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Milwaukee election officials are reporting ballot shortages at voting sites due to what they say is “unprecedented high turnout” in Tuesday’s spring election. Seven polling sites were ...

reflecting Trump’s better-than-expected showing in the Golden State in 2024 along with the passage of a ballot initiative increasing criminal penalties for drug and theft offenses and the ...

Submitted by San Juan County. San Juan County Auditor Natasha Warmenhoven is seeking people interested in writing arguments against the Lopez Island Library and Lopez Island School District ballot ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Because Mars and Earth share so many features, scientists have long wondered whether Mars could have once harbored life. Today, Mars is very cold ... these new results provide evidence for an ancient ...

Voters overwhelmingly rejected a similar idea in a 2018 ballot question, with 70% opposed. In 2014, the threat of a ballot question proved the catalyst for the Legislature and Gov. Deval Patrick ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ rights. By Elizabeth Dias Elizabeth Dias, who covers religion ...

The election has seen the Liberals left leaderless after Mr Dutton lost his Queensland seat of Dickson, and the party will hold a ballot on Tuesday morning to elect a new head. Ms Ley and shadow ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ...

Another big four bank has slashed its mortgage rates ahead of the RBA as competition among the banks heats up. ANZ has become the latest bank to make a move on interest rates outside of the RBA ...