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Ocasio-Cortez becomes youngest woman elected to Congress

Women held 84 out of 435 House seats, a record Aljazeera reported. Democrats won the national election (despite important setbacks in the US Senate) because...

Active shooter reported at bar holding college event

The incident was reported at the Borderline Bar and Grill in the town of Thousand Oaks. The extent of the victim's injuries has not yet been released. A polic...

Democrats capture House majority in rebuke to Trump, Republicans retain Senate

And Rep. Adam Schiff, slated to become chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has vowed to probe alleged Trump campaign-Russia collusion. House Minorit...

Won’t accept Rajapaksa as PM till he proves majority: Sri Lanka Speaker

Last week, Wickremesinghe met several foreign journalists who had arrived in Sri Lanka to report on the crisis. Of those, eight have defected to support Raj...

Women, Muslims, Latinos & LGBT people win in US Midterm Elections

She will succeed the first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison, who vacated the seat to run in Minnesota's attorney general race. "And one of the first Muslim w...

Driver Charged With Killing 2 Children In Park Slope Crosswalk Found Dead

Dorothy Bruns , 44, was found dead at her Staten Island home Wednesday, with officials saying they had discovered pills and a note close to her corpse which r...

NBC, Fox News Pull Trump Ad Criticized As Racist

As part of a scorched-earth strategy in the final days before the momentous midterm elections , Trump's 2020 reelection campaign released an ad widely viewed a...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigns at the behest of President Trump

Whitaker will also replace Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in...

Democrat challenges GOP hold on Florida governor's seat

DeSantis ran a campaign marred by racism, which began with his praising the economy and saying Gillum would "monkey this up" if elected governor. DeSantis on...

Ex-Nevada Brothel Owner Dennis Hof Wins Assembly Seat Despite Being Dead

Another Republican will be appointed to serve in his place after results showed the late brothel owner received over 60% of the vote. He was found dead by p...

Midterm election 2018: Donald Trump SHUTS DOWN CNN reporter in fiery confrontation

Acosta pressed him on why he called the migrant caravan making its way from Central America to the USA border an invasion. 'I consider it an invasion. 'That's...

Women, LGBT candidates make history in 2018 midterms

In the past few months, Ocasio-Cortez had traveled around the country to places including Kansas and California to stump for other candidates as part of an effo...

U.S., South Korea marines hold small-scale exercise ahead of North Koreatalks

South Korea and the United States on Monday resumed small-scale military training that was indefinitely suspended following an historic summit between US Presid...

Let's get high: MI just voted to legalize recreational marijuana

In Michigan, passage of Proposal 1 would legalize marijuana use and possession for adults 21 while paving the way for the state to set up a system for taxing ...

Chris Watts Reaches Plea Deal In Murder Case To Avoid Death Penalty

His guilty plea marked the end of a months-long string of lies: First, when claiming his wife and kids had gone missing of their own accord in August and, later...

DeSantis pins hopes on GOP turnout Tuesday

Ron DeSantis is the Governor-elect of Florida , after a hard-fought campaign based on his sterling biography and embrace of Trumpian populism. "Other than s...

Laura Ingraham Mocks Taylor Swift Over Tennessee Democrat Losing Midterm Election

She portrayed herself as a Republican firebrand, saying she carried a gun in her purse and unwaveringly supported Trump's plan to build a wall along the souther...

Florida passes amendment to restore felons' voting rights

The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition , the main group behind the amendment, ran a surprisingly successful campaign in the crime-obsessed, purple state. The...

Crashed Lion Air jet had damaged airspeed indicator on last 4 flights

The brand new Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Indonesia's capital city one week ago had an airspeed indicator problem on ...

First two Muslim women elected to US Congress: networks

Omar will also be the first Congress member to wear a Muslim hijab, or head scarf. In a seat that has historically been held by Democrats, Ilhan Omar (D) wo...

Year Old Son Charged With Murder In Mother's Death

Police say Ramos and his mother argued Thursday after he came home with a D grade. Ramos told police he later buried his mother beneath a fire pit and staged a ...

Beyonce Endorses Beto O’Rourke on Election Day

Triumph attended rallies for both O'Rourke and Cruz, with hilarious results. "Because we think [O'Rourke is] pretty important". "What do you have that Ted Cr...

In final hours before midterms, election exhaustion not deterring metro voters

Overall, about 140,000 voters had returned absentee ballots to their local election officials by last Thursday, and another 47,000 ballots that were requested h...

That's Not Oprah on Georgia's 'Racist' Robocalls About Stacey Abrams

Adding to the drama, Election Day voters will cast ballots amid an ongoing dispute over Kemp's management of the election system he runs in his current job as...

Fox News 'Does Not Condone' Hannity, Pirro Participation in Trump Rally

Most media companies very clearly state that journalists can not publicly endorse a political candidate or donate to campaigns. Already No. 1 in the cable news ...

Sheriff: 10-year-old says she stomped head of baby in panic

Prosecutors are considering vehicular homicide charges and he is being held on $250,000 bond. Another girl was critically injured in the collision near Lake H...

Afghan delegation to attend peace talks in Russia

The HPC said its delegation will not meet representatives of the Taliban on the sidelines of the summit. All of this adds up to a Taliban able to contest virt...

Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of midterm elections

Facebook has blocked 115 accounts on its platforms due to alleged "inauthentic behavior" ahead of the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday. "Typically, we w...

Pentagon Declines Trump Admin’s Request to Build Detention Facilities

President Donald Trump's decision to deploy United States active duty troops and earlier deployment of National Guard forces to the southern border could cost b...

Police search house as five men questioned

A video, circulated first on WhatsApp and then Facebook and Twitter, showed a gang of people laughing and joking as they placed a model of the Tower onto a bonf...

10-year-old girl accused of killing baby in Wisconsin day care

The Star Tribune is not identifying the girl because her case likely will be referred to juvenile court. The girl pictured at a court hearing Monday. The ...

Major vehicle accident kills 14, injures 34 in china

The toll station is close to Lanzhou, capital of Gansu . It is understood 10 of the 44 people injured were in a serious condition, the Xinhua news agency rep...

Cameroon separatists seize 78 pupils in campaign for Ambazonia

The footage could not be immediately verified, but parents have reportedly been reacting to images of their children on social media , according to AP. The sep...

Pentagon: Russian Jet Makes ‘Unsafe’ Intercept of US Plane

Navy EP-3, crossing within 10 feet and executing a sharp dive below, which resulted in violent turbulence for the U.S. EP-3 and its crew members". A USA mili...

Australian man bitten by shark near Great Barrier Reef dies

They anchored 23 kilometers from Airlie Beach in Cid Harbor, intending to spend their first night in the protected mooring location on Whitsunday Island, the la...