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Election Results: California voters pass climate bond measure

Voters have passed Proposition 4 – a $10 billion climate bond measure – in California Wednesday morning. This proposition will authorize $10 billion in bonds to pay for wildfire prevention, safe drinking water and protection against the effects of climate change. A minimum of 40% of the funds would be spent to benefit communities that are considered to be the most harmed by climate change. Supporters of Prop. 4 said it will safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, clean air, and protection of natural resources. They also said California firefighters, conservation groups, clea

Election Results: California voters reject measure to expand rent control

Trump victory to test limits of US presidential power

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Election Results: Nathan Hochman beats George Gascón in L.A. District Attorney race

Former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman has defeated incumbent George Gascón in the race to become the next Los Angeles County District Attorney. Gascón’s progressive policies got him elected into office in 2020, but have since made him the target of critics who accuse him of being too soft on crime. Gascón has denied allegations that his policies have resulted in an increase in crime and insists that statistics show a decrease in many categories. However, Hochman disputed this and said he would ensure people are serving appropriate punishment for their crimes. "We'll go bac

Firefighters battle 2 wildfires in Southern California amid ‘particularly dangerous’ fire weather event

Election Results: California voters pass Prop. 35 to permanently fund Medi-Cal

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Elections Results: California voters pass measure to protect same-sex marriage

Voters have passed Proposition 3 – a ballot measure on the constitutional right to marry – in California Tuesday night. Prop. 3 will amend California’s Constitution to reflect existing laws on the right to marry regardless of their sex or race in the state. Since same-sex marriage is already legal in California, Prop. 3 will only change the state’s constitution. Supporters of Prop. 3 said it protects people’s freedom to marry, regardless of their race or gender in California. They also said Prop. 3 will remove discriminatory language from the California Constitution that

Election Results: California voters approve Prop. 36, the anti-crime measure

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Decision day: Oregon tops season’s first College Football Playoff Top 25 rankings

After several weeks of battles on the gridiron, Tuesday’s polling results are in.Much to the delight of Oregonians, sans Beavers supporters, the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee chose the Ducks as the nation’s top team in the first edition of this season’s rankings.There was some surprise as Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State edged out SEC stalwart Georgia for the No. 2 slot in the committee’s initial rankings.CFP Selection Committee Chair Warde Manuel explained to ESPN that the panel felt Ohio State’s one loss, a 1-point defeat on the road against top-ranked Oregon, was more impr

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What local reporters around the country are hearing from voters in the run-up to Election Day

In an era of abysmally low levels of trust in media, local news sources still retain special connections – and precious credibility – with readers and viewers. Those relationships may prove especially valuable in the coming days as the 2024 election comes to a close.In swing states like North Carolina and Michigan, local journalists have doubled as campaign experts, covering presidential candidate rallies and interviewing voters by the dozen.CNN asked seven swing state editors and reporters about what they’ve been experiencing in the run-up to Election Day.In Michigan, Nicole Avery Nicho

Trump says he’d fire Jack Smith quickly if elected

7 states vote to protect abortion rights, while efforts to expand access in Florida and South Dakota fail

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Why AP called North Carolina for Trump

Republican voters in North Carolina cast ballots in greater numbers than four years ago, while Democratic turnout sagged. Together, those two factors carried Donald Trump to victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, marking the third time he has carried the swing state. While Trump has consistently won North Carolina, his victory over Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 was much narrower — just over 1%. This year Trump held a 2.8 percentage point lead when The Associated Press called the race for him at 11:18 p.m. ET once it became clear that there weren't enough outstanding votes lef

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Trump is a convicted felon. Here’s why he can still vote today

While Florida generally makes it challenging for people in the state with felony convictions to regain their voting rights, former President Donald Trump had no issue casting a ballot for himself Tuesday in Palm Beach.Trump was convicted in Manhattan earlier this year of 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to hush money payments before the 2016 election to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The first former US president convicted of a felony, Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on November 26.Under Florida law, if a voter has an out-of-state conviction, Florida will defer to that state�

Reporter breaks down what Giuliani has been ordered to give up to Georgia election workers

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Mexico Supreme Court keeps intact most of ruling party's judicial reform

Mexico's controversial judicial reform requiring direct election of judges and magistrates emerged mostly unscathed on Tuesday from a Supreme Court vote on whether it violated the country's constitution.The failed attempt to roll back some of the reform's key elements was a victory for recently inaugurated President Claudia Sheinbaum, and also appeared to avert the threat of an institutional crisis pitting the executive against the judicial branch.After several hours of debate on the constitutionality of the judicial reform, passed by lawmakers in September, only seven of the court's 11 justic

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Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean units for the 1st time in Russia, an official says

Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine's defense minister said Tuesday. Another Kyiv official said Ukraine's army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk border region. The comments were the first official reports that Ukrainian and North Korean forces have engaged in combat, following a deployment that has given the war a new complexion as it approaches its 1,000-day milestone. Neither claim could be independently conf

World's first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space

US soldier injured earlier this year on Gaza pier mission has died

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Netanyahu sacks defence minister, jolting Israeli politics as war grinds on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday, citing a "crisis of trust", and replaced him with close ally Israel Katz to lead the country's war in Gaza and Lebanon.Netanyahu's critics accused him of putting politics ahead of national security at a time when Israel is bracing for Iranian retaliation to its Oct. 26 airstrikes on the Islamic Republic. After Gallant was fired, protesters in Israel blocked highways and lit bonfires on roads, police said. The prime minister named Gideon Saar as the new foreign minister in place of Katz.Gallant and Netanya

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Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes, Wall Street Journal reports

Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the US and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday, citing Western security officials.In July, device explosions at DHL logistics hubs in Leipzig, Germany, and Birmingham, UK, kickstarted a race to find the suspects, WSJ reported.When asked about the incidents, a spokesperson at DHL Express told CNN the company is “aware of two recent incidents involving shipments in our network,” adding they

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