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Missouri voters enshrine abortion rights in a state with a near-total ban
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution Tuesday, a result that is expected to undo a near-total ban on the procedure. The measure guarantees peop...
Nov 05, 2024
California voters pass tough-on-crime initiative to make some shoplifting, drug offenses felonies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California voters were deciding on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent crimes, like shoplifting, into felonies again, and another that would make...
Nov 05, 2024
Figures wins Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, on Tuesday won election to Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn after a lengthy ...
Nov 05, 2024
Connecticut approves constitution change easing restrictions on mail-in voting
Connecticut voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to the state's constitution that could make it easier to cast ballots by mail or through drop boxes in future elections. The amendment lifts long-st...
Nov 05, 2024
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