Politics & Policy
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New York City to ban AI in public elementary, middle schools
Under the rules, about 600,000 students in the city's school, which is approximately two-thirds of all students in the city's public education system, won't be allowed to use AI until they enter high school, where it will be allowed only in specific cases.
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Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon urges DOJ attorneys, staffers to volunteer to be election monitors
The emails went out to Civil Rights Division employees, asking attorneys and professional staff to go to an unspecified number of polling places around the country on Nov. 3 or work at a call center in Washington.
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Florida bans Flock cameras from state-controlled highways
The department granted agencies 30 days to remove the cameras, which includes those made by Flock, before the state takes them down.
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Georgia poll worker faces 25 years for fake bomb threat, promising 'beatdown' and 'rage rape'
Nicholas Wimbish's alma mater celebrated him for managing a voting precinct during primary elections this spring.
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Boeing machinists end eight-week strike with 38% pay increase, Biden praises deal
Union president said the key to victory was "we had massive leverage this time," with parts suppliers and airlines reaching a breaking point if production didn't resume soon.
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Nikki Haley endorses former rival Trump because 'the world is unsafe' under Harris presidency
"This election isn’t a referendum" on Trump, but rather on the Biden-Harris administration record and what it forecasts about a Harris presidency, said Haley after criticizing Trump campaign last week.
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Harris tries to talk Muslim interviewer into trying bacon, bans Gaza question: report
Harris-Walz campaign was already struggling to win over Arab American and Muslim voters concerned about her administration's approach to Gaza and Israel.
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National Zoo euthanizes Kamala, its longtime Asian elephant, for 'poor long-term prognosis'
Transferred to Smithsonian-run zoo in 2014, animal care staff soon noticed symptoms that developed into severe osteoarthritis, giving her "declining quality of life" that sharply plummeted in recent weeks, zoo says.
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Libertarian Party of New Hampshire endorses Trump, says he's best option to 'Free New Hampshire'
Trashes its own nominee Chase Oliver, who "spends his time supporting tax-funded trans surgery for prisoners, advocating for literal murderers, and trying to kick our members out of the Libertarian Party entirely."
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Trump, Harris tie in tiny New Hampshire town that votes at midnight and picked Biden last time
President Biden unanimously won Dixville Notch four years ago, in first ominous sign for Democrats.
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Illinois man punches election judge after refusing to wait in line to vote, charged with felonies
24-year-old Daniel Schmidt faces several counts of Class 3 felonies and misdemeanors for polling-place violence, police said.
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Rain or shine? Where Election Day weather forecast could affect in-person voting
Most of the swing states are expected to see sunny skies on Tuesday. But light rain is expected for most of the day in Michigan and Wisconsin. There could also be light showers in Nebraska's swing district, Ohio, and North Carolina.
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No matter the final vote, this election’s biggest loser may be the legacy news media
An informed electorate? Flubs, blatant bias and tantrums have created huge distrust among American voters in an industry once indispensable to election coverage and voters' decision making.