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Big bet a bust in bid to allow sports gambling in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The most expensive ballot proposition gamble in U.S. history went bust Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected sports betting, shooting down initiatives by Native Ameri...
Nov 09, 2022

Republicans hope to flip 5th District, Democrats hold others
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Republicans were still hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes early Wednesday after the rest of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation manag...
Nov 09, 2022

Republicans will hold Alaska US Senate seat in tight race
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A Republican candidate is expected to hold Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, with Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski leading in early returns. Tshibaka an...
Nov 09, 2022

Michigan Dem Scholten wins US House race over Trump loyalist
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Democrat Hillary Scholten on Tuesday won a congressional seat being vacated by a Michigan Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Scholten defeated John Gibbs, who ou...
Nov 09, 2022

Democrat Mrvan holds onto NW Indiana congressional seat
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Democrat Frank Mrvan won reelection to his northwestern Indiana congressional seat on Tuesday, surviving an expensive campaign in which Republicans made their first serious challen...
Nov 09, 2022

American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...
Nov 09, 2022

American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) - The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year senten...
Nov 09, 2022

Democrat John Fetterman wins US Senate race in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat John Fetterman won Pennsylvania's pivotal race for U.S. Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat as he recovers from a stroke during the bare-knuckled campaign and givin...
Nov 09, 2022

Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern sea. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Wednesday did not immediately sa...
Nov 08, 2022

Utah Republican Mike Lee wins reelection to US Senate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Republican Mike Lee has been reelected to a third term in the U.S. Senate, defeating independent challenger Evan McMullin on Tuesday in the state's most closely watched Sena...
Nov 08, 2022