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Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election

Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election

VICTORIA — Vote counting in the British Columbia provincial election will finally conclude next week with judicial recounts set for two ridings.
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Ohio's first female House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson remembered as a trailblazer and legend

Ohio's first female House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson remembered as a trailblazer and legend

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker, was remembered during a Statehouse memorial service Thursday for blazing trails for women with grit, grace and a guiding spirit.
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Nova Scotia votes: Liberals critical of decision not to mail out voter info cards

Nova Scotia votes: Liberals critical of decision not to mail out voter info cards

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Liberal party is sounding the alarm over Elections Nova Scotia's decision Thursday not to mail voter information cards ahead of the Nov. 26 provincial election because of a possible postal strike.
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Winnipeg gauges public mood on potential taxes on liquor, online deliveries and more

Winnipeg gauges public mood on potential taxes on liquor, online deliveries and more

WINNIPEG — Winnipeg city hall is gauging the public's appetite for potential new taxes on alcohol, online deliveries, vehicle registration and other items.
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Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans wasted no time in appealing a Pennsylvania court decision that would relax the rules for mail ballots, asking the state Supreme Court on Thursday to reverse a lower-court opinion issued one day earlier .
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Southern California county official pleads guilty to bribery charge in COVID funds scheme

Southern California county official pleads guilty to bribery charge in COVID funds scheme

SANTA ANA, Calif.
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Chicago school board head ousted because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, misogynistic

CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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RFK Jr. wants federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe, Trump transition co-chair says

RFK Jr. wants federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe, Trump transition co-chair says

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A co-chair of Donald Trump's transition team said Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Democrat Ty Pinkins is outspent as he tries to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Wicker in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Ty Pinkins has jogged along highways and past cotton fields to try to draw attention to his effort to unseat Mississippi's senior Republican U.S. senator, Roger Wicker . Pinkins acknowledges it's a tough campaign.
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Chicago school board head ousted because of social media posts deemed anti-Semitic, misogynistic

CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed anti-Semitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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