Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An Appalachian mayor was declared the winner Thursday of an 11-candidate scramble for a Kentucky Senate seat left vacant by the death of the Republican incumbent just two weeks before Election Day. Pineville Mayor Scott Madon, a Republican who branded himself as a conservative supporter of public education, transportation,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Savencia Cheese The Food and Drug Administration has recalled seven types of Brie made by Savencia Cheese. Regulators say the cheese may be contaminated with listeria. The affected cheese includes: Aldi Emporium Selection Brie, 12 oz./8 oz. Brie Supreme Oval 7 oz., 6oz./7 oz. La Bonne Vie Brie, 6 oz./8 oz. La
Continue Reading Republican Jeffrey Hurd won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Thursday, maintaining Republican control of the 3rd District seat now represented by GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert, who nearly lost her seat to Democrat Adam Frisch in 2022, decided this year to run for former Republican Rep. Ken Buck’s vacant seat in
Continue Reading Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency. The Thursday announcement comes a day after former President Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Vice
Continue Reading By Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — For years, President Joe Biden has used a single phrase to diminish his onetime rival Donald Trump while signaling his own adherence to American political tradition: “You can’t love your country only when you win.” As Biden conceded his vice president’s loss to
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Dina Titus won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Nevada on Thursday. The Las Vegas district picked up Republican-leaning suburban areas after redistricting, turning it into a target for the GOP. But for the second election in a row, Titus defeated Republican Mark Robertson, a retired Army colonel. She has served seven
Continue Reading Associated Press EVESHAM, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters are battling blazes in the parched New Jersey Pinelands, where they say conditions are the driest they have been in at least 120 years. A forest fire in the Philadelphia suburb of Evesham forced the evacuation of a dozen homes Thursday and was threatening dozens of other residences.
Continue Reading By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike on a multi-story building in northern Gaza killed at least 27 people, relief officials said, as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in the area, where it is mounting a major offensive. The home of
Continue Reading Associated Press Questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, and changes to queries about race and ethnicity, are on track to be on the questionnaire for the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027. U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday that the new or revised questions on the American Community Survey will show up
Continue Reading Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible in her victory speech, but also vowed to fight him to protect the national health care law and abortion rights. Baldwin narrowly won re-election to a third term over Republican businessman Eric Hovde, who
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police say they have detained two people after someone repeatedly fired at cars on a busy highway near North Carolina’s capital this week, injuring one person. Several people reported gunfire on a stretch of Interstate 40 in Raleigh and Cary since Monday during the morning rush hour. One woman
Continue Reading DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire has begun her two-year prison sentence. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says Caroline Ellison reported Thursday to the federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut. She had pleaded guilty for her role in a massive fraud that cost investors, lenders and customers
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) President Joe Biden delivered remarks to the nation Thursday in his first appearance on camera in the aftermath of Donald Trump ’s decisive victory over Kamala Harris. Control over the U.S. House of Representatives hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with dozens of races left to be called. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday. Watch
Continue Reading Associated Press Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning. The Rhesus macaque
Continue Reading Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has begun deliberating the fate of an Indiana man charged in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike near their small hometown. The jurors got the case after hearing closing arguments Thursday from a prosecutor and then an attorney for former drugstore worker Richard
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Val Hoyle has won reelection to the U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office. Oregon’s 4th District spans the southern half of the state’s coast and includes rural, mountainous communities but also the
Continue Reading AP Science Writer A new study says private jet carbon pollution soared 46% from 2019 to 2023. Thursday’s study figures about a quarter million of the super wealthy last year emitted 17.2 million tons of carbon dioxide flying in private jets. That’s about the same amount of carbon pollution as generated by the 67 million
Continue Reading AP Science Writer When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die. But new DNA evidence
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in a southern Mexico region rife with drug cartel violence have found 11 bodies, including two minors, dumped by a highway, prosecutors in the state of Guerrero said Thursday. Also Thursday, authorities in the nearby resort of Acapulco said four bodies, all strangled to death, were found in a car
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday. Hoyle, a first-term congresswoman, defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran. She succeeded longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2022. The 4th District runs along the western portion of the state and includes Eugene. The Associated Press declared
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