Democrats showed strength at the polls in this year's election. Ivanka Trump testifies in her dad's New York civil fraud trial. And why we're waving goodbye to the National Zoo's pandas. |
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Dems score red state wins on election night |
Tuesday's off-year elections offered a wide glimpse into the minds of Americans ahead of the consequential 2024 elections, with bellwether votes for key issues such as abortion rights and how Republicans and Democrats will fare on the national stage next year. Democrats saw major victories in red states, as Ohio voters approved an amendment that puts abortion rights protections into the state's constitution and Democratic incumbent Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear secured reelection. 🗳️ Our 3 biggest takeaways. | Alison Palmer is accompanied by her daughter Kate Palmer while voting in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., on Tuesday. Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press / USA TODAY NETWORK |
🗣️ GOP debate tonight: Five Republican presidential candidates are set to face off at 8 p.m. in Miami during the third Republican presidential primary debate. Follow our live updates. |
Ivanka Trump takes the stand |
The former president's oldest daughter and close confidante, Ivanka Trump, appeared on the witness stand Wednesday in a high-stakes New York trial over whether Donald Trump and others, including Trump business entities, should be forced to turn over hundreds of millions of dollars and lose business privileges for allegedly engaging in numerous forms of fraud and conspiracy. Ivanka Trump, a former White House adviser and top company business leader, has already distanced herself from her father's claims of 2020 election fraud. 👉 Here's everything that happened in court. | Ivanka Trump arrives at New York Supreme Court on Wednesday. Yuki Iwamura, AP |
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Chemical plant explosion rocks Texas town |
Fire from an explosion at a plant housing toxic chemicals in east Texas was contained and shelter-in-place orders were lifted Wednesday afternoon after a massive plume of dark smoke spread over the area, officials said. The explosion happened at about 8:17 a.m. at the Sound Chemical Solutions plant in Shepherd, Texas, a rural city of just over 2,000 people in San Jacinto County. The specific cause of the explosion wasn't immediately known. Officials said a shelter-in-place order was lifted, but residents should still avoid spending unnecessary time outdoors. 👉 Here's the latest. | Smoke fills the sky from a chemical plant fire in Shepherd, Texas, on Wednesday. AP |
Pandas from National Zoo returned to China |
So long, pandas. The pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., are leaving the U.S. on Wednesday and heading back to China, the zoo said. After spending 23 years in the U.S., Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji were moved via forklifts into FedEx trucks to begin their long journey back to China, marking the end of the animals' decadeslong tenure in the country. The Atlanta Zoo pandas Ya Lun and Xi Lun will go back at the beginning of 2024 as Beijing continues to slowly pull its pandas from Western nations amid declining relations. Watch the pandas head back to China. | | | | Bea Heiderman, a 24-year old Peace Corps volunteer died of undiagnosed malaria in 2018. The agency settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $750,000. | | | | Israel says specialized units are searching Hamas tunnels for rocket assembly lines, stores of small arms and mortars, Hamas leaders and hostages. | | | | House Republicans took a significant step in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, issuing subpoenas to his close family. | | | | The owner of a Colorado funeral home and his wife have been arrested after authorities found almost 200 improperly storied bodies there. | | | | For the fourth time in two years, a pod of killer whales sank a ship off the coast of Morocco in an attack that took 45 minutes, researchers said. | | | | USC quarterback Caleb Williams was called soft by former Pro Bowler Robert Mathis for crying after losing a game. Williams isn't soft. He's human. | | | | Luis Aroyo-Lopez, 23, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder after his 64-year-old grandmother was found headless in Santa Rosa, California. | | | | Officials in Connecticut announced that they arrested 21-year-old Weston Soule after they found an illegal mushroom operation in his home. | | | | Migration crisis: A dangerous new sea route is claiming lives in the Caribbean, as desperate loved ones in the U.S. face terrifying threats, scams | | | | Nancy Ng, 29, of Monterey Park in Los Angeles County, has been missing since mid-October when she was on a yoga retreat in Lake Atitlán. | | | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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