## Fires set in drop boxes destroy hundreds of ballots in Washington and damage 3 in Oregon

Authored by apnews.com

But within a few hours, another fire was discovered at a transit center drop box across the Columbia River in Vancouver.

He urged voters who dropped their ballots in the transit center box after 11 a.m. Saturday to contact his office for a replacement ballot.

The workers will have instructions to simply observe the ballot boxes and not confront anyone.

Washington and Oregon, which are both vote-by-mail states, have long used ballot drop boxes.

The fire suppression systems inside the ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon were designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots with a fire-suppressing powder.

Monday afternoon, voters dropped off their ballots at the new drop box that replaced the one that had been set on fire in Portland.

In Phoenix last week, officials said roughly five ballots were destroyed and others damaged when a fire was set in a drop box at a U.S. »

### Russia Lost 10,000 Troops in a Single Week: Kyiv

Authored by newsweek.com

This includes 1,680 fighters being killed or injured in the past 24 hours, according to Kyiv.

Newsweek could not independently verify these figures, and has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.

"The costs of fueling the war will increase as Russia continues to burn through manpower and materiel on the frontline," the think tank assessed. »

### Woman dies after backing into airplane propeller while taking pictures, officials say

Authored by firstalert4.com

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A woman in Kansas died after backing into a moving airplane propeller while taking photos, according to officials.

According to Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter, 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher was taking photos at the Air Capital Drop Zone of people getting on and off of planes when she backed into an active airplane propeller.

The woman who died after backing into a moving airplane propeller while taking photos at Air Capital Drop Zone on Saturday afternoon has been identified as 37-year-old Amanda Gallagher. »

### Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement

Authored by npr.org

Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement.

Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well.

“In Trump’s previous — and perhaps only — presidential term, at no point did Bezos flinch when it came to Trump,” Brauchli says. »

### Balatro creator admits his attempt to 100% his own roguelike game before the mobile port was doomed, and now he has "some words for John Balatro"

Authored by gamesradar.com

Balatro creator LocalThunk has been trying to 100% the poker-themed roguelike deck-builder, and, well, it's proving a challenge.

"Been trying to 100% Balatro for the first time since mobile launched, and holy shit, I have some words for John Balatro," he says on Twitter, sounding like the rest of us.

Before Balatro took over the world, the roguelike's creator considered naming it Fool's Gambit - "obviously not a great name," but it had a killer main menu. »

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