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DeWine vetoes bill requiring photo ID for mail voting in Ohio
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Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail.
DeWine announced late June 24 that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023.
The Republican governor issued an unusually lengthy ... (full story)
How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Duane Mitchell has big plans for America's 250th anniversary.
Mitchell, a 78-year-old veteran in Montana, plans to take a red, white and blue 1954 Chevrolet pickup that he restored and drive it in local parades for the Fourth of July. In honor of the country’s milestone anniversary, he bought a deco ... (full story)
Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law
Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2026. There are 182 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination and segregation based on race, color, sex, rel ... (full story)
Justice Department announces hundreds of charges in multi-billion-dollar healthcare fraud crackdown
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced criminal charges June 23 against 455 people as part of a two-week healthcare fraud crackdown that officials say involved more than $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to insurers.
Among those charged is a nurse practitioner accused in Texas of billing Medicare for medic ... (full story)
All the world's a robot-staging ground for tech entrepreneurs building 'physical AI'
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models — the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude — when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end.
“We basically have passed the point of doing real fun ... (full story)