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☆ Black women face a maternal health crisis, and advocates want that to be an election issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

“Black maternal health and reproductive health has to be a conversation that I hear from any candidate for me to be on board to vote for them,” she said. Black women in the U.S. also face greater risks bearing children. “The landscape for reproductive health for Black women has gotten far more dangerous in the last two and a half years,” she said. When asked, the Harris campaign did not point to specific policies on Black maternal health. Desta-Bell said she’s found growing interest from voters about the state of Black maternal health and reproductive justice.

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☆ 7 dead identified in Georgia island gangway collapse during celebratory weekend
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

DARIEN, Ga. — The seven people killed Saturday in a gangway collapse on a Georgia barrier island were all in their 70s, except for one woman in her 90s, the coroner said Sunday. A portion of the gangway which collapsed Saturday afternoon remains visible on Sapelo Island in McIntosh county, Ga., on Sunday. Sapelo Island ferry service will resume Monday using an auxiliary dock, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Tyler Jones said Sunday. It’s not clear if any of those who died in Saturday's collapse were Gullah Geechee people. Meanwhile, Grovner said, survivors of those who died Saturday will be embraced by the Gullah Geechee and their longstanding fight to exist.

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Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde sparred over abortion rights and economic issues Friday night during their first and only debate of a hotly contested Wisconsin Senate race that has tightened just weeks before Election Day. “Look, it’s been brought back to our state,” Hovde said during the exchange. It’s very clear that he has never read Roe v. Baldwin won her 2012 Senate race by more than 5 percentage points and her 2018 re-election contest by nearly 11 percentage points, demonstrating her appeal in rural areas. Baldwin received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

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Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative hearing in Austin, his legal representatives said. The subpoena was issued to help buy more time for Roberson, who has bipartisan support. The Office of the Attorney General quickly appealed the district court judge’s temporary injunction to the state’s highest criminal court, which agreed with allowing Roberson’s execution to continue. But lawmakers then petitioned their case to the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday as the hours ticked down before midnight — when Roberson’s death warrant was set to expire. State Rep. Brian Harrison, a Republican who helped to introduce the motion to subpoena Roberson, acknowledged Friday that although the execution was blocked, various issues remain at play.

Persons: Robert Roberson, Roberson, Nikki, Brian Harrison, “, ” Harrison, “ We’re, Brian Wice, Greg Abbott, Abbott, ” Wice, Harrison, ” Organizations: Texas Supreme, of Criminal, State, Republican, U.S, Supreme Locations: Texas, Austin, U.S, Nikki’s, Houston

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar opens a window of opportunity for Israel to end the war in Gaza. The Texas Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate in a “shaken baby syndrome” case. The length of the stay was not specified but the state Supreme Court wrote in the opinion that the lower court should act swiftly. NOAA issues winter weather forecast as Phoenix finally snaps heat streakParts of Washington state saw the first bouts of snowfall this season, a preview of what’s expected for the region this winter. While forecasters are looking ahead to winter, Phoenix, until Tuesday, had been trapped in a summer that wouldn’t end.

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☆ Ron DeSantis, using the levers of state government, ramps up efforts to defeat Florida abortion-rights ballot measure
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | Adam Edelman | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Last month, a state-run health care agency launched a website that shares information that proponents of the ballot measure say is misleading. The DeSantis administration has also ramped up efforts to investigate allegations of fraud in the signature-gathering process by the groups behind the measure. In addition, the state Health Department sent cease-and-desist letters this month to multiple television stations across the state that had aired an ad that supported the ballot measure. Spokespersons for the DeSantis administration, the Health Department and the Agency for Health Care Administration didn’t respond to questions. Even putting the efforts from DeSantis and other Florida Republicans aside, the ballot measure faces an uphill climb.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ”, “, Sen, Jason Pizzo, ” Lauren Brenzel, “ Don’t, ” Pizzo, Donald Trump, waffling, Alex Andrade, he’s, ” Andrade, Ashley Moody, It’s Organizations: Florida Gov, Republicans, GOP, Florida Republican, Democratic, Floridians, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, American Civil Liberties Union of, Washington Post, The Associated Press, Freedom, Health Department, Agency for Health Care Administration, Trump, Republican Party, “, DeSantis, Republican, Florida Republicans Locations: Florida, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, DeSantis

☆ ‘Everyone wants actual accountability,’ attorney for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors says as DOJ visits site
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Omar Jimenez | Cindy Von Quednow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Department of Justice officials met with survivors and “first-generation descendants” of the massacre over the last two days, Solomon-Simmons said. The department announced it would launch a civil rights review into the massacre at the end of September. Solomon-Simmons said he and the survivors have high hopes for the investigation, which began in recent weeks. This week, DOJ officials also gathered evidence at the site of the massacre, according to Solomon-Simmons. Solomon-Simmons was flanked by survivors’ descendants and US Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has been an advocate for the families.

