Mayor Carts Away Ballot Drop Box (Newser Morning 8)

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September 26, 2024     "Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it." —Mark Twain   1 Sources: New York City Mayor Eric Adams Indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on federal criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary culmination to weeks of searches, subpoenas, and resignations of top officials that have thrust the city's government into crisis. Keep reading   2 Mayor Carts Away Ballot Drop Box The mayor of a central Wisconsin city who ran for office on his opposition to absentee ballot drop boxes said Wednesday he did nothing wrong when he put on work gloves, donned a hard, hat and used a dolly, to cart away a drop box outside City Hall. Keep reading   From our sponsors Exceptional Travel Card: Bonus Worth $250 for Travel This amazing no-hassle travel card has high rewards, no annual or foreign transaction fees, and a bonus offer worth $250 for travel. It's truly remarkable to find such generous features in a no annual fee card. Learn more   At a Glance Visitors watch the artwork "A hole" from 2009 by artist Yoko Ono during a preview of the comprehensive solo exhibition "MUSIC OF THE MIND" of artist and activist Yoko Ono in cooperation with Tate Modern at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20 museum in Duesseldorf, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)   3 Hurricane Helene Could Bring 'Unsurvivable' Storm Surge Hurricane Helene is now expected to make landfall in Florida Thursday as a Category 4 storm. Keep reading   4 Attendees of Detroit's 'Bridgerton Ball' Are Furious There was the Fyre Festival, the Willy Wonka Experience, and now, the latest expensive event to fall flat: the Bridgerton Ball. Keep reading   5 Trump to 'Finish Our Speech' at Site of Assassination Attempt Former President Trump is planning a return to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first assassination attempt against him. Keep reading   6 Boxer on Death Row for Half a Century Goes Free An 88-year-old former Japanese boxer was on Thursday acquitted of the 1966 murders of his boss and the boss's family, reversing his wrongful conviction and bringing to an end a long legal saga, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 OpenAI's CTO, Other Execs Step Down OpenAI just lost quite a few of its top dogs. Keep reading   8 Tree That Relayed Woodstock Messages Has Come Down Masses of people at the 1969 Woodstock festival stopped by the towering red maple tree a little ways off from the main stage. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Philadelphia Bakery's Cookie Poll Gains Widespread Attention See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere 2; they emerged from Biosphere 2 on this date in 1993. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2022: Cyclist Charged After Teen Girls' Prank Goes Awry   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved