By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island voters are deciding whether the Democratic Party will maintain its three-decade hold on the U.S. House seat being vacated by longtime Democratic Rep. Jim Langevin, or if a Republican will join the delegation. The liberal state is currently represented in Congress by Democrats. All
Continue Reading By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana voters are electing candidates in two newly-drawn U.S. House districts after the Republican-controlled state gained a second seat for the 2022 election due to population growth. Democratic attorney Monica Tranel and Libertarian John Lamb face former U.S. Interior Secretary Republican Ryan
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a libertarian-leaning conservative and former presidential candidate, won a third term Tuesday by defeating a rival from the other end of the political spectrum, progressive Democrat Charles Booker. First elected in the tea party-driven wave of 2010, Paul’s victory extended
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Client data of Australia’s largest health insurance company has been published by an extortionist following through on a threat to do so. The client data made public Wednesday from the Medibank company includes details of customers’ medical procedures. Medibank had announced Monday that it would refuse
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Mets have exercised a $1.5 million option on designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach, preventing him from being eligible for salary arbitration. Mets general manager Billy Eppler says New York also hired Eric Jagers as director of pitching development. Jagers had been Cincinnati’s assistant pitching coach. Vogelbach, a burly 29-year-old,
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Georgia was the new No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, followed by Ohio State, Michigan and TCU. The Bulldogs rise from three to one was no surprise after their dominant victory against the previously top-ranked Volunteers. Clemson, which was No. 4 in the selection committee’s
Continue ReadingBy Reg Chapman Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Opioid overdoses are truly impacting the younger generation. The use of synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, is claiming the lives of kids in high school. Students at St. Paul’s High School for Recording Arts are taking life-saving matters into their own
Continue ReadingBy Emily Schabacker Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — When Dr. Jamiee Belsky got a call that shots were fired at her place of work, her stomach dropped. Carefully speeding through stop signs and red lights, she arrived at the scene as quickly as possible. It was a busy
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oakland Athletics general manager David Forst says the A’s are still interested in staying in the Bay Area if a stadium deal can be completed. The A’s have been exploring building a new ballpark in Oakland or Las Vegas. Forst is in Las Vegas for
Continue Reading COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — In a story published November 7, 2022, about the men’s basketball game between Niagara and Maryland, The Associated Press erroneously reported Niagara won a 2013 contest between the schools.
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By Andrew Menezes and Gregory Krieg, CNN As midterm results continue to roll in days after Election Day, Democratic and Republican candidates have already been celebrating historic victories. Heading into Election Day, both parties were looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond, and they appear on track to do
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By Swati Gupta, Rhea Mogul, Sandi Sidhu and Mohit Lathiya, CNN A marigold garland hangs across a photo frame with the faces of 12 members of the Bodha family who died when a bridge collapsed beneath them during a family outing in Gujarat, eastern India. “There have been a lot of deaths,” said grandfather Sundarji
Continue Reading By Simone Pathe, CNN The conditions are ripe for Republicans to win the US House of Representatives. So while Senate control is still up for grabs, the discussion on the House side has shifted to just how large a possible new GOP majority could be. Republicans only need a net gain of five seats to
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s hard-charging Republican leader who became a household name during the pandemic, will win a second term leading the Sunshine State, CNN projects, a development that will almost immediately turn the focus of his future to 2024. “We not only won election, we have rewritten the political map,”
Continue Reading By CNN staff False claims and conspiracy theories about voting and the election process swirled on social media as Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday. The disinformation was driven by Republicans. Former President Donald Trump and other prominent right-wing figures seized on technical problems in some key states to baselessly suggest there had been intentional
Continue ReadingBy Giles Hudson, Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas police are on the scene of a shots-fired call inside the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office on Stemmons Freeway. Sources later confirmed to CBS 11’s JD Miles that this was a murder-suicide. The call came in just before 4:30
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton and EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy helping a local Secret Santa give $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Every day, from now until Christmas, we will post videos of the recipients being surprised with
Continue ReadingBy EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Local, state, and federal cleanup crews working to recover mineral oil released into Pocatello Creek have collected approximately 1,800 gallons of oil. Since arriving on-site, crews have prevented any significant discharge of the oil from impacting the Portneuf River. The spill was
Continue Reading SYDNEY Australian Jeff Fenech is finally joining an elite group of boxers to have won world titles in four weight divisions — more than 30 years after the fact. In 1991 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas on a Mike Tyson undercard, judges declared his super featherweight bout with Ghana’s Azumah Nelson a draw.
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN A new verification mark intended to better identify prominent Twitter accounts has instead become the latest source of chaos at the company under new owner Elon Musk. Just hours after the feature’s debut, Musk abruptly said Wednesday he had “killed” a new, gray verification badge designed to label government accounts, major
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