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Vice President Kamala Harris, left, points to Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., after speaking at a campaign rally in Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot

California's midterm elections are coming to a close with a burst of house-to-house campaigning and nonstop TV advertising. Candidates made their closing arguments in a year when the top state races … more

MICHAEL R. BLOOD | 11/7/22

A lifeguard truck is seen on Nov. 4, 2022, along Del Mar beach, north of San Diego, after a 50-year-old woman was bitten by a shark in the water prompting a beach closure of at least 48 hours in the area, city lifeguard officials said on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. A California swimmer says she saw a shark attack her after it rammed her out of the water off the coast of the town of Del Mar last week. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

California swimmer describes seeing shark attack her

A California swimmer says she saw a shark attack her after it rammed her out of the water off the coast of Del Mar, north of San Diego. Lyn Jutronich was resting in the water during her Friday … more

11/7/22

FILE - In this photo provided by the Park County Sheriff's Office is Alan Lee Phillips on Feb. 24, 2021. A man convicted of killing two women near a Colorado ski resort town nearly 40 years ago after DNA testing identified him as a suspect was sentenced Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, to two terms of life in prison. A judge handed down the punishment for Alan Lee Phillips after the women's relatives called for the maximum punishment for the slayings they say forever changed their families. (Park County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Man gets life in killings of 2 Colorado women in 1982

A man convicted of killing two women who disappeared near a Colorado ski resort town nearly 40 years ago after DNA testing identified him as a suspect has been sentenced to two terms of life in … more

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | 11/7/22

FILE - Voters wait in line to vote on Nov. 3, 2020, at the Slater Center in Bristol, Tenn. Election officials said Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, that some Tennessee voters have cast ballots in the wrong congressional district in Nashville — a city that Republican lawmakers carved three ways during redistricting in hopes of flipping a Democratic seat. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP, File)

Number of wrong ballots cast in Nashville now more than 430

Election officials have confirmed that more than 430 Nashville voters cast ballots in the wrong race in the lead-up to Election Day. The amount is a stark jump from the initial number that the … more

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE | 11/7/22

Letitia Wright poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' in London, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)

'Black Panther' cast pushes Wakanda forward after Boseman

Letitia Wright hit the Marvel Cinematic Universe scene as King T’Challa’s joyfully witty sister in 2018’s blockbuster “Black Panther.” But in the new sequel, the actor’s usual easygoing … more

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. | 11/7/22

Attendees listen to Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate state Attorney General Josh Shapiro speak during a campaign rally in Newtown, Pa., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvanians scurry to fix mail-in ballots after ruling

Some of Pennsylvania’s largest counties are working to help voters fix mail-in ballots that have fatal flaws such as incorrect dates or lack of signatures on the envelopes used to send them in. The … more

By MARK SCOLFORO | 11/7/22

Northrup Grumman's Antares rocket lifts off the launch pad at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Wallops Island. Va. The rocket is scheduled to deliver a supply capsule to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Solar panel trouble on cargo capsule bound for space station

A newly launched cargo capsule has run into trouble with a solar panel after liftoff. Only one of the two solar panels on the Northrop Grumman capsule opened successfully following Monday's predawn … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/7/22

FILE - Mimi Parker, left, and her husband, Alan Sparhawk, right, jam with bassist Matt Livingston, after an interview with the musical group Low at Sparhawk and Parker's Duluth, Minn., home basement studio, Jan. 24, 2007. Parker, whose soothing vocals helped propel the Minnesota indie band Low to critical acclaim, has died at age 55, nearly two years after revealing that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Her husband and bandmate Alan Sparhawk announced her death on Twitter Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Mimi Parker, co-founder of Minnesota indie band Low has died

Singer Mimi Parker has died. Parker's soothing vocals helped propel the Minnesota indie band Low to critical acclaim. Her husband and bandmate Alan Sparhawk announced her death on Twitter Sunday. The … more

11/7/22

Hurricane watch: Subtropical storm eyes Florida, Bahamas

Hurricane watches have been posted for the northwestern Bahamas and Florida's Atlantic Coast as Subtropical Storm Nicole approaches, threatening to bring a “prolonged period of hazardous weather." … more

By FRIEDA FRISARO and JULIE WALKER | 11/7/22

Hector Solis holds up lottery tickets purchased with his co-workers for the Saturday drawing of the Powerball lottery at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Q&A: A look at $1.9B Powerball jackpot, how it grew so large

