CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Claudia Sheinbaum, climate scientist and the first woman and first person of Jewish heritage to be elected president of Mexico. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1962 Birth place: Mexico City, Mexico Birth name: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Father: Carlos Sheinbaum, chemical engineer Mother:
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist. In the end, voters didn’t care — or if they did, it didn’t matter. Democrats enter a
Continue Reading MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy was among five people who died in the fiery crash of a small business jet near a suburban Phoenix airport. The National Transportation Safety Board said the HondaJet HA-420 aircraft crashed Tuesday afternoon. Preliminary information indicates the six-seater plane slid through a metal fence while aborting
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city’s Southside. Police Chief Larry Snelling says Wednesday that the man also faces a separate first-degree murder charge and attempted murder of a police officer. He is scheduled
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The southwest Georgia town of Camilla didn’t conclude a special city election until 3:50 a.m. Wednesday. That’s because the polls didn’t open until Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Kelvin Owens had cancelled voting after two city election officials resigned. But a judge intervened to order the election to go forward. The wee-hours
Continue Reading AP Media Writer On election night 2020, Fox News sparked an internal crisis with a bold call that Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the crucial state of Arizona, putting the Democrat on the path to victory. This year illustrated how things have changed. Fox on Wednesday was ahead of the broadcast networks, along
Continue Reading Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faces a new era of divided government in Minnesota when he returns from the presidential campaign trail, now that Republicans appear to have broken the Democratic trifecta that helped put him on Kamala Harris’ radar. Democrats will keep their one-seat majority in the state Senate. But Republicans
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A restaurant that closed after a fire caused damage to a building over a year ago is reopening in Downtown Columbia. The District wrote on its social media that Tellers will reopen Thursday at the corner of Ninth Street and Broadway. “It’s happening! @tellers.como is opening tomorrow, Thursday Nov 7th! Columbias beloved
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris conceded her loss to Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon at Howard University. Harris called Trump earlier Wednesday to congratulate him on his easy victory on Election Day. Watch her speech in the video player above.
Continue Reading Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein’s veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper’s stamp has been recently, should the margin in a legislative district election hold. Results show Democrats winning 48 state House seats and leading a Republican incumbent in another race that remains close. If
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. Trump was keeping a low profile, staying out of the public eye
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela was remembered for “having the heart of a lion” throughout his stellar pitching career with the Los Angeles Dodgers during a funeral highlighting his Catholic faith. The public Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles included fans wearing Dodgers gear, some in
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — No criminal charges will be filed over the death of a 12-year-old boy who suffocated at a North Carolina wilderness camp after staff mandated he stay overnight in a fully enclosed sleeping sack, the local district attorney announced on Wednesday. The 12-year-old suffocated during his first night at the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle at a parking garage in Downtown Jefferson City on Wednesday morning, a crash report from the Jefferson City Police Department says. The report says that police responded to the crash at 201 Madison Street. The driver of a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder made a left
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt, Sebastian Shukla, Tara John and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister on Wednesday, leaving the government teetering on the brink of collapse. In a televised address, Scholz said he had dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner saying it “was necessary to prevent harm to our country.”
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class. AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide, shows worries about everyday expenses helped Trump return to the White House. Trump decisively
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts.When they list measures that are making the most difference, it
Continue Reading Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes has won reelection to a second term representing a northeast Ohio district targeted by Republicans, but fellow Democrat Marcy Kaptur’s race remains too early to call. Sykes defeated Republican Kevin Coughlin in a district centered on her native Akron, where she comes from a family
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Ohio on Wednesday. Sykes, a first-term congresswoman, was previously leader of the Ohio House Democratic caucus. Democrat Joe Biden narrowly carried the Akron-based district in 2020. The Associated Press declared Sykes the winner at 2:53 p.m. EST.
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared that Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin won reelection to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin after it determined that Republican Eric Hovde wouldn’t be able to take the lead once the remaining untabulated ballots were counted. With nearly all of the vote counted, the AP called the race
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