By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrat Wes Moore has been elected Maryland’s first Black governor. Moore, a best-selling author in his first run for public office, defeated Republican Dan Cox in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Moore’s victory flips a governor’s office from Republican to Democratic. Of the 36
Continue ReadingWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 17 points with five 3-pointers, Zach Edey had 12 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks, and Purdue beat Milwaukee 84-53. Purdue made three 3-pointers in three minutes at the start of the second half to extend its lead to 52-22. The lead didn’t drop below 29 points
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — The New York Mets have exercised a $1.5 million option on designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach, preventing him from being eligible for salary arbitration. Mets general manager Billy Eppler says New York also hired Eric Jagers as director of pitching development. Jagers had been Cincinnati’s assistant pitching coach. Vogelbach, a burly 29-year-old,
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Houston Astros general manager James Click faces an uncertain future. Most World Series-winning general managers aren’t put in that position. The Astros scheduled a Wednesday news conference in Houston that Click didn’t plan to attend and said he only recently had been made aware of.
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Hours before the ballots are counted, voters’ cars were lined up at the Deschutes County ballot drop box in downtown Bend on Election Day.
Continue ReadingBy Reg Chapman Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Opioid overdoses are truly impacting the younger generation. The use of synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, is claiming the lives of kids in high school. Students at St. Paul’s High School for Recording Arts are taking life-saving matters into their own
Continue ReadingBy Emily Schabacker Click here for updates on this story BILLINGS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — When Dr. Jamiee Belsky got a call that shots were fired at her place of work, her stomach dropped. Carefully speeding through stop signs and red lights, she arrived at the scene as quickly as possible. It was a busy
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oakland Athletics general manager David Forst says the A’s are still interested in staying in the Bay Area if a stadium deal can be completed. The A’s have been exploring building a new ballpark in Oakland or Las Vegas. Forst is in Las Vegas for
Continue ReadingNewsChannel 21’s Lee Anderson talked with KTVZ political analysts Jeff Eager and Judy Stiegler in our 4 p.m. Fox newscast about what they are expecting this big election night.
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Menezes and Gregory Krieg, CNN As midterm results continue to roll in days after Election Day, Democratic and Republican candidates have already been celebrating historic victories. Heading into Election Day, both parties were looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond, and they appear on track to do
Continue ReadingFrom interactive maps of the top state and local races and the Balance of Power in Congress and the governorships, as well as links on our Decision 2022 page to results, C.O. county election pages and how to track your ballot, KTVZ.COM has you covered this election night.
Continue ReadingCNN By Simone Pathe, CNN The conditions are ripe for Republicans to win the US House of Representatives. So while Senate control is still up for grabs, the discussion on the House side has shifted to just how large a possible new GOP majority could be. Republicans only need a net gain of five seats
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s hard-charging Republican leader who became a household name during the pandemic, will win a second term leading the Sunshine State, CNN projects, a development that will almost immediately turn the focus of his future to 2024. “We not only won election, we have rewritten the political map,”
Continue ReadingBy CNN staff False claims and conspiracy theories about voting and the election process swirled on social media as Americans cast their ballots on Tuesday. The disinformation was driven by Republicans. Former President Donald Trump and other prominent right-wing figures seized on technical problems in some key states to baselessly suggest there had been intentional
Continue ReadingBy Swati Gupta, Rhea Mogul, Sandi Sidhu and Mohit Lathiya, CNN A marigold garland hangs across a photo frame with the faces of 12 members of the Bodha family who died when a bridge collapsed beneath them during a family outing in Gujarat, eastern India. “There have been a lot of deaths,” said grandfather Sundarji
Continue ReadingBy Giles Hudson, Julia Falcon Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Dallas police are on the scene of a shots-fired call inside the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office on Stemmons Freeway. Sources later confirmed to CBS 11’s JD Miles that this was a murder-suicide. The call came in just before 4:30
Continue ReadingBy Nate Eaton and EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story MADISON COUNTY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy helping a local Secret Santa give $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Every day, from now until Christmas, we will post videos of the recipients being surprised with
Continue ReadingBy EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story POCATELLO, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — Local, state, and federal cleanup crews working to recover mineral oil released into Pocatello Creek have collected approximately 1,800 gallons of oil. Since arriving on-site, crews have prevented any significant discharge of the oil from impacting the Portneuf River. The spill was
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Client data from Medibank, Australia’s largest health insurer, has been released by an extortionist, including details of HIV diagnoses and drug abuse treatments, after the company refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers. The company says
Continue ReadingBy JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican John Hoeven faces a defector from his own party and a lightly funded Democrat on Tuesday in his race for a third U.S. Senate term from North Dakota. Rick Becker narrowly lost the party’s endorsement to Hoeven in April. After originally saying he wouldn’t run
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