By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii voters are sending incumbent U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz back to Congress for another six-year term. They selected Schatz over Republican state Rep. Bob McDermott in Tuesday’s general election. Schatz was heavily favored to win the race in Democratic Party-dominated Hawaii. The candidates did not debate, and
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress hung in the balance Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag the party down. In the most
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda’s fiscal second quarter profit rose nearly 14% as a weaker yen boosted its overseas earnings and strong demand raised sales of its vehicles and motorcycles. Tokyo-based Honda reported a July-September profit of 189.2 billion yen, or $1.3 billion. Quarterly sales rose 25%. Honda Group sold
Continue Reading By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer Voters approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. The measures curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Tennessee and Vermont. In Oregon, “yes” on its anti-slavery ballot initiative was leading, but was too early to call.
Continue Reading By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Buu Nygren has spoiled Navajo President Jonathan Nez’s hopes for a second term in office. Unofficial results from the tribe’s election office show Nygren defeated Nez in the nonpartisan race Tuesday. Nygren had been frustrated at the pace of tribal government and infrastructure projects that he
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By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN The battle for control of Congress is still up in the air, with the Senate coming down to three key races while Democrats and Republicans are still hanging onto hopes of winning a narrow majority in the House. Republicans began the night with a rout in
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Voters have approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri and rejected it in Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota. The elections are seen as a test of legalization’s support in even the most conservative parts of the country. The state voting follows moves by President
Continue Reading LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Missouri voters approve ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana for adults , expunging past convictions.
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — President Tsai Ing-wen has thanked British Trade Minister Greg Hands for London’s support for Taiwan after he became the latest foreign official to defy Chinese pressure and visit the self-ruled island democracy. Tsai expressed hope for “new heights” in British-Taiwanese relations and “joint achievements” at a time when the mainland’s ruling
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SYDNEY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Sydney woman who alleges she was raped by Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka told police her date with the 31-year-old turned into a nightmare in which she feared for her life. The woman alleges she was sexually assaulted four times in her home on Nov. 2 after going out
Continue Reading By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabe Vilardi scored his second consecutive game-winning goal, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Minnesota Wild 1-0. Vilardi beat Marc-Andre Fleury between his legs on a one-timer from the high slot with 6:03 left. Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty had
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Devan Cole and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Voters in four states moved to affirm abortion rights on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a months-long push from Democrats nationwide to act on the issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June. Party lawmakers and organizers cast the midterm
Continue Reading By Gregory Krieg, CNN Democrat John Fetterman will win the Pennsylvania Senate race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Mehmet Oz, flipping the seat and boosting Democratic hopes of keeping their majority. Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019, and Oz, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, ran one of the most contentious and expensive
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By Abby Phillip, CNN US women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is in the process of being moved to a Russian penal colony where she is due to serve the remainder of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence that was upheld in late October. Griner “is now on her way to a penal colony,” her attorneys said
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competing measures to allow sports gambling in California have lost big despite the most expensive ballot question races in U.S. history. Nearly $600 million was raised to sway voters in competing efforts by Native American tribes and the gaming industry to try to capture a potential
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN Democrat Katie Hobbs is leading Republican Kari Lake in Arizona governor’s race with a little more than half of precincts reporting, and though much could change as ballots are counted, the GOP nominee is already casting doubt about the election results. Lake won the GOP primary after amplifying former President Donald
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, Devan Cole and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Voters in key states on Tuesday made their support for abortion rights clear, affirming a months-long push by Democrats to act on a number of ballot measures in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Several states moved to enshrine abortion protections
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN Election workers are tabulating ballots in key states that will determine the balance of power in Congress as well as more than three dozen statehouses. Because of differing laws, some states have tallied nearly all their ballots — while others may not finish for several days. Even before
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston and Stephen Collinson, CNN Democrats will pick up a GOP-held Senate seat in Pennsylvania in a huge boost to their hopes of clinging to the chamber, while the red wave that Republicans hoped for has yet to materialize in the House. Democratic nominee John Fetterman‘s victory over Republican Mehmet Oz means Democrats
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