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Today in History: November 4, Obama wins presidency in historic election
Today is Monday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2024. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the first Black president of the United States, defeating the Republican candidate, Sen. John...
Today in History: November 2, Truman defeats Dewey
Today is Saturday, Nov. 2, the 307th day of 2024. There are 59 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman won the presidential election against the...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina voters will cast ballots for president and other contests in the Nov. 5 general election, but with less fanfare than when they helped kick off the presidential campaign season in February with a pair of first-in-the-South primaries. Republican...
Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate
Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year's tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor but one that the current publisher...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Mississippi will cast their ballots on Nov. 5 in the race for the White House, U.S. Senate and U.S. House. In the presidential race, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will compete for the state’s six...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama voters head to the polls on Nov. 5 with a newly drawn congressional district and a long history of Republican dominance in the state on the line. The Democratic candidate for president hasn't carried Alabama since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Since then, the...
US Navy will name a future submarine for Atlanta, the 5th vessel named for Georgia's capital
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta is far from the ocean, but it will have a naval vessel named for it again. U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced Wednesday that the Navy will build a nuclear attack submarine that will be known as the USS Atlanta. It wasn't immediately...
Harris says Trump is 'cruel' as she spotlights abortion restrictions in Georgia during early voting
ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President Donald Trump was “cruel” for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put...
Belgrade's landmark Hotel Yugoslavia faces likely demolition, with many opposed
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Belgrade’s iconic Hotel Yugoslavia, once a symbol of progress in the former socialist state of Yugoslavia that broke apart in the 1990s and a favorite gathering place for local residents as well as world leaders, now stands in eerie silence awaiting its likely...
Rick Nolan, who represented two Minnesota congressional districts three decades apart, dies at 80
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat who represented different Minnesota congressional districts during two separate stints in office three decades apart, died Friday, his wife said. He was 80. Mary Nolan said her husband suffered from heart issues and died at...
