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Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016

Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016. Romney, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, told the Deseret News on Wednesday that he cast a write-in vote for Ann Romney even

Woman found dead after vanishing from California care facility

An elderly woman whose family says she had dementia was found dead in a stairwell at a power plant near a San Francisco hospital 11 days after checking herself out of a nearby city-run care facility, officials said.

Oversupply of marijuana creating problems in Oregon

When Oregon lawmakers created the state’s legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to convince illicit pot growers to leave the black market.

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Uber driver in Denver fatally shoots passenger

An Uber driver fatally shot a man in a car on a Denver interstate early Friday morning after some kind of altercation.

Texas wild-card student captures National Spelling Bee

The end of the biggest Scripps National Spelling Bee in history came abruptly, and it wasn’t the conclusion that many expected. Naysa Modi, a poised and charismatic four-time participant whose long spelling career seemed to be building toward triumph, sat next to a newcomer whom she had already beaten this year — at the county level.

Delaware casinos to start full-scale sports betting next week

Delaware will begin full-scale sports betting next week, wasting no time after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for states to implement wagering schemes.

Puerto Rico power grid can’t withstand hurricane after billions spent

After an eight-month, $3.8 billion federal effort to try to end the longest blackout in United States history, officials say Puerto Rico’s public electrical authority, the nation’s largest, is almost certain to collapse again when the next hurricane hits this island of 3.3 million people.