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Abortion rights protected in Michigan, California, Vermont
WASHINGTON (AP) - Voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution Tuesday, joining reliably Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step. An anti-abortion ...
Nov 09, 2022
Incumbents Simpson and Fulcher retain U.S. House seats
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Incumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher retained their seats in Congress in Tuesday's election in deeply conservative Idaho. Simpson, 72, won a 13th term repr...
Nov 09, 2022
Big bet a bust in bid to allow sports gambling in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The most expensive ballot proposition gamble in U.S. history went bust Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected sports betting, shooting down initiatives by Native Ameri...
Nov 09, 2022
Republicans hope to flip 5th District, Democrats hold others
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Republicans were still hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes early Wednesday after the rest of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation manag...
Nov 09, 2022
Republicans will hold Alaska US Senate seat in tight race
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A Republican candidate is expected to hold Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, with Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski leading in early returns. Tshibaka an...
Nov 09, 2022
Michigan Dem Scholten wins US House race over Trump loyalist
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Scholten on Tuesday won a congressional seat being vacated by a Michigan Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Scholten defeated John Gibbs, who ou...
Nov 09, 2022
Democrat Mrvan holds onto NW Indiana congressional seat
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Democrat Frank Mrvan won reelection to his northwestern Indiana congressional seat on Tuesday, surviving an expensive campaign in which Republicans made their first serious challen...
Nov 09, 2022
American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...
Nov 09, 2022
American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...
Nov 09, 2022
Democrat John Fetterman wins US Senate race in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat John Fetterman won Pennsylvania's pivotal race for U.S. Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat as he recovers from a stroke during the bare-knuckled campaign and givin...
Nov 09, 2022