Carly Morris a 34-year-old American woman has been detained in Saudi Arabia after she posted on Twitter that she and her young daughter had been lured to the kingdom and trapped there since 2019.Carly Morris told relatives three years ago that she was planning to travel to Saudi Arabia for a brief period so that her eight-year-old daughter could meet her paternal grandfather. However, Morris then became locked in

Nicole to strike Florida’s east coast as a hurricane AccuWeather meteorologists Just over a month after Hurricane Ian’s devastation in Florida, the state is again bracing for landfall from a hurricane — this time for an unusual November strike that prompted a hurricane warning along the central part of Florida’s east coast Tuesday. Tropical Storm Nicole was strengthening as it swirled across the western

Massachusetts elected the United States’ first openly lesbian governor on Tuesday night when Harvard-educated Maura Healey beat out a Trump-backed Republican to become the state’s first female governor.The 51-year-old Democrat flipped the seat from its Republican rule for eight years, comfortably defeating Geoff Diehl, who has repeated the former president’s claims that

Florida Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a part-time Uber driver, has become the first Gen Z member of Congress to win a seat for Congress.The 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish in a heavily blue Orlando-area district.Frost will take over for Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who vacated the seat to challenge Republican Sen. Marco Rubio

Five out of six school board members endorsed by Gov. Ron DeSantis won their runoffs Tuesday, results that deliver the Republican governor a total of 24 wins out of 30 local education candidates he backed this year.Led by DeSantis, the GOP in Florida — and Democrats to a lesser extent — pumped thousands of dollars into campaign donations and offered up political endorsements during the

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp wins re-election, defeating Stacey Abrams – Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp wins re-election, NBC News projects, fending off a challenge from Stacey Abrams.Because Kemp, who defeated Abrams in 2018, is expected to win more than 50% of the vote, there will not be a runoff.The race had been seen as one of the marquee governor matchups in

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a decisive victory over his Democratic rival Charlie Crist -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis won reelection on Tuesday night, with a commanding double-digit victory over Charlie Crist in the latest sign that the state has swung further to the right. Voting finished at 7 pm, and such was the margin of victory – at least 17 points – that the Associated Press called the race in a

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul won a full term on Tuesday night despite a surprisingly strong race run by longshot Republican challenger Lee Zeldin— who refused to concede the election.Hochul’s victory was first called by NBC News just after 11 p.m., and she gave a triumphal speech to a crowd of supporters in Manhattan a short time later.“Tonight you made your voices heard loud and clear,”

J.D. Vance wins Ohio Senate race, defeating Democrat Tim Ryan- J.D. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author who was a searing Donald Trump critic before he converted into one of his most loyal allies, has defeated Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in Ohio’s Senate race, NBC News projects.Vance will succeed fellow Republican Rob Portman, who did not seek re-election. Unlike Portman,

Brittney Griner is in the process of being transferred to a Russian penal colony — a move her family has dreaded since Griner’s August conviction on drug charges — but her lawyers don’t know where she is or where she’s heading, her Russian legal team announced early Wednesday in Moscow.The transfer began Friday, her lawyers said, a day after U.S. embassy officials visited her and far ahead

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio cruised to victory Tuesday night, securing his third term amid a statewide Democratic collapse, NBC News projects. Rubio was vastly outspent by Democratic Rep. Val Demings, but his victory came as little surprise to political observers from both parties, who point to the tough headwinds Democrats faced, Florida’s

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has won re-election to a third term, NBC News projects, soundly defeating a challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke. At one point, early in the cycle, pundits had regarded the contest as one of the more interesting matchups in the country, with O’Rourke brandishing much of the same gusto he employed four years ago, when he

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Republican challenger Tudor Dixon on Tuesday, securing her bid for re-election and keeping a Democrat atop the critical swing state, NBC News projects. Whitmer, who gained a national following during the early days of the pandemic and is viewed as a future contender for higher office, had been seen as a top target for

John Fetterman wins Pa. Senate race, defeating Mehmet Oz -John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania’s high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz, bringing an end to one of the nastiest and most expensive campaigns of the year as both parties treated it as a potential tipping point for control

Nicole on Tuesday was upgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to strengthen, prompting a hurricane warning for parts of east central Florida and the southeast coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.The tropical storm is about 460 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, and moving west at 9 mph.

