GOP takeover: Republicans surge to Senate control
The GOP rides a powerful wave of voter discontent to victories in the Senate and House.Read More ...
Midterm mixer: Live election coverage
Yahoo News Global Anchor Katie Couric and our politics team cover all the important races.Read More ...
Republican governors prevail in big, bitterly fought races
By
Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican governors in Florida,
Kansas, Michigan and Wisconsin fended off Democratic challengers on
Tuesday in four hard-fought contests that proved wrong predictions of
punishment for incumbents over an uneven economy and fiscal problems.
Republicans also won back the governorships in three Democratic
strongholds, Massachusetts, Maryland and President Barack Obama's home
state of Illinois, according to projections after polls closed in most
of the United States. ...Read More ...
Republicans seize control of Senate in U.S. midterm elections
By
Steve Holland and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans
rode a wave of voter discontent to sweeping midterm election wins on
Tuesday, seizing control of the U.S. Senate in a punishing blow to
President Barack Obama that will limit his political influence and curb
his legislative agenda in his last two years in office. ...Read More ...
Kansas ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional: judge
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) - Same-sex couples may soon be able to marry in Kansas following a federal judge's ruling on Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree granted a preliminary injunction stopping Kansas from enforcing its ban on gay marriage and put the ruling on hold until Nov. 11 to give Kansas an opportunity to appeal. The decision, if upheld, would add to more than a dozen states where same-sex marriage has become legal since the U.S. Supreme Court said on Oct. 6 that it would not review recent U.S. ...
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California man charged with vehicular manslaughter in Halloween hit-and-run
By
Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who prosecutors say struck
and killed three 13-year-old California girls as they were
trick-or-treating on Halloween and then fled in his damaged sport
utility vehicle was charged on Tuesday with vehicular manslaughter and
hit-and-run. Jaquinn Ramone Bell was arrested on Sunday at a Motel 6 in
Stanton, California, not far from where the girls were hit in a
crosswalk. He was also charged with driving on a suspended license and
fleeing the scene of a crime, Orange County prosecutors said. ...Read More ...
GOP retains control of House, expands majority
Republicans currently hold 234 seats and are a lock to retain their dominance.Read More ...
Watch live: Where is U.S. headed after midterms?
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Republicans will hold at least 52 seats in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans swept to control of the Senate for the first time in eight years.Read More ...
Governors: Wisconsin's Walker bests Democrat Burke
MADISON,
Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker won re-election over
Democratic challenger Mary Burke Tuesday, overcoming fierce opposition
from organized labor for his third election victory in four years — and
clearing the way for a potential presidential campaign in 2016.Read More ...
McConnell re-elected to Senate
The Republican minority leader defeats Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky.Read More ...
Voters weigh pot legalization, minimum wage hikes
While
many pollsters are predicting Tuesday will be a big night for
Republicans, many of the most high-profile ballot initiatives voters
will consider are decidedly liberal. Among the 146 ballot proposals and
initiatives voters in 41 states will consider Tuesday are a handful that
would legalize marijuana and raise the minimum wage.Read More ...
Dems decried big money in campaigns — then caught up fast
Remember
back in the day when President Barack Obama and Democrats were in high
dudgeon over “fatcat” super PACs corrupting the political process?Read More ...
Mitch McConnell re-elected to Senate
The Republican minority leader defeats Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky.Read More ...
The 2014 midterm election will be the most expensive one ever
How
much does it cost to win a Senate majority in a nonpresidential-year
election? About enough to pay for approximately three-and-a-half seasons
of the current New York Yankees roster — almost $700 million — and
that’s just for the top 10 most expensive Senate races.Read More ...
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How the economy could win if the GOP sweeps the midterms
If Republicans control both houses of Congress, they'll be forced to act like adults.Read More ...
NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse case
NFL star Adrian Peterson makes plea deal in felony child-abuse caseRead More ...
Tea Party 'has completely...ruined the Republican Party,' says former Nixon aide
Looking
ahead to 2016, the 'lifelong Republican' and former Nixon aide weighs
in on his son's political future and the prospect of a race between Jeb
Bush and Hillary Clinton.Read More ...
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Midterms and marijuana: What's at stake for legalization
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Police detain Mexico mayor, wife in case of 43 missing students
MEXICO
CITY (AP) — Hiding out in a gritty slum, a politically connected couple
believed to have ordered an attack that killed six people and left 43
students missing in September tried to lie low as dozens of federal
agents staked out their suspected hiding spots.Read More ...
Calif. family mourns 3 teen girls killed on Halloween
SANTA
ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against a driver
charged with fleeing in his SUV after fatally striking three Southern
California teenage girls as they were trick-or-treating on Halloween.Read More ...
Ga. governor courts black voters, testing larger GOP strategy
Nathan
Deal, the 72-year-old Republican governor of Georgia, is fighting for
his political life against former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson,
two-term state Sen. Jason Carter. And in the process, he’s providing a
cautionary tale to national Republicans about how hard it is to win over
the black and other nonwhite voters they increasingly need to survive.Read More ...
