• Harris found success with women who have cats, but Trump got the dog owner vote: AP VoteCast
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The lead-up to the 2024 election was all about cat owners. But in the end, the dogs had their day. President-elect Donald Trump won slightly more than half of voters who own either cats or dogs, with a big assist from dog owners, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than […]
  • AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana’s general election
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana voters on Saturday will decide the fates of four proposed amendments to the state constitution, in the final statewide election of 2024. The measures would change how Louisiana officials conduct oversight of judges, deliberate spending bills in the Legislature and deal with the properties of delinquent taxpayers. Amendment No. 1 would […]
  • Rescuers search for woman who may have fallen into a sinkhole while looking for her lost cat
    Rescuers searched early Wednesday for a woman who went looking for her lost cat and apparently fell into a sinkhole that had recently opened above an abandoned western Pennsylvania coal mine. Crews worked through the night in Marguerite to find Elizabeth Pollard, 64. A state police spokesperson said early Wednesday they were reassessing their tactics […]
  • Losses in China lead to $5 billion charge for General Motors as it cuts the value of its assets
    DETROIT (AP) — The poor performance of General Motors’ Chinese joint ventures is forcing the company to write down assets and take a restructuring charge totaling more than $5 billion in the fourth quarter of this year. The Detroit automaker said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it will cut the value of its equity […]
  • US think tanks’ policy ‘grand bargain’ offered as bargaining falls from favor
    By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In another era, agreement among analysts from leading left, center, and right-leaning think tanks over a sweeping plan to address major fiscal and social issues might carry some heft in Washington policymaking. In today’s culturally infused, party-line politics, when establishment voices particularly among the U.S. Republican party have been […]