U.S. real-estate developers are delaying major office projects already underway or in the planning stages, discouraged by high vacancy rates and the reduction in workspace demand resulting from remote work. Some property developers view periods of economic uncertainty and weak office demand as good times to launch new projects. Because large-scale

Midterms Live Updates: NYT – Races Teeter on a Razor’s Edge Across the Country, Closely fought contests across the country will determine the balance of power in Congress, state legislatures and governorships. . Control of Congress hanging in the balance. A potentially consequential election hurtled toward its conclusion on Tuesday as voters

A single Powerball ticket sold in California has claimed the largest jackpot in American history. Hours after the Powerball numbers were expected to be drawn, the winning numbers for the historic $2.04 billion jackpot were announced Tuesday morning.The lucky ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, according to the California lottery. The winning

Crypto exchange Binance said Tuesday it signed a letter of intent to acquire rival FTX Trading, which it said was facing a liquidity crunch.FTX said it agreed to a strategic transaction with Binance, pending due diligence.The deal comes after a clash between the heads of the two firms came to a head in recent days and spurred a significant selloff in

The cryptocurrency market fell on Tuesday amid rumors of insolvency at crypto exchange FTX and worries about the financial conditions of its sister company Alameda Research. Bitcoin and ether were lower by 6% and 8% respectively, according to Coin Metrics. Crypto assets tied to Alameda, the trading company, also owned by billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried

A federal judge has denied Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes’ request for a new trial, setting the stage for her sentencing on fraud charges later this month.U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila issued a ruling late Monday stating Holmes failed to establish that government misconduct had occurred during her trial.Davila delayed Holmes’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was open to negotiations with Russia if they are focused on safeguarding Ukraine’s territorial integrity, compensating Kyiv, and bringing to justice perpetrators of war crimes. Speaking ahead of his address to a global climate summit in Egypt on Tuesday, Mr. Zelensky said late Monday: “Anyone who treats the

The winning numbers are 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and Powerball of 10.- An estimated $2.04 billion is up for grabs in Powerball’s latest jackpot as a delayed drawing occurred Tuesday morning.”Powerball has strict security requirements that must be met by all 48 lotteries before a drawing can occur,” Powerball said in a statement. “When the required security

Police in northeastern China said that seven people have been arrested following a clash between residents and authorities enforcing Covid-19 quarantine restrictions.The violence comes as China reports new cases nationwide, with 2,230 cases reported Tuesday in the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou. China has relentlessly pursued its strict

In the four months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 13 states have banned abortion starting at conception. Another state, Georgia, prohibits the procedure around six weeks of pregnancy. And access to abortion remains legal but in limbo in eight states: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming

It’s Election Day – Latest Developments, Analysis, and Results -Control of the House of Representatives, Senate, governors’ mansions, and state legislatures hang in the balance. Republicans are seen by nonpartisan analysts as the favorites to take the House majority Tuesday. Senate control remains a toss-up, but polls show GOP candidates have made gains

The Washington Post has identified at least nine states in which the outcome of key midterm races has the potential to directly affect abortion laws, with many voters getting their first opportunity to cast ballots since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June. These races include contests for governor and attorney general as well as

Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday as voters head to the polls at the close of a tumultuous midterm season in which Democrats and Republicans have clashed over the economy, abortion, crime and other salient issues. Republicans are confident they will pick up the five seats they need to flip control of the House, while a handful of fiercely

A hurricane watch was issued along the eastern coast of Florida – Nicole – A hurricane watch was issued along the eastern coast of Florida on Monday as Subtropical Storm Nicole churned across the Atlantic and showed signs of further strengthening as it tracked toward the storm-weary state. AccuWeather meteorologists expect this sprawling storm to take a turn

Christopher Monzon – Canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio, testified during a court hearing Monday in Miami -Florida defense lawyer is seeking to undercut allegations by a Republican canvasser that he was the target of a political attack, arguing that the accuser acted aggressively during last month’s confrontation. Christopher Monzon testified

The drawing for Monday night’s record $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot has been delayed, as more time is needed to carry out security procedures, the California Lottery announced.”When the required security protocols are complete, the drawing will be performed under the supervision of lottery security officials and independent auditors,” the state

Election Day, GOP activists and candidates set the stage to claim elections they lose are stolen Imagine – this mused Abe Hamadeh the Republican candidate for state attorney general, on Twitter last week: 1940’s-era election officials were able to count all U.S. ballots on election night. So why, he implied, can’t Arizona’s modern-day election tabulators do

Members of far-right social media sites Gab, Gettr, and Truth Social who believe fraud was committed in the 2020 election have stated they intend to serve as official poll workers in their jurisdictions on Tuesday, according to a new report. The report from Advance Democracy Inc. found examples of users on sites Truth Social — the social media site owned by

One of the most commonly used antibiotics in the country, amoxicillin, is in short supply, federal health officials say. The notice from the Food and Drug Administration about an oral solution of the drug comes as pharmacy owners report diminished inventory of the medication, which is prescribed to treat bacterial infections, including pneumonia

The cleaning fees that customers of Airbnb Inc. have long complained about will soon become more apparent early in searches for lodging, the company says.Starting in December, on an undetermined date, the company will allow guests to filter their search results by the total cost of the stay before taxes, Chief Executive Brian Chesky said on Sunday

The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods and son of the company’s chairman was arrested in Arkansas over the weekend after he entered a random woman’s home while intoxicated and fell asleep in her bed, according to police. John R. Tyson, 32, was found asleep at the home in the 400 block of North Mock Ave. in Fayetteville on Sunday

