Michigan State

Mountain View, CA

Arizona State

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Minnesota State

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WASHINGTON — The House Education and Workforce Committee issued subpoenas Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for how they responded to what federal prosecutors have called the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country. The subpoenas, obtained first...

Republican House panel subpoenas Gov. Walz in investigation of Minnesota nonprofit that ran a Covid aid scheme

Sarah Poontong, 49, became a citizen late last year and one of the first things she did was register to vote. She’s part of a notable trend — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders have had the largest increase in voter registration of any racial group in the country from January to June, compared to the same period during the 2020 election cycle. That’s according to analysis first shared with NBC News from the civic engagement nonprofit APIAVote and the research company TargetSmart.

Asian Americans have largest voter registration increase, new analysis shows

Los Angeles, CA

ABC News

A Southern California family's Labor Day weekend picnic turned into a terrifying ordeal when a mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old boy.

Boy snatched by mountain lion as family watches in horror

Austin, TX

The entire college football world will have its eyes on Ann Arbor this weekend for the top-10 matchup between the third-ranked Texas Longhorns and the 10th-ranked Michigan Wolverines. As he prepares for the upcoming game, it’s clear that Longhorns starting quarterback Quinn Ewers hasn’t let go of his grudge against the whole state of Michigan.

Texas quarterback sends brutal message to Michigan

Washington, DC

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NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Colorado State

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Today, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for failing to provide public documents requested through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing. The March 2024 FOIA request sought records related to policies allowing the release of dangerous criminal illegal aliens from U.S. prisons into the general population rather than deporting them.

FL Attorney General Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Release of Criminal Illegal Aliens

Delaware State

Georgetown, DE

A Delaware man was arrested and charged nearly 30 years after the death of his girlfriend, whose body was discovered in a Florida canal in 1996, officials announced Wednesday. Stephen L. Ford, 72, was taken into custody near his home in Georgetown, Delaware, on Aug. 16 on a warrant for second-degree murder with a weapon in connection with the death of Doris A. Korell, authorities in Florida said.

Delaware man arrested and charged nearly 30 years after girlfriend's body was found in Florida canal

Massachusetts State

Gloucester, MA

A teenager was badly beaten by a large group of other teens in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The victim and his mother say he was targeted for being transgender. Police and other officials are investigating, including with a specialist in hate crimes, after the incident that was reported around 10:45 p.m. Friday.

Transgender boy, 16, beaten by large group of teens in Massachusetts

Georgia State

Floyd County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), three former officers from the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), one GDC investigator, and a former Floyd County deputy have been charged for the aggravated assault of an inmate at the Floyd County Jail.

Five Former Georgia Law Enforcement Officers Charged With Aggravated Assault Against Inmate

Texas State

MESA, Ariz. — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, while campaigning for former President Donald Trump, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration for busing migrants to other parts of the country. Minutes later, he bragged about doing the same thing. “When you saw 5,000 people a...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attacks Harris for busing migrants, then brags about his own busing program

The video introducing Tenet Media hit many common conservative tropes: Mainstream media couldn’t be trusted. Free speech was under attack. Independent and uncensored voices were sorely needed. It featured the six commentators who would be the faces of the operation, already some of the most-followed voices in the increasingly...

How some of the internet's most popular pro-Trump pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Arlington, TX

Members of Team USA's women's gymnastics continue to make headlines with their skills — and this time it's specifically gold medalist Hezly Rivera. The 16-year-old athlete — and youngest member of the 2024 U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team, dubbed Golden Girls — impressed people when she performed a flip before she threw a first pitch strike at the start of the game between the Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees at Globe Life Field on Sept. 4 in Arlington, Texas.

Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera does incredible flip to throw the first pitch at the Rangers game

Pennsylvania State

Johnstown, PA

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man arrested last week at a Pennsylvania rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had hoped to hang a banner to protest Trump’s policies, Johnstown’s police chief said Tuesday. Authorities announced that misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest were filed against...

Man arrested at Trump rally in Pennsylvania wanted to hang a protest banner, police say

Colorado Springs, CO

LONDON — A Colorado mom who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States allegedly drugged her children and told them to close their eyes before fatally shooting and stabbing two of them, a court heard on Wednesday. Days after the lifeless bodies of her children, aged 7...

Colorado mom drugged, fatally shot and stabbed 2 of her kids before fleeing to U.K., prosecutors say

In a poll of voters 18 to 29 years old, more say they support Vice President Harris than former President Trump. But many say they are being forced to delay important moves like buying a home because of debt. NBC News' Savannah Sellers reports.

Young voters support Harris in greater numbers but are concerned about inflation

Montana State

Cusick, WA

BILLINGS, Mont. — A man helped kill at least 118 eagles to sell their feathers and body parts on the black market as part of a long-running wildlife trafficking ring in the western U.S. that authorities allege killed thousands of birds, court filings show. Travis John Branson is scheduled...

Wildlife trafficking ring killed at least 118 eagles, prosecutors say

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Republicans zero in on planned EV battery plant in Michigan to hit Democrats on China in battleground state

BIG RAPIDS, Michigan — Last fall, voters angry about plans to build an electric vehicle battery plant in their rural community in central Michigan turned their...

Republicans zero in on planned EV battery plant in Michigan to hit Democrats on China in battleground state

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