Month: November 2024

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginians have a stark choice in the governor’s race. The Republican candidate endorsed by former U.S. President Donald Trump has defended abortion restrictions in court. The Democratic candidate is a mayor who wants voters to decide the issue. Both Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A former Donald Trump aide is likely to win election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a longtime representative will be trying to clinch his 17th term in the House against a former Trump administration official. Those will be the two highest-profile congressional races in Georgia in an election

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican lawyer who interned in the White House under Donald Trump is challenging Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. She’s the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against the former president over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Courtney Kramer worked in the White House counsel’s office during the

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jim Justice has won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia, flipping a seat to the Republican Party. Justice defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott for the seat being vacated by Sen. Joe Manchin. Justice is finishing up his second term as governor. He was elected as a Democrat in 2016,

Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar is voting in a snap poll to decide whether to end its limited voting for legislative seats. The measure is likely to pass and end its short-lived experiment in electing members of the country’s advisory Shura Council. Tuesday’s vote marks yet another rollback in the hereditarily

Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, as Palestinians fled Israel’s assault. Some said they had hardly eaten, with aid cut off for weeks to the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory.

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Among the nation’s most closely watched races is a rematch in southwestern Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. First-term Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is defending her seat against Republican Joe Kent, a former Green Beret who has called for the impeachment of President Joe Biden. The district narrowly went for Trump

AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, says its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale. Kyoto-based Nintendo reported Tuesday a 108.7 billion yen, or

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a Pakistani guard shot and wounded two Chinese nationals working in a textile mill in the southern port city of Karachi, but the attack was not related to militant violence. Suhail Jokhoio, the spokesperson for the provincial home department, said the guard was arrested and police are investigating. Thousands

Associated Press FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Voters in Maryland’s most competitive U.S. House race will decide whether the sprawling 6th Congressional District will flip red after more than a decade of being represented by Democrats. Democrat April McClain Delaney is facing off Tuesday against Republican Neil Parrott. McClain Delaney previously worked in the Biden administration

Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Democrat Eugene Vindman and Republican Derrick Anderson remained locked in a close contest early Wednesday in a U.S. House race in Virginia for the seat being vacated by three-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger. With 99% of the votes counted in the 7th District race, Vindman led Anderson by

Associated Press Tim Kaine has won reelection to his third term as the junior U.S. senator from Virginia. The Democrat defeated Republican challenger Hung Cao in Tuesday’s election. Cao is a 25-year Navy veteran who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Political observers said Cao faced an uphill battle. That’s because of Virginia’s