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Boxing schedule for 2024: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 on tap for fall

The action rolls on in the ring as fall brings us closer to the end of 2024

Sports - CBS Sports - 16 hours ago

Boxing dreams live on in Congo's grassroots clubs 50 years after the 'Rumble in the Jungle'

A punch crunches into the side of Daniella Muleketsi’s face

World - ABC News - 2 hours ago

Phil Lesh, Bassist Who Brought 'Box of Rain' to the Grateful Dead, Dies at 84

An untraditional bass player who was enamored of John Coltrane, Lesh gave the band a unique twist on rock ’n’ roll.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul odds, prediction, props, rules, date: Nov. 15 fight card picks by best boxing expert

Boxing expert Brandon Wise just locked in his Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson picks for their Nov. 15 fight in Arlington, Texas

Sports - CBS Sports - 6 days ago

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member who co-wrote 'Box of Rain' and several other songs, dies at 84

Entertainment - ABC News - 4 days ago

Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count Election Day ballots

A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand.

Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election

A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

US election briefing: Georgia shatters early voting record as more than 300,000 cast ballots

Harris speaks to Charlamagne tha God and Trump rallies in Atlanta with three weeks to go until polls open on 5 November in the US presidential election. Don’t miss important US election coverage. ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand-counting ballots as early voting begins

A record number of people are showing up for early voting in the crucial state of Georgia. Early voting is beginning as a Georgia judge blocked a new hand-count election rule passed by a ...

Ron DeSantis ramps up efforts to defeat Florida abortion-rights ballot measure

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has undertaken a robust effort to build opposition to an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot for the 2024 election.

Uphill battles that put abortion rights on ballots are unlikely to end even if the measures pass

Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions

Health - ABC News - October 17

Nearly 9 million have cast ballots as early voting starts across the US

More than half of the country offers voters a chance to cast their ballot before Election Day on Nov. 5, but each state decides when to start.

Minimum wage is on the ballot in 5 states this November. Here's how the votes could go

Voters in Missouri, Alaska and California will vote on minimum wage hikes. Massachusetts and Arizona will consider tipped worker wages.

Business - CNBC - October 18

Michigan judge rebuffs GOP bid to block some overseas, military family ballots

Judge Sima Patel ruled the effort was mounted too close to Election Day, calling it an "11th hour attempt to disenfranchise" voters.

With Election Day 2 Weeks Away, 15 Million Voters Have Already Cast a Ballot

Since the pandemic, early voting has become a broadly accepted part of American elections. But it is difficult to glean partisan advantage.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

Worried by fall of Roe v. Wade, organizers get same-sex marriage on the ballot in three states

Voters in California, Colorado and Hawaii will have a chance to remove currently unenforceable language from their state constitutions banning same-sex marriage.

Citizens-only ballot measures make newly naturalized American voters feel on edge

For newly naturalized Americans voting for the first time, such a milestone is being marred by state ballot measures critics say are based on false narratives about noncitizens voting in large ...

Early voting is underway in dozens of states with 28 million ballots cast so far

More than 28 million people have cast ballots — either in-person or by mail — in the 2024 general election in early voting.

Some voters joke they want to 'cancel out' family members' ballots in new TikTok trend

On TikTok, dozens of users are posting tongue-in-cheek videos about how their vote will “cancel out” someone else’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

Mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day in Mississippi shouldn't be counted, appeals court says

A federal appeals court ruled that a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked before election day — but received up to five days after Election Day — is ...

Politics - NBC News - 4 days ago

Russian actors made video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, FBI says

Tech - ABC News - 4 days ago

Viral video of ripped-up Pennsylvania ballots is fake and Russian-made, intelligence agencies say

Russian actors "manufactured and amplified" a viral video that falsely showed a person tearing up ballots in Pennsylvania, the FBI and two other federal agencies said Friday.

FBI says Russia created viral video of PA ballots being ripped up

The FBI said Russian actors are behind a recent viral video on X that falsely shows a person tearing up filled-out ballots in Pennsylvania, part of ongoing attempts to disrupt the U.S. presidential ...

Politics - NBC News - 3 days ago

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