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Youngkin wins Virginia governor's race, jolting Democrats

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor's race on Tuesday, tapping into culture war fights over schools and race to unite former President Donald Trump's most fervent supporters ...

Nov 02, 2021

Hammerin' Braves win 1st WS crown since 1995, rout Astros

HOUSTON (AP) - Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn't their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the all-star break...

Nov 02, 2021

Close races for governor unfolding in Virginia, New Jersey

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Tight races for governor unfolded in Virginia and New Jersey late Tuesday with the Democratic candidates narrowly trailing their Republican rivals in states that President Joe Bid...

Nov 02, 2021

Minneapolis voters reject replacing police with new agency

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety, an idea that supporters hoped would bring radical c...

Nov 02, 2021

Adams wins NYC mayoral race; voters focused on police, crime

NEW YORK (AP) - Former police captain Eric Adams cruised to victory Tuesday to become the next mayor of New York as voters across the U.S. picked new city leaders from candidates who were largely defi...

Nov 02, 2021

Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws ban...

Nov 02, 2021

Inspection finds DC jail conditions OK for Jan. 6 defendants

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday that suspects being held in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection do not need to be removed from the District of Columbia jail comple...

Nov 02, 2021

AP: New autopsy rejects crash theory in Ronald Greene death

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries, narrowin...

Nov 02, 2021

Ethiopia orders emergency as Tigray forces threaten capital

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government declared a national state of emergency Tuesday as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country's yearlong war escalates quickly. The ...

Nov 02, 2021

Suspects in Paris attacks on stand after victims' testimony

PARIS (AP) - The lone survivor of the cell of Islamic State group extremists who attacked Paris in November 2015 came under public questioning Tuesday for the first time in France, describing a close ...

Nov 02, 2021