By STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president Wednesday night, cementing her stat…
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Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press NOVO PROGRESSO, Brazil (AP) — A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames — the first major blazes in…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump muddies facts on mail ballots, Harris
By HOPE YEN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is muddying the facts about mail-in voting and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris on the eve of the Democrati…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s flawed justification for postal cuts
By HOPE YEN, PAUL WISEMAN and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the U.S. Postal Service’s financial problems as his postmaster general …
Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, Senate says
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” cou…
Suffrage anniversary commemorations highlight racial divide
By SUSAN HAIGH and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As the U.S. marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, many event organizers, mindful that the 19th Amendment original…
How can Wall Street be so healthy when Main Street isn’t?
By STAN CHOE, ALEX VEIGA and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is not the economy. Rarely has that adage been as clear as it is now. An amazing, monthslong rally…
Teens struggle to balance school, family, work amid COVID-19
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With her baby brother in her arms, Kara Apuzzo tried to follow along in an online class as he squirmed or slept. Other times, the 18-year-o…
How the AP covered ratification of the 19th Amendment
By The Associated Press The bulletin moved just after 1 p.m. on Aug. 18, 1920, conveying the breaking news that the 19th Amendment had been ratified giving women the constitutional right to vote. The …
Advocates plan birthday gift for the 19th Amendment: The ERA
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer It was a huge step forward for American women when, exactly 100 years ago, they finally gained the guaranteed right to vote with ratification of the 19th Amendment…