NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s Republican mayoral candidate, Curtis Sliwa, tried to bring one of his many pet cats to his polling place on Tuesday. Sliwa showed up at his Manhattan voting site with the animal cradled in his arms, but election workers told him the cat had to stay outside. Sliwa then
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins. “I wanted
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By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sean Couturier broke a scoreless tie early in the third period and Carter Hart made 29 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 victory over the winless Arizona Coyotes. Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist and Scott Laughton also scored for the Flyers,
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board races have become the new front in a culture war raging across the nation as resentments over COVID-19 restrictions and anti-racism curriculum reach a boiling point. Voters weighed in Tuesday on dozens of races that have been dominated by debates over
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board races have become the new front in a culture war raging across the nation as resentments over COVID-19 restrictions and anti-racism curriculum reach a boiling point. Voters weighed in Tuesday on dozens of races that have been dominated by debates over
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — School board races have become the new front in a culture war raging across the nation as resentments over COVID-19 restrictions and anti-racism curriculum reach a boiling point. Voters weighed in Tuesday on dozens of races that have been dominated by debates over
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press A year after Donald Trump lost Virginia by 10 percentage points, Republican Glenn Youngkin is in a tight race for governor thanks to shifting support from some key voter groups. Youngkin has made slight gains with suburbanites, voters 45 and older and voters in households earning $50,000
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat Eric Adams has been elected the 110th mayor of New York City, CNN projects, defeating Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Adams, a retired New York Police Department captain who embraced a public safety message, will be the second Black mayor in the city’s history, after the late David Dinkins. “I wanted
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in 27 minutes as the Milwaukee Bucks routed the Detroit Pistons 117-89 on Tuesday. The Bucks (4-4), who ended a three-game losing streak, also saw Pat Connaughton and Jordan Nwora score 16. Jerami Grant led the Pistons
Continue Reading BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s military says Israel has carried out an air raid that hit a military post on the outskirts of the capital of Damascus, causing material damage. The attack early Wednesday is the second Israeli raid to target areas near the capital in four days. The earlier attack on Saturday activated Syrian defense
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former police captain Eric Adams will be the next mayor of New York. Adams won the race Tuesday as voters across the U.S. picked new city leaders from candidates who were largely defined by their stances on police and crime. He will become the second
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former police captain Eric Adams will be the next mayor of New York. Adams won the race Tuesday as voters across the U.S. picked new city leaders from candidates who were largely defined by their stances on police and crime. He will become the second
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — Un delegado designado por el presidente Jair Bolsonaro para liderar el Foro Brasileño sobre Cambio Climático renunció a su cargo en el último dÃa de conversaciones de lÃderes mundiales en la Cumbre COP26 en Glasgow. Oswaldo dos Santos Lucon, un académico designado para el cargo hace dos años, le dijo
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A 4-year-old girl was rescued and a man arrested more than two weeks after she was suspected to have been snatched from her family’s camping tent in Australia. Police found Cleo Smith in a house in the same coastal town where her family lives, and she
Continue Reading By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Critical race theory has become a lightning rod for Republicans and an issue in the Virginia governor’s race. But what exactly is it? Even those who condemn or seek to ban the concept struggle to define it. Developed in the 1970s and ’80s, critical
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — While Max Fried started Game 6 of the World Series for Atlanta, two of his former high school teammates and fellow big league pitchers were in the stands. Chicago White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito and St. Louis pitcher Jack Flaherty were on hand in Houston to
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas forward Jalen Wilson was suspended for the No. 3 Jayhawks’ lone exhibition game and first three regular-season games Tuesday after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The 6-foot-8 sophomore from Texas was arrested early Sunday in Lawrence and released on $250 bond. He will miss Wednesday night’s exhibition
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas forward Jalen Wilson was suspended for the No. 3 Jayhawks’ lone exhibition game and first three regular-season games Tuesday after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. The 6-foot-8 sophomore from Texas was arrested early Sunday in Lawrence and released on $250 bond. He will miss Wednesday night’s exhibition
Continue Reading By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused it of running its for-profit immigration lockup in Washington state on the backs of detainees. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered GEO Group to turn over $5.9 million in profits
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