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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three races among Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have taken shape as some of the closer contests in the country this year as voters decide whether to shift majority control in the U.S. House from Democrats to Republicans. Pennsylvania’s delegation has been redistricted twice in recent years —
Continue Reading By WILSON RING Associated Press Vermont voters are choosing a successor to U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, who is leaving the chamber after 48 years. Democrat Peter Welch has represented the state in the House of Representatives for nearly 16 years. He’s now facing off against retired U.S. Army officer Gerald Malloy for the Senate seat.
Continue Reading By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont voters are deciding who will fill the state’s only seat in the U.S. House. If elected, Democrat Becca Balint would be the first woman and first openly gay person to represent the deep blue state in Congress. Balint is president of the Vermont state Senate and a former middle
Continue Reading By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Maine voters are deciding between two familiar and very different candidates for governor. One is Democrat Janet Mills, who presents herself as a pragmatist willing to work with both parties. The other is Republican Paul LePage. The brash former governor’s style generated national headlines during his two terms in office.
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By Aya Elamroussi and Dakin Andone, CNN A lone winning ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in Altadena, California, lottery officials said Tuesday, making the lucky ticket holder the winner of the largest lottery prize ever. The ticket was sold at a Joe’s Service Center, the California Lottery said on
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Real Madrid missed out on the chance to return to the top of La Liga as a retaken penalty gave Rayo Vallecano a surprise 3-2 victory over Los Blancos. It was Real’s first defeat in the league this season and gives Barcelona a two-point lead at the top of La Liga
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business The founder of Mamee Monster, the iconic Southeast Asian noodle snack brand, has died, the company confirmed Tuesday. Mamee-Double Decker Group, a Malaysian food manufacturer, told CNN Business that Pang Chin Hin died on Saturday at the age of 92. Local media had given his age as 96, reflecting a
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Lauren Kent, CNN Two British-Iranian journalists working in the United Kingdom have been warned by police of a “credible” plot by Iran to kill them, according to their employer, London-based news channel Iran International. In a statement Monday, the Farsi-language broadcaster said it was “shocked and deeply concerned” by the alleged
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, with trading likely to stay bumpy in a week that brings new inflation data and other events that could shake markets. Germany’s DAX added 0.1% to 15,543.08, while the CAC40 in Paris slipped 0.4% to
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi and Jennifer Gray, CNN Tropical Storm Nicole has gotten stronger — with scattered showers impacting parts of Florida on midterm Election Day — and is expected to strengthen more before slamming the state’s east coast early Thursday as the first hurricane to strike the United States in November in nearly 40 years.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF just two weeks before the opening of the global soccer tournament in the Gulf state. Former Qatari national soccer player Khalid Salman told a German reporter in
Continue Reading TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Eight-time NBA All Star Dwight Howard is headed to Taiwan to play for the Taoyuan Leopards in the island’s top league. The 37-year-old center says in a social media post: “I can’t wait to see the fans, eat the food and have the best time ever.” Basketball is one of the
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Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A German humanitarian group says its ship has docked in southern Italy and disembarked all 89 people who had been rescued at sea. The group Mission Lifeline had waited for days for Italy to assign the 25-meter (80-foot) freighter a port after it entered Italian waters over
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Party officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has postponed the resumption of his protest march on the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor’s government for later this week. They say that instead of Tuesday as previously announced, the march is now to resume on Thursday.
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s first popularly elected Black mayor is hoping to fend off reelection challenges despite criticism over the city’s spiraling homicide rate and Republican-backed efforts to unseat him. Mayor Frank Scott faces three challengers in Tuesday’s election. Scott was first elected mayor of Arkansas’ capital
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Using government data, Twingate has compiled surprising facts about how different age groups are victims of fraud cybercrimes.
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Giggster pulled data from The Numbers to track how movie ticket prices and sales (adjusted for inflation) changed over the past 25 years.
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Most states are home to companies that never fully repaid their financial crisis bailouts. Stacker analyzed data about the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program compiled by ProPublica to see which states’ businesses have been the most responsible in repaying their disbursement money.
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Giggster examines virtual productions’ history and rising popularity in TV and film.
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