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Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Nov. 1, the 306th day of 2024. There are 60 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 1, 1991, Clarence Thomas took his place as the newest justice on the Supreme Court. On this date: In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was ...

A time for choosing (again)

WASHINGTON — Sixty years ago this week, Ronald Reagan delivered a speech in support of Barry Goldwater’s presidential bid. It was dubbed “A Time for Choosing.” Re-reading the speech, or watching it on YouTube, is a reminder how little has changed in six decades. Some of the issues ...

Struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent’s candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate. In three races ...

Keeping the faith in America

WASHINGTON -- Greetings from riding shockwaves in the nerve center of the free world. Bleak fury is passed around like the plague here since The Washington Post’s owner, billionaire Jeff Bezos, nixed its endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. This column before Election Day is ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Oct. 30, the 304th day of 2024. There are 62 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout known as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” in Kinshasa, ...