Election Day 2025 live updates as voters weigh in on key state and local races

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is running against former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger in the race, and in either case, the winner will make history in the commonwealth as its first female governor. If Earle-Sears wins, she’ll become the first female Black governor.  Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears, left, and Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger,…

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Wegmans mixed nuts recalled in 9 states over possible salmonella contamination

An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North…

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Texas appeals to U.S. Supreme Court after federal judges block newly drawn congressional map for next year’s midterm elections

Hours after federal judges blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map, state leaders filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.  The redrawn map sparked a nationwide redistricting battle and is part of President Trump’s efforts to preserve a Republican majority in the House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections.  The Tuesday…

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Celebrating America’s spirit of innovation

If you plot the origins of the greatest inventions in history, you start to notice a pattern: The light bulb, the phonograph, the airplane, air conditioning, the zipper, the microwave, lasers, transistors, the personal computer, the internet, GPS, the smartphone … No country on Earth has as rich a history of modern invention as this…

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