024, 3:22 PM

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a story published June 5, 2024, about the witnesses in Hunter Biden’s federal firearms charges trial, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Biden family member who had a private interview with lawmakers in February 2024. It was James Biden, not Joe Biden.

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FILE - Police watch over the site of a visitation for Corey Comperatore at Laube Hall, July 18, 202...

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America’s political system is under stress as voters and their leaders navigate unfamiliar terrain

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The FBI is investigating suspicious packages sent to elections officials in more than a dozen states. State police have begun sweeps of schools in an Ohio community where conspiracy theories have fueled bomb threats. Violent rhetoric is rippling across social media. And for the second time in nine weeks, a gunman […]

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Ohio officials approve language saying anti-gerrymandering measure calls for the opposite

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio election officials have approved ballot language that will describe this fall’s Issue 1, a redistricting measure, as requiring gerrymandering when the proposal is intended to do the opposite. The Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved the language Wednesday in a 3-2 party-line vote, two days after the Republican-led state Supreme Court […]

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Inmates stab correctional officers at a Massachusetts prison

LANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — Two correctional officers were stabbed by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Massachusetts, and three others were injured as they responded, a spokesperson said. The five officers at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster were taken to hospitals after the confrontation Wednesday night, Scott Croteau, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department […]

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Abbas Alwieh, a Michigan uncommitted delegate, participates in a press conference outside the Unite...

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Leaders of Democratic protest of Israel-Hamas war won’t endorse Harris but warn against Trump

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Leaders of a Democratic protest vote movement against the Israel-Hamas war said Thursday that they would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris ’ presidential bid but strongly urged their supporters to vote against Donald Trump in November. The “Uncommitted” movement drew hundreds of thousands of votes in Democratic primaries earlier this […]

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Harris plans a livestream with Oprah Winfrey while Trump is set to address an Israeli-American group

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both major presidential candidates are making appearances Thursday meant to fire up their core supporters, with Vice President Kamala Harris participating in a livestream with Oprah Winfrey and Donald Trump attending an event with prominent Jewish donors before addressing a gathering of the Israeli-American Council. Winfrey, who has endorsed Harris and spoke […]

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The sun rises over the city of Springfield, Ohio, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarsk...

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A news site that covers Haitian-Americans is facing harassment over its post-debate coverage of Ohio

NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists at a news site that covers the Haitian community in the United States say they’ve been harassed and intimidated with racist messages for covering a fake story about immigrants eating the pets of people in an Ohio town. One editor at the Haitian Times, a 25-year-old online publication, was “swatted” […]

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Correction: Hunter Biden-Witnesses story