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Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Voters in Washington state on Tuesday upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include ha...
Nov 05, 2024
Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer is elected to a third US Senate term
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer won reelection Tuesday to a third term in the U.S. Senate, besting challenger Dan Osborn, a former labor union boss and military veteran who gained t...
Nov 05, 2024
Trump-backed Republican Tony Wied wins a northeastern Wisconsin congressional district
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A first-term Wisconsin Republican who was in the nation's Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was vying for a second term Tuesday, while another candidate running with t...
Nov 05, 2024
Democratic Rep. Angie Craig wins 4th term in Minnesota swing district, beating Republican Joe Teirab
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term Tuesday in Minnesota's tightest congressional race, a faceoff against Republican challenger and former federal prosecutor Joe Teir...
Nov 05, 2024
Coronato scores twice, but Flames video coach plays hero in Calgary's win
MONTREAL - Matt Coronato scored the game-tying goal and the overtime winner in a dramatic finish, but video coach Jamie Pringle was the hero on Tuesday night. Before Coronato powered a Calgary Flames ...
Nov 05, 2024
Blues Dylan Holloway rushed to hospital after being struck in neck by puck
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Blues forward Dylan Holloway left Tuesday night's contest against the Tampa Bay Lightning and departed the rink on a stretcher after being struck by a puck late in the first...
Nov 05, 2024
North Dakota voters defeat ballot measure to largely axe property tax
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes, which critics said would have led to dramatic cuts in state services. The general el...
Nov 05, 2024
Democrat Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota wins 4th Senate term, defeating GOP ex-NBA player Royce White
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won a fourth term, defeating anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota's top election matchup. Klobuchar we...
Nov 05, 2024
Texas border districts are again in the thick of the fight for House control
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas faced his first election Tuesday since his indictment on bribery charges, one of three closely watched races along the U.S.-Mexico border wh...
Nov 05, 2024
Democratic US Rep. Jeff Jackson is elected as North Carolina's attorney general
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson was elected North Carolina's next attorney general on Tuesday, defeating Republican congressman Dan Bishop in an expensive campaign focused on wh...
Nov 05, 2024