Persons: ”, Damario Solomon, Simmons, “, Solomon, they’ve, God, ” Solomon, Emmett, Kristen Clarke, Al Green of, Green, ” Green, Hughes Van Ellis, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Ellis, Fletcher, Randle, Benningfield Randle, Mother Randle, Mother Fletcher Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, of Justice, DOJ, Rep, Oklahoma Supreme, Capitol Locations: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Greenwood, Tulsa’s Greenwood, Al Green of Texas

☆ ‘We are fed up’: Ballot drop boxes are dividing neighbors in Wisconsin
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Casey Tolan | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Still, that’s far lower than the 528 drop boxes that the commission was aware of in 2020. PoolNick Ramos, the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a voting rights group that has pushed for more drop boxes, said he was discouraged by the number of municipalities that had decided not to use drop boxes this election. “Drop boxes are safe, they are reliable and secure.”Changing legal statusFor years, ballot drop boxes were legal in Wisconsin with little controversy or attention, and in 2020, they became a key tactic for municipalities to encourage safe voting during the coronavirus pandemic. A conservative group filed a lawsuit to ban drop boxes in Wisconsin, and the state Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided with them in 2022, banning drop boxes except ones inside clerks’ offices. In Milwaukee, most drop boxes are in front of libraries, and in Madison, the state capital and a Democratic stronghold, officials decided to locate almost all of their drop boxes in front of fire stations.

Persons: Donald Trump, Dale Schmidt, Trump, Nick Ramos, “ We’re, ” Ramos, “ It’s, Joe Biden, Doug Diny, Diny, ”, “, I’ve, Jeff Mandell, Nancy Stenzel, Robin Vos, Scott Fitzgerald, Vos –, Janet Protasiewicz, Protasiewicz, Dylan Brogan, Schmidt, ” Schmidt, Eric Hovde, “ We’ve, ” Hovde, Catherine Engelbrecht, ” Engelbrecht, Mandell Organizations: CNN, Wisconsin county, “, Trump, Commission, Madison, Wisconsin Democracy, Wausau, Republican, City Hall, Department of Justice, Council, State Assembly, GOP, Democratic, USA, Conservative, US, Washington Post, WIRED Locations: Wisconsin, Dodge County, Milwaukee, Dodge County , Wisconsin, Juneau , Wisconsin, Wausau, ”, Hall, Madison, Kenosha

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the state’s six-week abortion ban while it reviews an appeal from the state of a lower court ruling that had struck down the law. The state Supreme Court's decision, however, left in place the lower court’s ruling blocking a separate provision of the law that had given state prosecutors broad access to the medical records of abortion patients without due process protections. The state's near-total abortion ban, known as the LIFE Act, was signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 but didn’t take effect until July 2022, after it faced a legal challenge and the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. Last week, a judge in Fulton County, Georgia, struck down the state’s six-week abortion, allowing the procedure to resume and almost immediately making it legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.

