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A Morgan County election official sort ballots during an audit, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, at the Morgan County public safety building in Madison, Ga. Election officials in Georgia’s 159 counties are undertaking a hand tally of the presidential race that stems from an audit required by state law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive

Republicans in some states are pushing to count ballots the old-fashioned way — which experts say would bring a level of chaos to elections not seen in decades.

In this Thursday, May 28, 2015 photo, a gate over the entrance of Barnard College is seen in New York. Barnard, like other women's colleges, has always admitted only students born as women, but the class of 2020 may be different. Soon Barnard's trustees vote on whether to officially admit transgender students _ trans women, trans men or those not identifying with either gender _ following new policies announced at several other womens colleges. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Barnard College will offer abortion pills for students

The move is a direct response to the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade. Though Barnard is in New York, where abortion access hasn't been restricted, the college wants to be prepared.

A man walks past a "Now Hiring" sign in New York City on July 8, 2022. - The US economy added far more jobs than expected in June and wages rose, adding fuel to worries about accelerating inflation, but giving President Joe Biden a reason to cheer. Biden has seen his approval ratings plummet as Americans face the worst inflation surge in more than 40 years, but after the latest data Friday, he underscored the rapid jobs recovery in the wake of the pandemic. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

After a hot summer, hiring cools in September as employers add 263,000 jobs

A new jobs report shows a modest slowdown in hiring last month, which could help fight inflation. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.5%

FILE - Celina Washburn protests outside the Arizona Capitol to voice her dissent with an abortion ruling, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Phoenix. An Arizona judge ruled the state can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been blocked for nearly 50 years. The law was first enacted decades before Arizona became a state in 1912. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Appeals court ruling allows Arizona abortions to restart

Abortions can take place again in Arizona, at least for now, after an appeals court on Friday blocked enforcement of a pre-statehood law that almost entirely criminalized the procedure.

FILE - Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, speaks to attendees as he endorses New York City mayoral candidate Fernando Mateo during a campaign event on June 3, 2021, in Staten Island, N.Y. The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election filed paperwork Friday, Oct. 7, seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from Flynn and Gingrich in state election probe

A Georgia prosecutor filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

GennaRose Nethercott uses folklore to explore a painful, and personal, history

A new novel reimagines Baba Yaga — a crone figure in Slavic folklore — as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European town during a time of pogroms.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 30: Musician Timmy Trumpet and Edwin Diaz #39 of the New York Mets pose for a photograph before a game between the Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on August 30, 2022 in New York City. Trumpet's song 'Narco" is used when Diaz enters a game. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

This trumpet-fueled walk-on song is professional baseball's latest craze

"Narco," a dance hit by Australian musician Timmy Trumpet and the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx, is the walk-on music for star relief pitcher Edwin Diaz.

Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, early Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

A blast hits the bridge to Crimea, a key supply route in Russia's war

The 12-mile bridge has served as a key auto and rail supply line from Russia into Crimea. A Ukrainian official said the incident was just "the beginning," but stopped short of taking credit.

Eastbound traffic crowds Interstate 275 as people evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Florida on September 27, 2022. - The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Ian made landfall just southwest of the town of La Coloma, Cuba, at about 4:30 am local time (0830 GMT). The hurricane was packing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles (205 kilometers) per hour, the NHC said, making it a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

As Ian's death toll rises, questions swirl on why more Floridians didn't evacuate

Most deaths were in Lee County, where local officials delayed hurricane evacuations until the day before the storm hit. Leaders in other nearby counties ordered evacuations a day earlier.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, that he will call a special session of the state Legislature on Dec. 5, to pass a new tax on oil companies in response to high gas prices, while talking to reporters in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California looks to target oil company profits in a special legislative session

Gas prices have recovered somewhat nationwide, but they have continued to spike in California, hitting an average of $6.39 per gallon on Friday.

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