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Republican Rep. Andy Biggs won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. He defeated Democrat Katrina Schaffner. Biggs, who has represented the 5th Congressional District since 2017, was the former chair of the hardline Freedom Caucus and was one of the eight House Republicans to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. His district

Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — At least four people died and over 50 are missing in the west of Cameroon, after three passenger buses and several road workers were caught in a landslide, authorities said Wednesday. Torrential rains weakened the soils and lead do the landslide on Tuesday, Cameroon’s Minister of Public Work Emmanuel

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republicans have tightened their hold on the West Virginia Legislature, notching election wins that will relegate Democrats to an even smaller fraction of the chamber’s 134 seats and giving themselves one of the country’s largest legislative supermajorities. Just two out of West Virginia’s 34 state senators will be Democrats

CHICAGO (AP) — A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city’s Southside. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says Wednesday that the man also faces a separate first-degree murder charge and attempted murder of a police officer. He is scheduled

Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Just like the 12 other elections this century, it was a good night for Republicans in South Carolina. The GOP continues to gain seats almost 25 years after taking control of nearly the entire government. On Tuesday, the party did not lose a single incumbent and they likely added

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class. AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide, shows worries about everyday expenses helped Trump return to the White House. Trump decisively

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party is leading polls in a historic gubernatorial election that could see her party secure a third consecutive term for the first time. Partial results released early Wednesday by Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission show that González had 39%

Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin won election to Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat on Wednesday. Slotkin’s victory preserves a key seat for Democrats following the retirement of longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow. Slotkin is a former CIA analyst who was first elected in 2018 to Congress, where she serves on the House Armed Services Committee. Slotkin

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies spent months seeding doubt in the integrity of American voting systems and priming supporters to expect a 2024 election riddled with massive and inevitable fraud. The former president continued laying that groundwork even during a mostly smooth day of voting Tuesday, making unsubstantiated

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes has won reelection to a second term representing a northeast Ohio district targeted by Republicans, but fellow Democrat Marcy Kaptur’s race remains too early to call. Sykes defeated Republican Kevin Coughlin in a district centered on her native Akron, where she comes from a family

Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Ohio on Wednesday. Sykes, a first-term congresswoman, was previously leader of the Ohio House Democratic caucus. Democrat Joe Biden narrowly carried the Akron-based district in 2020. The Associated Press declared Sykes the winner at 2:53 p.m. EST.

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared that Republican Donald Trump won Wisconsin — and with it, a return to the White House — once it determined that the remaining uncounted votes mostly from the greater Milwaukee area would not be enough to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to overtake Trump for the

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes practiced as usual Wednesday and plans to be ready for this weekend’s game against the Broncos. The news came two days after the two-time NFL MVP tweaked his left ankle while throwing a touchdown pass in a win over the Buccaneers on Monday

LONDON (AP) — British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa. Scientists said the risk to the public remains low. Authorities announced the first case of