Persons: Brian Kemp, Roe, Wade, Robert McBurney, ” McBurney, Court’s, —, Amber Nicole Thurman, Candi Miller, Kamala Harris, Miller, Thurman, ProPublica, Kwajelyn Jackson, ’, Jaylen Black, Amber Thurman, ” Organizations: Georgia Supreme, LIFE, Republican Gov, U.S, Women’s Health Center Locations: Georgia, U.S ., Fulton County , Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Democrats aim to show a judge how pro-Trump Georgia election board could spark certification ‘chaos’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Disputes across the country are brewing over the role of local election boards and how much power they have to question – or even throw out – election results. In Georgia, for instance, Trump-backed members of the state election board recently passed controversial rules that could allow local election boards responsible for certifying results to conduct investigations that threaten to delay certification. One of the Georgia rules, the “Reasonable Inquiry Rule,” would allow election officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results. The petitioners in the case argue that the rule would give partisan board members a wide ability to cast doubt on, or even reject, election results. In some cases, the threat of legal action has been enough to deter officials from pursuing challenges to the certification process.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, ”, Ben Berwick, ” “, ” Berwick, –, Mike Pence, Robert Froman, Joe Biden, Froman, ” Froman, State Francisco Aguilar, Aguilar, Gideon Cohn, Postar, “ It’s, ” Cohn, Trump, Ronna McDaniel Organizations: CNN, Capitol, Trump, Democratic National Committee, Georgia Democratic Party, Democratic, Democracy, Republicans, Georgia Republicans, Republican National Committee, Republican, Michigan Department of State, Detroit News, ACLU, State, Arizona voters, Institute for Responsive Government, Republican National, Commonwealth and Pennsylvania Department of State Locations: Georgia , Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Kalamazoo County , Michigan, Michigan, canvassers, Washoe, Washoe County, Reno, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Carolina, Michigan’s, Wayne County, Detroit, Otero County , New Mexico

☆ Georgia judge declares state’s abortion ban unconstitutional, allowing procedure to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Shawn Nottingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A Georgia judge has struck down the state’s six-week abortion ban, declaring it unconstitutional. In a ruling issued on Monday, Judge Robert McBurney said Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act, infringes on a woman’s state constitutional rights. When originally signed into law, the LIFE Act criminalized most abortions after an embryo generates detectable cardiac activity, typically around six weeks into a pregnancy. When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and ended a national right to abortion, it opened the door for state bans. Democrats argue such deaths were a predictable outcome of laws that took effect after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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Missouri is set Tuesday to execute Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate whose case has spurred several efforts to save his life amid doubts about the evidence presented at his 2001 murder trial and the actions of a trial lawyer in the case. The attorneys are asking for the court to either find that those actions violated Williams’ rights or have a lower court address those issues. A St. Louis County circuit judge and Gayle’s family also agreed to the deal, but state Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, opposed it, and the state Supreme Court agreed. A judge ultimately rejected the motion to vacate, a ruling Williams’ attorneys appealed to the state Supreme Court in the hearing Monday. In addition to the state Supreme Court appeal, Williams’ attorneys also have an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court and a clemency request before Missouri Gov.

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☆ Marcellus Williams is executed despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Cindy Von Quednow | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Around 100 demonstrators were present on the prison grounds protesting capital punishment and Williams’ execution, Pojmann said. Williams’ team filed a clemency petition to the US Supreme Court last week, noting Missouri’s previous governor had postponed Williams’ execution indefinitely amid questions about the integrity of Williams’ trial. Eric Greitens previously halted Williams’ execution and formed a board to investigate his case and determine whether he should be granted clemency. “The Board investigated Williams’ case for the next six years — until Governor Michael Parson abruptly terminated the process,” Williams’ attorneys wrote. “The Governor’s actions have violated Williams’ constitutional rights and created an exceptionally urgent need for the Court’s attention,” Williams’ attorneys said in court documents.

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☆ Post-Roe, pregnant women face growing risk of criminal prosecution for charges much broader than abortion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Deidre Mcphillips | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Other documented charges against pregnant women include criminal homicide and drug-related charges, along with one charge related to a portion of a criminal abortion statute that has since been repealed and one charge of abuse of a corpse. Certain groups have been advocating for fetal personhood for decades, she said. So instead, fetal personhood was indirectly written into other areas of law, with a particular focus on advocating for prosecutions of pregnant women. “The goal was not just to have these individual people go to prison, it was meant to set a precedent about what fetal rights look like,” she said. Marsh’s case is a “prime example of how pregnancy loss can become a criminal investigation very quickly,” Dana Sussman, senior vice president of Pregnancy Justice, told KFF.

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☆ Funeral services held for Kentucky judge allegedly shot by sheriff in courthouse chamber
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Deon J. Hampton | Deon J. Hampton Is A National Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

JENKINS, Ky. — A Kentucky judge who authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level drug offenders. Kentucky State Police said the shooting appears to have followed an argument. Kentucky Court of Justice via APDistrict Judge J. He was first appointed in 2009 to fill a judicial vacancy and served as a District Court judge for 14 years, the obituary said. At the service, District Judge James Craft told a story about a trip he and Mullins took to New York City years ago.

