More than a dozen states already are collecting ballots either through absentee votes by mail or in-person early voting.
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Reward offered for information in sinkings of lobster boat in Port Clyde
Maine Operation Game Thief puts up $2,000 in an effort to catch whoever sank Anthony Hooper’s lobster boat three times.
East coast bracing for Hurricane Matthew
The governors of Florida and South Carolina urge people living in the hurricane’s path to evacuate.
Official: Train that slammed into Hoboken, N.J., terminal was speeding
It was traveling at two to three times the 10 mph speed limit, according to federal investigators’ estimates.
Experts: Police talk of running down suspect may be justified
A dashboard camera caught two office discussing hitting a suspect armed with a knife before fatally shooting him.
Under order from U.S. intelligence, Yahoo scanned millions of user emails, says former employee
Two company officials concerned over the ethics of surveillance resigned last year over the firm’s decision to comply.
Aid groups anticipating humanitarian crisis in Mosul
They predict that a million will flee the Iraqi city in ‘one of the largest man-made disasters in years.’
Supreme Court declines to hear Scarborough man’s appeal
Joshua Nisbet had been ordered by a Maine judge to defend himself after five previous attorneys withdrew from the armed robbery case.
Kaine attacks while Pence stands firm in vice presidential debate
Republican nominee Mike Pence is unfazed by Democrat Tim Kaine’s pressure to answer for some of Donald Trump’s provocative statements.
French police seek 5 in robbery of Kim Kardashian West
The American celebrity was assaulted in her Paris residence before robbers took more than $10 million of her jewelry.