The Pennsylvania House has passed legislation, 102-99, to allow counties to begin processing mail-in ballots up to seven days before Election Day. Currently, counties can't start processing mail-in ballots until Election Day.

WASHINGTON (The Associated Press) _ The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

NEW YORK (The Associated Press) — Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied an administration building.

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request for a rehearing in an appeal to last month's decision by a divided three-judge panel that said it doesn't violate civil rights law to throw out mail-in ballots over the state's handwritten date requirement.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (The Associated Press) __ Three law enforcement officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers were wounded Monday in a shootout at a Charlotte, North Carolina, home, police said.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (The Associated Press) __ Numerous law enforcement officers have been struck by gunfire Monday, according to police in Charlotte.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said multiple victims have been transported to hospitals and gunfire continued on the scene in the city.

WASHINGTON (The Associated Press) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

PHOENIX (The Associated Press) _ Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in 2020'S presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, the 4th state to bring charges against “fake electors.”

WASHINGTON (The Associated Press) — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Democrats have nominated Erin McClelland of Allegheny County in a two-way race for state treasurer of Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Democrats have nominated former state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale of Pittsburgh in a five-way race for attorney general of Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Democrats have nominated state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia in a two-way race to challenge Republican state Auditor General Tim DeFoor.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Republicans nominated Dave Sunday, York County's district attorney, in a two-way race for attorney general of Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Ryan Mackenzie wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District

HARRISBURG, Pa. (The Associated Press) _ Janelle Stelson wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District