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☆ Marcellus Williams execution: Missouri Supreme Court declines to intervene
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Cindy Von Quednow | Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. “No jury nor court, including at the trial, appellate, and Supreme Court levels, have ever found merit in Mr. Williams’ innocence claims. The NAACP and the Council on American-Islamic Relations have called on Parson to halt Williams’ execution. How the state Supreme Court decidedThe court considered several questions, the state’s judicial branch said. But after Parson took office, he dissolved the board investigating Williams’ case and revoked Williams’ stay of execution in 2023.

Persons: Mike Parson, Mr, Williams, ” Parson, “, ” Marcellus Williams, Felicia Gayle, Louis County’s, Wesley Bell, Bell, Parson, ” Williams, Jonathan Potts, nixed, ” Potts, you’ve, Michael Spillane, Marcellus Williams, Tricia Rojo Bushnell, ”, ” Bell, Williams ’, Bruce F, Hilton, Andrew Bailey, Bailey, Alford, general’s, Eric Greitens, Johnathan Shiflett, ” CNN’s Dakin Andone, Lauren Mascarenhas, Jennifer Hauser Organizations: CNN, Missouri Supreme, Gov, US, Supreme, Democrat, Congress, NAACP, Islamic, Court, Circuit, Attorney’s Office, Republican, GOP, GOP Gov Locations: Missouri, St, ” “ Missouri, Louis, “

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that roughly 98,000 Arizonans whose voter registration status was in limbo will be able to participate in the full ballot in November. “We deeply appreciate the Arizona Supreme Court for their prompt and just resolution,” Fontes added. In 2005, Arizona state law required documentary proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. “Thank you Arizona Supreme Court for your extremely quick and professional review of this matter,’ Richer added. "We’re very grateful to the state Supreme Court for protecting the voices of almost 98,000 voters who were in danger of being disenfranchised in this election,” she added.

Persons: ”, Adrian Fontes, “, ” Fontes, snafu, Ann Scott Timmer, Stephen Richer, Fontes, Richer, ’ Richer, Gina Swoboda, Swoboda Organizations: Arizona Supreme, Democratic, Arizona Supreme Court, MVD, NBC Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania’s top state election official, outlined Thursday how administrators in the nation’s biggest battleground state are preparing to take on election misinformation and even potential violence before and after ballots are cast this year. But he said election officials have learned a lot since 2020. Election officials also faced threats and attacks from furious voters, with one local election official reporting that a third of the state’s 67 county election directors retired or resigned after the 2020 election. To help combat some of the threats against election workers that emerged around the 2020 race, Pennsylvania has established a new election threats task force to monitor the situation. After a drawn-out court battle, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that mail-in ballots without correctly written dates can be tossed out.

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The fight over Wisconsin — considered a must-win for Harris as part of Democrats’ so-called blue wall — could tilt the election. Tim Walz has re-energized staff members in the state, a campaign official told NBC News. With more than 200 staffers statewide, the Harris campaign touts 48 offices across Wisconsin, including some in smaller, more rural areas that Trump won in 2020. But the Trump campaign is mounting its own effort in the state. An RNC official also said the Trump campaign and the Wisconsin GOP have more than 70 staff members and 40 offices across the state.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Donald Trump —, Wisconsin —, ’, Tim Walz, Trump, Walz, Gwen Walz, Walz —, Dane County, Sen, JD Vance, it’s, “ Kamala Harris, ”, Anna Kelly, haven’t, doesn’t bode, ” Kelly Organizations: Trump, Quinnipiac University, Marist College, Wisconsin, Democratic, Minnesota Gov, NBC News, United Auto Workers, Teamsters, Superior, Convention, Republican National Committee, RNC, Wisconsin GOP, University of Wisconsin Locations: MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Harris, Quinnipiac’s, Marist’s, Midwest, Superior, Wisconsin’s, Minnesota, Duluth , Minnesota, Milwaukee, Madison, Dane, Dane County, Ohio, Eau Claire

That cleared the way for counties to start preparing, printing and distributing mail ballots to those who request them. Most rejected ballots are tossed out for arriving after Election Day, but thousands have been rejected for missing signatures and similar paperwork errors. Pennsylvania's mail ballots have once again been the subject of a major election-year legal battle. The state Supreme Court ruled last week that mail ballots with improper dates can't be counted. Looking ahead to November, clerks in Pennsylvania still won’t be able to process any mail ballots before Election Day, meaning it could again take days to count them.

