By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press
Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert nearly lost in 2022 then left for another race, a risky but ultimately successful bet she took in the hopes of keeping the seat in GOP hands and staying in ...
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state school board about a day after a decisive victory in a U.S. Senate race against his Democratic opponent.
The 73-year-old Republican governor announced First Lady ...
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was convicted Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose 2023 disappearance garnered national attention and prompted thousands of people to join search efforts before her body was found hidden in a rural area of the state.
Less than a day after ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday.
The new or revised ...
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison.
Trent Russell, 34, of Bellevue, Nebraska, who ...
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer
Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn't report feeling sick.
Farmworkers in close contact with infected ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A combative Rudy Giuliani said a civil case to take his most prized assets was like "a political persecution" before he entered a New York City courthouse Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he hasn't surrendered his valuables ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrat Laura Gillen has defeated U.S. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito in a congressional race on Long Island, flipping a third House seat in New York for Democrats to partially reverse a red wave that washed over suburban and rural ...
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up last week but layoffs remain at historically low levels.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claim applications rose by 3,000 to 221,000 for the week of Nov. 2. That's fewer than the ...
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city, the top prosecutor in the state's largest county and a Jackson city council member have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in a case that has already forced the ...
By LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base. That finding comes from AP ...
Norfolk Southern sparked renewed concerns about flaws being missed during railcar inspections when it told employees this week they should spend no more than a minute looking at each car. But the railroad said the rule simply reflects the current industry standard, and there are no plans for ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans knocked off Democrats in two perennially contested U.S. House seats in eastern Pennsylvania while U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, one of the hardest right members of the chamber, survived a challenge in a southern Pennsylvania district with more moderate ...
By ED WHITE Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man who admitted to exploiting a girl was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison in an investigation of a sinister online community that pressures children into committing acts of self-harm and creating sexual abuse ...
PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — State police fatally shot a man armed with a rifle who had barricaded himself inside a New Hampshire bed-and-breakfast for about 10 hours, officials said Thursday.
Police responded to a call about a disturbance Wednesday afternoon at the Federal House Inn in Plymouth, ...
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte won a second four-year term Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Ryan Busse.
In another key race, Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana won reelection to the House, ...
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump 's impending return to the White House means he'll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden. His team is also pledging that the second won't look much like the first ...
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a ...
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — On the list of U.S. presidents, several have been tapped by voters to serve for more than one term, with Donald Trump joining the group as the 45th president and now the 47th, too. But only one other American president did it the way Trump ...
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Republicans won the state attorney general's race and kept the other two statewide row offices Tuesday, while several legislative races were close and the partisan control of the state House hung in the balance.
York ...