Is California’s Election ‘Rigged’? There’s no evidence of fraud so far, but the state’s lax voting rules create openings for it. California’s system is slow, opaque, and difficult for the average voter to comprehend. It departs from norms that exist in every other state and most other first-world countries. It engenders confusion and mistrust. It is, in short, a national disgrace.

The U.S. Marine Corps this week celebrated the retirement of the AV-8B Harrier II, the fighter jet that can take off and land vertically and without a runway.

In a “sundown” ceremony on Wednesday at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., more than 5,000 people gathered to watch the last U.S. unit fly the aircraft.