A hurricane watch was issued along the eastern coast of Florida on Monday as Subtropical Storm Nicole churned across the Atlantic and showed signs of further strengthening as it tracked toward the storm-weary state. AccuWeather meteorologists expect this sprawling storm to take a turn and hit Florida’s east coast — as a hurricane — later this week

The US is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.In the second largest seizure in Department of Justice history, Internal Revenue Service agents obtained the 50,000 bitcoin during a November 2021 search of the defendant James Zhong’s home in

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday wrote her first opinion since taking office over the summer, objecting to the Supreme Court’s decision not to side with an Ohio death row inmate’s claim. Jackson, joined by fellow liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, said the court should have ruled for Davel Chinn, who was convicted of a 1989 murder in Dayton, Ohio,

The Supreme Court on Monday declined over the objection of two justices to decide whether defendants facing serious criminal charges are legally entitled to a 12-person jury, rejecting an appeal from an Arizona man convicted of fraud by a jury of just eight people.The decision not to take up the appeal brought by defendant Ramin Khorrami

Even in a midterm marked by misinformation, conspiracy theories and false or misleading attacks, nobody does it like Donald Trump.The former president, in a burst of campaigning for Republican candidates while he readies his own third bid for the White House, is honing a stump speech based around juxtaposing current conditions with those during his

Yevgeny Prigozhin Russian businessman and founder of Wagner group admits interfering in US elections -The influential Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is linked to President Vladimir Putin and has faced sanctions from Washington and European countries, admitted on Monday to interfering in US elections.“Gentlemen, we interfered,

Part of South Florida is now under a hurricane watch after Subtropical Storm Nicole formed Monday morning as the next named system of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.The National Hurricane Center reports the system has winds of 45 miles per hour and is moving northwestat 9 mph while sitting hundreds of miles east of the Bahamas. The area is

Coy Gibbs, the co-owner of Nascar’s Joe Gibbs Racing, has died aged 49 just hours after his son Ty, 20, won the Nascar Xfinity Series championship. Ty Gibbs won the championship at Phoenix Raceway in Arizona on Saturday night and was set to race again in the Nascar Cup Series finale for Kurt Busch on Sunday but he was withdrawn over a family

Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed in the Atlantic and will impact the east coast of Florida and the Southeast starting Tuesday. Officials are warning residents, including those recently hit by the destructive Hurricane Ian, that a tropical system could bring heavy rain and damaging winds this week. The warning comes as Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed

Apple has said it expects fewer iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max shipments than previously anticipated as Covid-19 restrictions temporarily disrupt production at an assembly facility in Zhengzhou, China.“The facility is currently operating at significantly reduced capacity,” Apple said in a statement. “Customers will experience longer wait times to receive

Donald Trump told supporters at his Miami, Florida rally on Sunday to re-elect Ron DeSantis as their governor – one day after bashing the popular GOP leader as ‘Ron De-Sanctimonious.’He said Floridians are going to re-elect a great friend of mine, Marco Rubio’ in two days when Americans head to the polls on November 8. Rubio is facing a challenge to his Senate

Mimi Parker, known for her chilling vocals and sparse drumming in the critically acclaimed rock band Low, died on Saturday. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020.”Friends, it’s hard to put the universe into language and into a short message,” the band’s official Twitter account posted on Sunday morning. “She passed away last night,

Twitter is delaying the rollout of verification check marks to subscribers of its new $7.99 a month subscription service until after Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to an internal post viewed by The New York Times and two people with knowledge of the decision. The company made the call a day after announcing that it was rolling out the program for

The Houston Astros helped ‘Mattress Mack’ becomes the biggest winner in sports gambling history with a $75 MILLION payout -The Houston Astros helped Jim ‘Mattress Mack’ McIngvale become the biggest winner in sports gambling history after he pocketed a massive $75million in winnings after their World Series triumph

A tropical rainstorm located just north of the Caribbean can strengthen and become better organized this week -While November marks the final month of the Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather forecasters say the season will refuse to end quietly. A tropical rainstorm located just north of the Caribbean can strengthen and become better

Kenya dominated the New York City marathon as Sharon Lokedo and Evans Chebet won their respective races on Sunday morning. Lokedi was the top women’s finisher and Chebet won the men’s race in the final World Marathon Major of the year.Brazil’s Daniel Do Nascimento had led for most of the men’s professional race went down just after the 20-mile

Billionaire Ken Griffin tired of Donald Trump -GOP megadonor: I’m ready to back DeSantis for president in ’24 – MIAMI — Hedge fund CEO and philanthropist Ken Griffin smiled when asked if he wants to be the No. 1 political donor in 2024. He has given nearly $60 million to federal Republican candidates and campaigns this election cycle. That puts Griffin

Conservative commentators, who are typically Donald Trump’s allies, turned on the former president after he went after Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday. Trump mocked DeSantis as “Ron DeSanctimonious” while discussing the 2024 Republican presidential primary at a rally in Pennsylvania. The pair is widely considered to be