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In Alaska, Some Early Voting Sites in Rural Villages Have Not Yet Opened

“There is no legal excuse” for the failure of 18 polling sites to open for early voting, a state lawmaker said.

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Senator Dan Sullivan finished second in the primary to Representative Mary Peltola and has trailed her in polls since.
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Beef and Barn Dances: A Farmer Tries to Turn a Red Patch of N.C. Blue

Democrats are largely used to losing in the mountains of western North Carolina. Jamie Ager is trying to change that.

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Jamie Ager, a Democratic House candidate, who’s running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District.
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The A.I. Data Center Backlash Has Reached a Quiet Corner of Rural England

Plans to build one of Europe’s largest data centers in Devon have been met by strong opposition from residents, as environmental concerns grow.

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Daisy Snow, right, Ann Shuttleworth, left, and others protesting the proposed data center in Bideford, England, last month.
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How the ‘Other Maine’ Has Helped Shape a Senate Race

Both Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, grew up in Aroostook County, a vast, isolated northern wilderness. Those roots have helped define them.

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