Alaskans are deciding one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races in the country. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is seeking to fend off a challenge from Democratic former congresswoman Mary …
Billionaire Leon Black has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Rep. Robert Garcia for public comments the Democratic congressman made tying him to disgraced financier Jeffrey …
Incumbents Sen. Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, and Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, led in first-choice election results Tuesday night, but preliminary results from ranked choice runoffs show them trailing challengers in their hotly contested Matanuska-Susitna Borough legislative races. Rep. Elexie Moore, R-Wasilla, trailed in first-choice election results but a Wednesday morning ranked choice tabulation performed by […]
LIV Golf's future is in doubt after a Financial Times report that its main investor is dropping plans for LIV 2.0. The Times reports BC Partners Credit is backing out because it doesn't have enough …
Florida authorities report two people are dead, including a suspect, after a shooting at Citibank’s business complex in Tampa. Officers swarmed the area Wednesday afternoon. TV footage showed …
Democrats made sweeping gains in state governments in the midterm elections, taking control of several legislatures and shifting the balance of power across battleground and historically …
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has agreed to pay $29.5 million to settle claims by President Donald Trump’s administration that it discriminated against white workers through its efforts to …
This article is developing and may be updated. If Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan wins re-election, Alaska’s ranked choice runoff system may deserve part of the credit. Early Wednesday morning results published by the Alaska Division of Elections show Democratic challenger Mary Peltola leading Sullivan by 626 first-choice votes, but according to preliminary data published […]
Officials say one person was killed and two others were injured when a helicopter crashed into Biscayne Bay near Miami. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office says the helicopter went down late Wednesday …
Leaders in Europe and elsewhere have expressed relief that U.S. midterm election results could signal a shift away from President Donald Trump's "America first" policies. Many hope for a less …
Ethiopia has expelled six staff members of Sudan’s consulate in Assosa, a western city near the Sudanese border, and ordered the mission closed, Ethiopian and Sudanese officials said. The staff …
Asian shares have fallen and U.S. futures have edged lower as markets worldwide watch for the results of the U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices also declined. Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped to its …
Jurors have heard opening statements at the fraud conspiracy trial of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz in a New York federal court. A prosecutor, Rebecca Urquiola, told …
Bob Dylan has come knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’s door. The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The …
One of NASA's premier space telescopes has plunged to Earth, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe's biggest explosions. The Swift Observatory's demise on Wednesday came less than three …
Supporters of Palestine Action were arrested outside the U.K. Supreme Court as justices heard the group’s challenge to its designation as a terrorist organization. A lawyer for the group told the …
Emergency crews responded to an explosion at a chemical plant in Mississippi that sent a large plume of black smoke into the air. The explosion was reported just after 7 a.m. local time at the …
A federal judge has granted a government motion to dismiss all charges against a Russian-born scientist who was accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States. Kseniia Petrova, who was …
Investigators have started the lengthy process of determining why a Learjet plummeted from the sky in Florida, killing all nine people on board. Federal officials have said the broad distribution of …
U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she will intervene in the planned 1.6 billion-pound or $2.2 billion deal between Sky and ITV’s media and entertainment arm. Nandy said Wednesday that she will …