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Edina acknowledged that the ballots were "left unattended" but were "not tampered with.".. City and county officials have responded to a photo posted online that shows boxes of ballots left unattended in an open trunk outside Edina City Hall Friday. “Do these ballots look secure to you?” Senate District 50 Republicans posted on the social media platform X. ... A communications director for the city responded to the post, writing: “The vehicle pictured is a Hennepin County courier that came to pick up Edina’s absentee ballots this morning. Inside his vehicle are ballots that he picked up from other cities...

(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday disputed the suggestion that the administration has not given the North Korean nuclear threat enough attention as a result of its focus on the Iran nuclear talks and other issues, declaring that “North Korea has never been left unattended to, not for one day.” “That premise [that the North Korean situation has been neglected] is absolutely inaccurate, it’s without foundation,” he told reporters in the State Department briefing room. Pyongyang on Wednesday carried out a nuclear test – its fourth since 2006 – catapulting the reclusive Stalinist state back into the...

Seattle police are looking into the "very embarrassing" circumstances that led to a semi-automatic assault rifle being left on the trunk lid of an unattended patrol vehicle in public.Everybody's done it. You place an item on top of a car only to remember later — after you or someone else has driven off. But when the forgetful individual is a Seattle police officer and the item is a semi-automatic rifle, it's more than a little embarrassing. It's also the focus of an internal investigation. Seattle police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb conceded Tuesday it was "very embarrassing" that a semi-automatic rifle...

Louise Wood warms up her car every chilly morning so her 6-year-old son won't have to get into a cold car. After starting the engine, she locks her car, sets its alarm, and heads back into her home. Sounds basic, but Wood and more than a dozen other Forest Park residents have learned an expensive lesson about this common routine. It's against the law. A little-known state statute makes it illegal to leave a car running and unattended. The 33-year-old law was meant to prevent driverless cars from rolling away. But the law is finding new purpose in Wood's hometown...