CNN By Alayna Treene and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Popular podcast host Joe Rogan officially endorsed Donald Trump on the eve of the election, a move Trump’s team swiftly touted as a major win in the final hours of their campaign. Rogan on Monday released his latest podcast featuring a two-and-a-half-hour interview with billionaire
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Week 9 saw the NFL season reach its halfway point with many teams taking shape and others still looking for answers. There were overtime thrillers, upset victories and favorites stamping their mark. Here are the main takeaways from the past week in the National Football League. Chiefs and Lions
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has won reelection to a fourth six-year term. The 83-year-old independent senator is a self-described democratic socialist who caucuses with the Democrats and twice came close to winning the presidential nomination. On Tuesday, Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Also on the ballot were
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 presidential election will decide control of the White House, Senate, House of Representatives, gubernatorial offices and ballot measures on key issues in many states. This is a guide to poll closing times and includes notable down ballot races – both competitive and not. See
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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 violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts. With a win in
Continue ReadingBy Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Hundreds of Oasis fans are looking back in anger after falling victim to a “landslide” of ticket selling scams. The fans have lost £346 ($449) on average to fraudsters ahead of the British band’s reunion tour next year, with some losing as much as £1,000 ($1,298), UK lender
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Highs today will be in the low to mid 40s. We are almost 10 degrees below normal for this time of year in Bend. Skies will be mostly cloudy. Lows tonight will be in the 20s. The perfect weather to cast your vote, if you haven’t already.Most of the region remains dry today. There is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister says she raised allegations with her Indian counterpart that India has targeted Sikh activists in Canada. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she discussed the Canadian allegations with Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar while he was in Australia on Tuesday. India has denied Canada’s allegation that India’s
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion at an oil refinery in northwestern Turkey has slightly injured 12 employees and a fire at the facility has been brought under control. The Turkish Petroleum Refineries company, TUPRAS, says a fire broke out Tuesday at its facilities in Izmit, in Kocaeli province during maintenance work on a compressor.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters were deciding a hard-fought race for the state’s only U.S. House seat that could help decide control of that chamber. Tuesday’s election also asked them to decide whether to repeal the state’s system of open primaries and ranked choice general elections. The House race featuring Democratic U.S.
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the biggest gifts this holiday season won’t fit under the tree, the chimney or even in some homes. Televisions that measure 97 inches (and more) diagonally across – a.k.a. XXL TVs – are becoming a huge hit as the cost of giant screens sinks sharply,
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, Eric Levenson and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Polls have closed in most of the US while voting continues in some Western states as tens of millions of American voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose the country’s next leaders. The voting process, officials said, has been going smoothly, even with
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — US stocks moved higher Tuesday as Americans cast their vote in a tight presidential race. The Dow was up by around 380 points, or 0.9%; the S&P 500 was 1% higher and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.4% by mid-afternoon Tuesday. Treasury yields also rose, with the 10-year
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Australian Rules umpire Leigh Haussen has been suspended after dressing up as Osama bin Laden at a party, the Australian Football League (AFL) said in a statement sent to CNN. Haussen dressed as the former Al Qaeda leader at an umpires’ post-season event at a Melbourne restaurant in September,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William has gone on an early-morning nature walk on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain to promote the work of conservation rangers in a unique urban national park. On his walk on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales met with some of the rangers who guard
Continue ReadingBy Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Melonie White was a young mother of a baby boy, a stylish lover of fashion and on an inspired search for a new career when her body was found strangled and lifeless. White was 27 years old when hikers found her body near Lake Mead National Recreation Area, around
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has over $325 billion in cash on hand. But Buffett is in no rush to spend that on his own company’s stock. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) did not buy back any of its own shares in the third quarter, ending a six-year-long streak of stock buybacks,
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened to near hurricane intensity Tuesday night, as it barreled toward the Cayman Islands and Cuba, where it was forecast to hit as a hurricane. The storm was located 25 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands on Tuesday after passing by
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany have arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization. The public prosecutor says the suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Saxonian Separatists that is characterized by racist, antisemitic and partially apocalyptic ideas. It said
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Clues about how this election cliffhanger will end may be hiding in an unlikely place: Your 401(k). As people try to make sense of the latest swings in prediction markets and dramatic shifts in the share price in former President Donald Trump’s social media company, there’s a
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