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City council member in Connecticut faces additional charges in absentee ballot investigation

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A city councilor in Connecticut was arrested Friday on 10 additional counts in connection with an investigation into absentee ballot tampering in the state’s largest city, officials said. Bridgeport City Council member Alfredo Castillo was among five Democratic politicians and operatives charged earlier this year with tampering with absentee ballots in the 2023 Democratic primary election. Claims of misuse of the ballots spurred a court-ordered rerun of a mayoral primary and general election and helped fuel skepticism about the security of U.S. ...

Iowa Dems consider bringing back lead off caucuses, going ‘rogue’ in 2028

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Just days before national Democrats gather for their annual summer meeting, Iowa’s state party officials on Thursday said it was a mistake for the party to have abandoned Iowa in the 2024 early nominating calendar and opened up the possibility of going rogue the next time around. In 2022, President Joe Biden ordered a shake-up of the 2024 election calendar, moving South Carolina’s primary ahead of contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. The move forced Iowa Democrats to ditch the five-decade, first-in-the-nation caucus where community members publicly ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s national profile soars with latest Trump fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald Trump in what many see as a lightly masked trial run for his own future White House bid. The liberal former San Francisco mayor, who is nearing the end of a spotty tenure in Sacramento, is being cheered by Democrats and party activists who see his scrappy, Trump-mocking, profanity-tinged speeches and snarky social media posts as signs of new ...

LINDA MASSEY

Linda Lee Massey, 81, formerly of Neffs, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at the home of her daughter Bonnie Walters in Coal Run, Ohio. She was born on April 26, 1944 in Nutter Fort, WV, daughter of Harold Gellner and Imogene Holmes Protiva. Linda is survived by her children, Ronald Randall (Shelly), Bonnie Walters (Rick), John Randall (Belinda) and Lonnie Randall (Erin); several grandchildren and great grandchildren; her two best friends; her cat, Bella and her long time Yahtzee partner and best friend, Cheryl Stefan of St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was preceded in death by ...

Shooting in a crowded New York club leaves 3 dead, 9 wounded

NEW YORK (AP) — A club shooting in the New York City borough of Brooklyn early Sunday left three people dead and nine others wounded in a year of record low gun violence in the city. Investigators believe up to four shooters opened fire at Taste of the City Lounge in Crown Heights after a dispute just before 3:30 a.m. The violence appeared to be gang-related, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters. There were no immediate arrests. At a news briefing, Tisch called the killings “a tragic, senseless act of violence.” The crime is the second mass shooting within weeks ...