Persons: Commonwealth Al Schmidt, Cornel, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, —, Trump baselessly, won’t Organizations: Commonwealth, Pennsylvania, Officials Locations: Pennsylvania, In Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg

☆ Harris gets pressed for policy details: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In today’s edition, reporter Curtis Bunn brings us a dispatch from Kamala Harris' interview with members of the National Association of Black Journalists. Plus, national political reporter Ben Kamisar breaks down where third-party candidates are appearing on the ballot in key battlegrounds. Read more from Curtis →Focus returns to Springfield: Harris also ripped Trump’s repeated bashing of Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, in the NABJ interview, saying he was “spewing lies grounded in tropes.”“It’s a crying shame. After having spent millions to get on state ballots, Kennedy has tried to pull back since he endorsed Trump. And there are still other third-party candidates, including some familiar faces and some new ones, whose presence on key state ballots could affect the November results.

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A top election official in Arizona said he would file a suit Tuesday that could bar almost 100,000 residents from voting in state and local races this fall, claiming they have not provided citizenship documents required under state law. The planned suit from Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is related to a specific part of Arizona election law that requires residents to provide documents that prove citizenship to vote in state and local elections. Such documents are not required for Arizona residents to register to vote or cast a ballot in federal elections. Since 1996, Arizona has required residents to provide proof of citizenship to obtain a driver’s license. Hobbs said her office would implement "an independent audit to ensure that MVD systems are functioning as necessary to support voter registration."

Persons: Stephen Richer, ”, Richer, ” Richer, Donald Trump, Justin Heap, Adrian Fontes, ” Fontes, “ We’re, Fontes, “, we've, —, Katie Hobbs, Hobbs Organizations: U.S, Citizens, Republican, GOP, Senate, NBC News, Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehicle Department, MVD, Gov, Fontes Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County, U.S, United States, America

Third-party candidates have played a big role in deciding key presidential battleground states in the last few years — meaning which (and how many) candidates will actually be on the ballot state by state could matter a lot in a close election. After spending millions to get on state ballots, Kennedy has attempted to pull back since endorsing former President Donald Trump. And there are still other third-party candidates, including some familiar faces and some new ones, whose presence on key state ballots could affect the November results. In 2016, 6% of all voters cast votes for third-party candidates, a dynamic that helped to lower the share of the vote Trump needed to win in key battleground states. But this is where third-party candidates’ battleground ballot access efforts stand at the moment.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Trump, don’t, Joe Biden, eke Organizations: Democratic, Trump, Libertarian Locations: North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada

☆ Why these three states are the most consistent tipping point in American politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Trump won the presidency in 2016 by stunning Democrat Hillary Clinton to win all three states by a combined margin of about 80,000 votes. But, as in other states, Democrats have been concerned about the risk of depressed turnout and some gains for Trump among Black voters in Philadelphia. Eight years later, the two states split again, when Roosevelt comfortably won Pennsylvania and Michigan narrowly went to Republican Wendell Willkie. This trio of states has arguably become the most consistent tipping point in American politics. In the nine elections since 1920 when they split their vote, the candidate who carried two of these three states won seven times.

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Bryan Kohberger, the man accused in the murders of four University of Idaho students, was transported by plane Sunday morning from the Idaho county where he was being jailed to another county where his trial will be held. Latah County District Judge John Judge had ruled in favor of lawyers for Kohberger, 29, who argued a trial in Latah County would be unfair because of the intense pretrial publicity creating a "mob mentality" against the defendant. "While the issue of extensive, sensationalized coverage is not unique to Latah County," Judge added, "it is potentially more impactful given the volume of coverage coupled with the smaller population." Despite the change, Latah County prosecutors and Kohberger's public defenders are expected to remain through the trial. Some of the victims' families have expressed frustration over the trial's delay and had pressed for the case to remain in Latah County so that its residents could represent the jury.

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