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South Dakota decides on abortion rights and marijuana, rejects election, tax proposals
South Dakota will decide Tuesday whether to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution and potentially overturn the state's abortion ban. The abortion rights measure was in a crowde...
Nov 05, 2024
California Democrat Adam Schiff wins US Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest. The Los Angeles-...
Nov 05, 2024
Utah's Republican Gov. Spencer Cox wins reelection after unexpectedly endorsing Donald Trump
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has won reelection, beating a Democratic state lawmaker to secure his second term in office. Cox, long seen as a moderate Republican, was heavily...
Nov 05, 2024
Niederreiter scores twice in 900th career game as Jets beat Utah 3-0
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter showed his veteran savvy in his 900th NHL career game on Tuesday. The Winnipeg Jets forward scored twice and Connor Hellebuyck made 21 saves in a 3-0 victory over the Utah...
Nov 05, 2024
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio wins a 2nd term in the US House
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania is home to five heavily contested races for the U.S. House, contests that will be critical to determining control of a narrowly divided chamber where Democrats need...
Nov 05, 2024
Massachusetts voters weigh ballot issues on union rights, wages and psychedelics
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts voters decided five ballot issues Tuesday, including giving union rights to drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft. Other questions would allow the use of ce...
Nov 05, 2024
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
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
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
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