6 most aggressive GOP attempts to tie Obama to Dem candidates
Republicans
trying to take back the Senate and expand their advantage in the House
have rallied over the past year around a common strategy: tie Democrats
to President Barack Obama — at any cost and for any reason. Candidates,
parties and independent groups spent hundreds of millions to try to
convince voters that Democrats on ballots all over the country not only
think like Obama but are basically him, in miniature. The reason for
this effort is obvious: nationally, the president has a 42 percent
approval rating, and in many of the more conservative states where
embattled Democrats are fighting to keep their jobs, his favorability is
even lower.Read More ...
Controversy over 40K ‘missing voters’ in Georgia raises racial tensions
Democratic
leaders say the state’s voter registration system is too convoluted and
slow. But they also say African-American voters will be inspired to
turn out because of that.Read More ...
Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison
LIMA
(Reuters) - The lawyer of convicted killer Joran van der Sloot said on
Monday that the Dutch citizen had been stabbed repeatedly in a Peruvian
prison in recent days, but local penitentiary authorities deny the
attacks took place. Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005
disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, was stabbed three times
on Oct. 27 and then again in his kidney on Sunday in the Challapalca
prison, his lawyer Maximo Altez told Reuters by telephone, without
giving further details. ...Read More ...
Spanish princess may face 'unprecedented' trial
Cristina de Bourbon is caught in a scandal involving 16 others, including her husband.Read More ...
China masters laser technology to shoot down drones
China has developed and successfully tested technology to shoot down drones with lasers, according to state media.Read More ...
Violence erupts in Benghazi
Battle explodes between pro-government forces and Islamist militias.Read More ...
3-year-old Ohio girl shot by 4-year-old brother, police say
LORAIN,
Ohio (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old Ohio girl is in critical condition
after being shot in the head by her 4-year-old brother, who found a gun
in a dresser.Read More ...
State, nurse who treated Ebola patients reach accord
Kaci Hickox will be allowed to travel freely in public but required to report any symptoms.Read More ...
Thieves steal 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate from Dachau death camp
Thieves
have stolen the iron gate to Dachau concentration camp bearing the Nazi
slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free), the director of the
memorial site in southern Germany and local police said on Monday. "It
is the central symbol of the prisoners' suffering at Dachau
concentration camp and therefore has hit the memorial at its heart,"
said Gabriele Hammermann, director of the memorial. The Nazis set up the
camp in Dachau, near Munich, in 1933, only weeks after Adolf Hitler
took power. Initially meant to detain political rivals, it became the
prototype for a network of concentration camps where 6 million Jews were
murdered, as well as Roma, Russians, Poles and homosexuals.Read More ...
Gun-toting security guard who rode elevator with Obama says firing unjust
Kenneth
Tate, who was fired after accompanying President Obama in an elevator
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta while
carrying a gun, says his firing was "unjust."Read More ...
After more reports of mass killings, Iraq on high alert for IS attacks
Iraq
boosted security Monday amid fears of the Islamic State group launching
major attacks on Shiite pilgrims flocking to the shrine city of Karbala
as further reports emerged of mass killings. The pilgrims are prime
targets for the IS jihadists, who have carried out a series of mass
executions in recent days, killing scores of members of a tribe in
Iraq's western Anbar province. A police officer and an official gave
figures of more than 200 to 258 people killed, while Iraq's human rights
ministry put the toll at 322 and a tribal leader said 381 were
executed. The mass killings appear aimed at discouraging resistance from
powerful tribes in Anbar, where IS overran large areas in June as
pro-government forces suffered a string of setbacks.Read More ...
Record snow in Maine, and power outages
By
Dave Sherwood BRUNSWICK Maine (Reuters) - A rare early season snowstorm
brought 50-miles-per-hour (80-kph) winds and record-breaking snowfall
to parts of Maine overnight, leaving more than 140,000 homes and
businesses without power on Monday. Governor Paul LePage declared a
limited state of emergency as slippery driving conditions, downed trees
and white-out conditions led to a spike in accidents and shut down many
local roads. ...Read More ...
Branson fights back on safety warnings claim
Following
spacecraft crash, Virgin Galactic boss takes issue with
"self-proclaimed experts" after scientist said company ignored safety
warnings.Read More ...
'Death with dignity' advocate Brittany Maynard, 29, ends her life
Terminally ill Brittany Maynard, 29, took advantage of Oregon's assisted suicide law.Read More ...
Tiny drones make mysterious, illegal flights over French nuclear plants
PARIS
(AP) — French security officials are investigating a spate of
mysterious and illegal flights by drone aircraft over more than a dozen
nuclear power stations in France, raising security concerns in a country
that largely lives off atomic energy.Read More ...
Costly and competitive Senate campaign nears end
WASHINGTON
(AP) — On a final, furious day of campaigning, Republicans strained to
capture control of the Senate while Democrats struggled to limit their
congressional losses in elections midway through an unpopular President
Barack Obama's second term.Read More ...
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