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Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announces corruption charges related to 2022 Election during a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Houston. Prosecutors in Texas’ largest county say an investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes, but Ogg said that her office will pursue criminal charges against a county employee who was allegedly working a second job while polls ran out of paper ballots. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Houston prosecutors find no evidence of efforts to sway 2022 elections but charge a county worker
By NADIA LATHAN - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,08/13/24-5:01PM , 115 Reads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes in Texas’ largest county, prosecutors announced Tuesday, but they will pursue criminal charges against a county employee who was allegedly working a second job while polls
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Elise Lacroix, owner of Stop & Go in Brattleboro, Vt., changes the oil on a vehicle at her shop on July 15, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

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Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
Tue,08/13/24-4:11PM , 74 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September.
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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 8/13/2024
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Tue,08/13/24-3:25PM , 78 Reads
U.S. stocks rose to one of their best days of the year as Wall Street relaxed after the first of several highly anticipated reports on the economy this week came in better than expected.
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President Donald Trump, right, talks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk at the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Auto workers union seeks NLRB investigation of Trump and Musk comments about firing striking workers
By TOM KRISHER - AP Auto Writer
Tue,08/13/24-3:24PM , 87 Reads
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the two discussed on social media about Musk supposedly firin
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