Springfield, Ohio, grapples with real health challenges as well as false claims

When Ohio senator and Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance claimed Haitian immigrants had caused infectious-disease rates to “skyrocket” in Springfield, local health commissioner Chris Cook checked the records. They showed that in 2023, for example, there were four active tuberculosis cases in Ohio’s Clark County, which includes Springfield, up from three in 2022. HIV

Nearly 3 Million Americans Have Voted So Far: Here’s What We Know

As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 2.8 million people have cast ballots for the 2024 contest. Nearly 3 million Americans have cast early ballots either in person or by mail with under four weeks to go before the November election, an election tracking site shows. As of Wednesday afternoon, 2,839,574 million people have cast ballots

Iowa 3rd Congressional District Candidates Talk Inflation, Immigration, Abortion in Debate

Incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn, a Republican, is running a close race against Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Lanon Baccam, a Democrat running to represent Iowa’s Third Congressional District, faced off in an Oct. 8 debate in Waukee, Iowa, over how they would handle pressing issues affecting their constituents. Nunn, a first-term