Karen Bass takes overnight hit as rival Nithya Raman takes razor-thin mayoral lead

Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman has overtaken Mayor Karen Bass in a closely contested race for control of the country’s second-largest city as election officials continue counting ballots. With an estimated 63% of the vote counted, Raman leads with 377,458 votes, or 51.1%, compared to Bass’ 360,864 votes, or 48.9%, according to the latest figures from the Associated Press. Speaking before an enthusiastic crowd of supporters at the Greek Theatre Plaza in Griffith Park on Tuesday night, Raman celebrated her campaign’s momentum and suggested that the election reflected a broader desire among voters for a different direction. “Los Angeles…

Mark Teixeira is one of the few Republicans who had a good night

The GOP team for the congressional baseball game just landed its cleanup hitter. Former Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira emerged victorious in the race for the House of Representatives seat for Texas’ 21st district Tuesday. The 46-year-old republican candidate defeated democrat Kristin Hook by tallying roughly 54.5 percent of the…

Five takeaways from Democrats’ historic midterm blue tsunami 

The worst-case scenario for Republicans unfolded in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress as well as a majority of state governorships. Here are 5 takeaways from the historic GOP shellacking:  Trump’s ‘pretend I’m on the ballot’ plea fails miserably  The president repeatedly urged his…

Matthew Stafford’s wife Kelly blasts NFL over Thanksgiving Eve game

NFL teams’ bye weeks typically last 13 days so players can take time off and retool their bodies. The Rams will be given 10 this season. After their bye week, the Rams will play in the first NFL Thanksgiving Eve game against the Packers, and quarterback Matthew Stafford’s wife, Kelly,…

Bay Area voters jack up taxes to pay for struggling public transit systems

Voters in five Bay Area counties — San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Alameda — decided to throw a lifeline to the region’s public transportation after approving two tax measures Tuesday intended to help raise money for the bus and rail systems. The Regional Transit Measure —…

One element Liberty need in their next coach to avoid another failure

Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones didn’t move. None of the franchise faces appeared physically bothered by the question regarding Chris DeMarco’s future after the Liberty suffered a semifinals sweep.  It was a drastically different reaction than a year ago when Sandy Brondello was on the hot seat only…

Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI

Students using Google software in the classroom will not be allowed to access the company’s search engine unless their school system also opts in to using artificial intelligence, the tech giant said Tuesday. The Mountain View, California, company has been facing pushback from educators, child development experts and parents over…

Pete Ricketts wins Nebraska Senate race, making Dan Osborn two-time loser

WASHINGTON — Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) won a full six-year term Tuesday following a hotly contested campaign against nominally independent candidate Dan Osborn in the reliably GOP state. Follow for live updates on the 2026 Midterm Elections Ricketts, the 62-year-old son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, was appointed to…

Butch Huskey, the penultimate Met to wear No. 42, dead at 54

Butch Huskey, who was the penultimate Met to wear No. 42 and spent parts of five seasons in Queens, has died, the team announced Friday. He was 54 years old. A cause of death wasn’t revealed. “We are saddened to learn about the passing of former Met Butch Huskey,” the…

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