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AP Race Call: Democrat George Whitesides wins election to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District, beating incumbent Mike Garcia

November 12, 2024 4:44 PM Associated Press

Democrat George Whitesides won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday, defeating Republican Rep. Mike Garcia. Democrats have long sought to flip this Los Angeles County district, which Democrat Joe Biden comfortably carried in 2020. The party briefly won it in the 2018 midterms but lost it when Garcia won the seat

Democrat George Whitesides wins election to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District, beating incumbent Mike Garcia

November 12, 2024 4:44 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat George Whitesides wins election to U.S. House in California’s 27th Congressional District, beating incumbent Mike Garcia.

Republican Dan Newhouse wins reelection to US House in Washington

November 12, 2024 4:39 PM Associated Press

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, won reelection Tuesday in Washington state’s 4th Congressional District. In his bid for a sixth term, Newhouse survived a challenge from Jerrod Sessler, who was endorsed by Trump. Newhouse was endorsed by

Death certificate: Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock

November 12, 2024 4:35 PM City News Service

Legendary Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela died from septic shock, according to a death certificate made public today. According to the document obtained by TMZ, secondary causes of the Dodger icon’s Oct. 22 death at age 63 were listed as “decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis” and “nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis.” The document also indicates that Valenzuela may have

AP Race Call: Republican Dan Newhouse wins reelection to U.S. House in Washington’s 4th Congressional District

November 12, 2024 4:26 PM Associated Press

Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Washington on Tuesday. Newhouse, who has held the seat since 2015, defeated Donald Trump-endorsed Republican Jerrod Sessler, a Navy veteran and former NASCAR driver. Newhouse was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at

49ers agree to a 5-year extension with CB Deommodore Lenoir, AP source says

November 12, 2024 4:24 PM Associated Press

AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir has agreed to a five-year, $92 million extension to stay with the team instead of testing the free agent market next offseason. A person familiar with the deal confirmed that the two sides reached agreement on Tuesday on the new

Trump picks Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense

November 13, 2024 5:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Jeremy Herb, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran, to serve as his secretary of defense. Hegseth’s selection was a surprise, as he was not among those considered as a likely pick by

Kraft Heinz stops serving school-designed Lunchables because of low demand

November 12, 2024 4:12 PM Associated Press

Food and beverage manufacturer Kraft Heinz says it’s no longer serving the Lunchables meals it created for U.S. schools. The company introduced the two packaged meals at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year. At the time, Kraft Heinz said the offerings were protein-enriched and contained reduced levels of saturated fat and sodium to meet

What to know about John Ratcliffe, Trump’s pick for CIA director

November 12, 2024 4:03 PM Associated Press

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he’ll appoint John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director in his new administration. Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence for the final months of Trump’s first term, leading the U.S. government’s spy agencies during the coronavirus pandemic. Before then, the Texas Republican was

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions

November 12, 2024 4:03 PM Associated Press

AP Science Writer BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. This year the world is on track to put 41.2 billion tons (37.4 billion

Princess of Wales to host Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey

November 12, 2024 4:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Kathy Rose OBrien, CNN (CNN) — The Princess of Wales will host her annual Christmas carol concert on December 6, with a focus on “how much we need each other, especially in the most difficult times of our lives,” Kensington Palace has announced. It will be the princess’ fourth “Together at Christmas” carol service

Women suing over Idaho’s abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming ‘medical refugees’

November 12, 2024 3:58 PM Associated Press

Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that

Trump chooses John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director

November 12, 2024 3:58 PM CNN

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has chosen John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director. Ratcliffe had been high on the list of potential attorney general candidates, sources told CNN. He currently serves as co-chair at the Center for American

Indio man who killed crime witness sentenced to death

November 12, 2024 3:50 PM City News Service

A man who killed an 18-year-old woman, a witness to his attempted murder of her boyfriend, was sentenced to death today. Alexis Daniel Rosas of Indio, 29, was previously convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder, along with the two special circumstance allegations and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the 2019

Minnesota QB Max Brosmer has proven this season the FCS transfer route can lead to success

November 12, 2024 3:42 PM Associated Press

AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Max Brosmer was at New Hampshire, spring practice was conducted before dawn and, sometimes, even in the aftermath of a snowstorm. For the Wildcats to conduct those 6 a.m. workouts in the frigid air made colder still by the coastal winds, the field needed to be plowed first.

Minnesota man is free after 16 years in prison for murder that prosecutors say he didn’t commit

November 12, 2024 3:31 PM Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor says a Minnesota man has been released from prison after serving 16 years for a murder he did not commit. Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson in a drive-by shooting. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. But Minnesota Attorney General Keith

2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina

November 12, 2024 3:30 PM Associated Press

YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Two more monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday. Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, police said in a statement. Alpha Genesis officials told police

Texas mother sentenced to 50 years for leaving kids in dire conditions as son’s body decomposed

November 12, 2024 3:25 PM Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A judge has sentenced a woman to 50 years in prison for forcing three of her children to live with the decomposing body of their dead 8-year-old brother for more than a year in a soiled, roach-infested Houston-area apartment. The Houston Chronicle reports 38-year-old Gloria Williams expressed deep regret before being sentenced

Trump picks Bill McGinley to serve as his White House counsel

November 12, 2024 5:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that veteran Republican lawyer Bill McGinley will serve as his White House counsel. “Bill is a smart and tenacious lawyer who will help me advance our America First agenda while fighting for election integrity and against the weaponization of law enforcement,” Trump said in

Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’

November 12, 2024 4:45 PM CNN Newsource

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to serve as US ambassador to Israel, previously argued that there was “no such thing as a Palestinian.” Huckabee, who has been a strong defender of Israel throughout his career, made the statement during his

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