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Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon

Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon

By GENE JOHNSON and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Incendiary devices were set off Monday at two ballot drop boxes — one in Portland and another in nearby Vancouver, Washington — destroying…

Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision not to endorse as the right, ‘principled’ one

Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post’s decision not to endorse as the right, ‘principled’ one

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back…

Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico ‘floating island of garbage’

Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico ‘floating island of garbage’

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump on Monday, a day after a comedian opening a rally for the…

Harris calls on the United States ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’

Harris calls on the United States ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris told a Philadelphia church congregation that the United States is “determined to turn the page on hatred and division” as she began crisscrossing the…

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s…

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

By GARANCE BURKE and HILKE SCHELLMANN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” But Whisper has a…