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New York Times People are rescued Thursday from the floodwaters surrounding their apartment building in Clearwater, Fla. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)

The state’s preparations probably limited the impact of the storm, one of the strongest to ever hit the state. At least 12 deaths were tied to the hurricane.

A group of survivors and relatives of victims said the military failed to respond to warning signs from the gunman, an Army Reserve grenade instructor, ahead of the shooting.

The race has become a referendum on what the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office did, and failed to do, before a shooting that killed 18 people in Lewiston last fall.

After a resident of Hanson, Mass., projected the logo on town property, local officials fined him $100 per day for violating its bylaws.

Distrust of Kelly Ayotte, the Republican candidate, on abortion and strong support for Kamala Harris in the state may be helping keep the race close despite Ms. Ayotte’s advantages.

Printer problems in heavily Democratic Apache County led to long lines and discouraged voters, according to tribal officials.

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For 93 years, Don Strohmenger has always been at the heart of Sun Prairie, having grown up and lived here his whole life.

Federal prosecutors said Lavante Wiggins of Pittsfield High School and another man had conspired to traffic “large quantities” of the drug in western Massachusetts.