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Election Day in the US is approaching fast. Early voters have already started casting their ballots

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,08/23/24-3:15PM, 54 Reads
The voting window for the Nov. 5 presidential election is now open. Early in-person voting started Friday in three states, after absentee ballots began going to voters last week.
Here is a look at some key developments in the roughly six weeks remaining until Election Day.
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What polling shows about Americans' views of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

By LINLEY SANDERS LINLEY SANDERS - Associated Press
Thu,08/22/24-1:21PM, 127 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent polls show that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to have a favorable opinion of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his presidential campaign on Friday and gave his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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3 Detroit-area mall guards not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in man’s death in 2014

By ED WHITE ED WHITE - Associated Press
Fri,08/23/24-10:59AM, 80 Reads
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A jury swiftly acquitted three security guards of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the death of a man who was held to the floor at a Detroit-area mall in 2014, a case that was closed without charges years ago but reopened by state prosecutors.
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How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 8/23/2024

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fri,08/23/24-3:26PM, 93 Reads
U.S. stocks rallied closer to their records after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy.
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