YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Ohio enshrines abortion rights and other wins. | | | |
Tuesday's off-year elections offered a wide glimpse into the minds of Americans ahead of the 2024 elections. Also in the news: Israel's leader said his country will have a "security responsibility" in Gaza after the war with Hamas ends. Who's your best guess for People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2023? (Keep scrolling to find out!) | | | |
Now here we go with Wednesday's news. |
Big implications for off-year Election Day |
Democrats won several victories Tuesday night, after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was reelected, Ohio voters passed a ballot measure to protect abortion rights in the state and Democrats in Virginia won control of the state's Senate and House of Delegates. |
But Republicans won in Mississippi, after Democratic candidate Brandon Presley conceded the state's governor race to Tate Reeves, the Republican incumbent. |
| • | Election lesson: Abortion delivers for Democrats. In Kentucky, a solidly red state, Beshear sailed to a second term after a campaign that focused front and center on abortion rights. In Ohio, an increasingly reliable Republican state, voters by double digits approved an amendment enshrining access to abortion in the state constitution. | | • | Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin had rallied Republicans in the state behind a vision of a red Virginia and total Republican legislature. Now Youngkin will have an uphill battle with his proposed 15-week abortion limit. | | • | Were the results a loss for Trump? Last night served as a prelude for voter sentiment on key issues and how Republicans and Democrats will fare on the national stage next year. | | Gov. Andy Beshear waves with wife Britainy Beshear, right and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, at left, after winning a second term as Kentucky's Governor Tuesday, Nov.7, 2023. Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK |
Netanyahu open to 'little pauses' for aid to Gaza |
Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south on foot with only what they can carry after running out of food and water in the north as Israel says its troops are battling Hamas militants deep inside Gaza City. Israel remains steadfastly opposed to a cease-fire in Gaza until the more than 240 hostages held by Hamas are released, but short pauses to allow the flow of humanitarian aid are possible, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. Netanyahu has expressed a cease-fire would hinder efforts to free the hostages and delay the war's conclusion. | Children search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 8, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah, Getty Images |
Ivanka takes the stand in Trump New York real estate fraud trial |
Ivanka Trump — former President Donald Trump's oldest daughter — is slated to testify Wednesday in a high-stakes New York civil fraud trial. The results of the case could permanently block her father and brothers from doing business in the nation's financial capital and could cost the Trump family empire a whopping $250 million in penalties. The testimony from Ivanka — a former top White House advisor — comes two days after Donald Trump turned State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron's Manhattan courtroom into a fiery soapbox. Read more |
There was no law for domestic violence when the Second Amendment was enacted. Now what? |
The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it will likely uphold a law banning domestic abusers from owning guns, even as the justices wrestled with how such a decision might affect other challenges of gun laws under the Second Amendment. In one of the most closely watched cases of the year, a Texas man named Zackey Rahimi is asking the justices to throw out his conviction under a federal law that bars people from possessing guns if they are the subject of a domestic violence restraining order. The court's decision, expected next year, could have sweeping implications for other gun laws if it clarifies the standard by which those prohibitions are judged. Read more |
Patrick Dempsey named People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2023 |
Patrick Dempsey, known fondly as McDreamy to many, has been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive of 2023, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel revealed during his talk show Tuesday. The "Grey's Anatomy" heartthrob and race car driver succeeds last year's recipient, actor and "Captain America" star Chris Evans. "I'm glad it's happening at this point in my life," the 57-year-old actor told People about the honor. Read more | Patrick Dempsey during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Aug. 31, 2023, in Venice, Italy. Vianney Le Caer, Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP |
Photo of the day: Cherelle Parker elected first female mayor of Philadelphia |
Democrat Cherelle Parker, a former member of the Philadelphia City Council, was elected to serve as the city's 100th mayor on Tuesday. She will also make history as the first woman to hold the office. Check out more photos from Election Day. | Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker takes the stage during an election night party in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Parker was elected as Philadelphia's 100th mayor, becoming the first woman to hold the office. Matt Rourke, AP |
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