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‘Emergency procedures’ as vote counting machines go down in Dem county with MAGA rep.
Ballot scanners went down across New York’s Westchester County, forcing poll workers to use emergency procedures in a Democratic county where a Republican congressman faces a toss-up race as his support for President Donald Trump is expected to cost him votes. The Westchester County Board of Elections confirmed a countywide voting machine problem Tuesday, News…
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5 Lessons Marvel Television Should Learn for the Next Phase of Disney+ | Analysis
The Nov. 10 finale of “VisionQuest” will bring a five-year television experiment, which kicked off with 2021’s “WandaVision,” to a close. In those years, Marvel has churned out more content than most fans could name, releasing an inconsistent string of streaming shows that often eschewed the conventional wisdom of what television is — at times to the detriment…
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Trump says US will end $4B in annual aid to Israel:’They don’t need it’
President Trump announced Tuesday that he had reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US aid to Israel after the end of the year. “They don’t need it,” Trump said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning. “We give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it. We’ve been…
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Ellen DeGeneres donates $5K to late producer Matthew Wright’s family after tearful video announcing his death
Ellen DeGeneres contributed to the fundraiser for her late friend Matthew Wright, the former “Ellen DeGeneres Show” executive producer, after his death at 52. The comedian donated $5,000 to the GoFundMe created to get the 52-year-old’s body home to New York from Los Angeles, as well to help cover the costs of a funeral and…
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8 Senate Races the Forecasters Can’t Agree On
—Douglas Rissing—iStock/Getty Images Amid projections of a Democratic blue wave, as voters head to the polls, several pivotal races are too close for all the experts to comfortably predict. A TIME analysis of race ratings by 10 reputable election forecasters found that of the 35 U.S. Senate seats up for election on Nov. 3, eight…
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Roli Has Fallen Apart—and Left Customers Holding the Bag
Roli, the company behind expressive, touch-sensitive music devices like the Seaboard and Roli Blocks, has collapsed. Although it hasn’t been officially announced, Roli reportedly ousted its CEO and founder, Roland Lamb, earlier this year. Since then, Roli has all but dissolved. (In August, a new company called Instrumental Intelligence was registered with the UK government…
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Holland Taylor’s turn in ‘Brothers’ is just another notch in her sexy, scene-stealing career
“The most seductive thing you can do,” says Holland Taylor, “is simply look at a person. That’s quite sufficient.” She is looking at me when she says this, her consonants crisp and her blue eyes calm as she considers a question about how she manages to bring a sense of sexual vitality to every role…
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‘He knows he’s going to get trounced’: Former Trump aide’s dire midterm prediction
Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as President Donald Trump’s White House communications director, predicted Tuesday that Trump is headed for a drubbing in the midterm elections, and that the president knows it. “I think the president’s going to get trounced, by the way, and I think he knows he’s going to get trounced,” Scaramucci, founder…
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Did Haley Stevens Use AI to Write Her Blog Post About Her Controversial Endorsement?
Last night, congresswoman Haley Stevens published a blog post on X-formerly-Twitter titled “The Decisions We Make.” In the nearly-900-word post, the Michigan Democrat explained her controversial decision to endorse Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open Senate seat — rescinding her endorsement of the Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who had beaten Stevens in the Democratic primary…
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L.A.’s next mayor faces high expectations, little room for error
Homeless encampments line the streets. Buying a home — or even finding an affordable place to rent — is increasingly out of reach. Roads are riddled with potholes, tens of thousands of streetlights are out, and water and power bills are surging. For many Angelenos, morale is poor and quality of life in the city…