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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day 2024 arrived Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner. The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust — over 4 million voters — that a top official in the secretary of state’s office said the big day could look like a “ghost town” at the polls. As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed roughly 82 million ballots already cast — slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier.

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president’s agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill. The key contests are playing out alongside the first presidential election since the Jan.

General Daily Insight for November 05, 2024 Surprising developments could require us to adjust our plans at any moment. As the passionate Sagittarius Moon forms a quincunx with unstable Uranus, structures we rely on might not work the way we believe they should. Luna then squares foggy Neptune, challenging us to determine which expectations are realistic.

Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 111-110 loss to the Sacramento Kings: – If you didn’t know better, you might have thought this was an open audition. – Erik Spoelstra utilized 11 players in the first quarter. – And then 11 again in the second half. – And that was with Jaime Jaquez Jr.

MIAMI — The victories over the Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards were all well and good if you consider success being defeating teams that went a combined 50-196 last season at the bottom of the Eastern Conference. Validation requires more, with Monday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings offering such an opportunity for the Miami Heat. So after lopsided losses to the Orlando Magic and New York Knicks, Erik Spoelstra’s team surged ahead early, endured its typical third-quarter swoon, battled back to the lead .

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALI SWENSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of Election Day, highlighting attempts by foreign actors to sow doubt in the U. S. voting process and warning that the efforts run the risk of inciting violence against election officials. In a joint statement late Monday, federal officials pointed to a recent article posted by Russian actors falsely claiming that U.