The estimated $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot and will keep growing until someone finally wins the prize. The jackpot started at $20 … more

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE | 11/7/22

'Putin's chef' admits to interfering in U.S. elections

Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur known as “Putin’s chef” because of his catering contracts with the Kremlin, has admitted he interfered in U.S. elections and says he will continue to do so … more

By The Associated Press | 11/7/22

In this photo photo provided by DKC News, Clara Wu Tsai, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, stands in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn borough of New York in 2021. Wu Tsai launched the largest business accelerator for minority founders of early-stage startups on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Named BK-XL, the accelerator will invest up to $500,000 to 12 startups led by Black, Indigenous and other minority founders in 2023. (Ivy Newman/DKC News via AP)

Brooklyn Nets owners start program for minority-led startups

Clara Wu Tsai, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets, launched the largest business accelerator for minority founders of early-stage startups on Monday. Named BK-XL, the accelerator will invest up to … more

By GLENN GAMBOA | 11/7/22

Attendees of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit arrive, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Live updates | Climate Summit

Environmental campaigners warned Monday that the fossil fuel industry has been “emboldened” by the current global energy crunch and efforts by some countries to invest in new gas projects, … more

By The Associated Press | 11/7/22

This image released by Netflix shows Dominic West as Prince Charles, left, and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in a scene from 'The Crown." (Keith Bernstein/Netflix via AP_

'The Crown’ returns to blur the line between royals, fiction

“The Crown” returns Wednesday after a two-year absence from Netflix. But those critical of the Netflix’s series blend of fiction and history haven’t waited to complain. Among them is Judi … more

By LYNN ELBER | 11/7/22

FILE - Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Aug. 5, 2022. The Board of Supervisors in rural Cochise County in southeastern Arizona on Monday, Oct. 24 were debating a hand count of all ballots in the midterm election. A federal judge in August dismissed a lawsuit by Lake and Mark Finchem, Republican nominee for secretary of state, to require the state's officials to count ballots by hand in November because of unfounded claims of voting machine problems. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Suspicious envelope found at GOP candidate's Phoenix office

Authorities are investigating an envelope that reportedly contained suspicious white powder that was opened at the Phoenix campaign headquarters of Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari … more

11/6/22

FILE - Union troops fire upon advancing Confederate troops during a reenactment of the Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek on Oct. 18, 2015, at the Cedar Creek battlefield just south of Middletown, Va. A federal trial for a former Civil War re-enactor accused of planting a pipe bomb at a Virginia battlefield in 2017 and threatening to disrupt other events has been set for 2023. (Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star via AP, File)

Trial set for reenactor charged with leaving pipe bomb

A federal trial for a Virginia Civil War reenactor accused of planting a pipe bomb at a Virginia battlefield and threatening to disrupt other events has been set for next year. Gerald Leonard Drake … more

11/6/22

Philadelphia police process part of a crime scene where multiple people were injured in a shooting in Philadelphia late Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

4 critical, 5 stable after shooting on Philadelphia street

Police say four people remain in critical condition following a shooting that wounded nine people on a busy northeast Philadelphia street over the weekend. Police said several people emerged from a … more

11/6/22

Dwayne Johnson poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Black Adam' on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

'Black Adam' tops box office again on quiet weekend

Warner Bros.' says “Black Adam” topped the box office for the third straight weekend with $18.5 million in ticket sales. The studio released the ticket sales estimates on Sunday. It was a quiet … more

By JAKE COYLE | 11/6/22

Pope Francis attends a prayer meeting and Angelus with bishops, priests, consecrated people, seminarians and pastoral workers, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Pope Francis is making the November 3-6 visit to participate in a government-sponsored conference on East-West dialogue and to minister to Bahrain's tiny Catholic community, part of his effort to pursue dialogue with the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope calls female genital mutilation a crime that must stop

Pope Francis says female genital mutilation is a “crime” that must stop. Francis was responding Sunday to a question about women’s rights en route home from Bahrain. He gave a lengthy … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 11/6/22

FILE - The moon is shown during a full lunar eclipse, Sunday, May 15, 2022, near Moscow, Idaho, with the reddish color caused by it passing into the shadow of the Earth. A Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout North America in the predawn hours _ the farther west, the better _ and across Asia, Australia and the rest of the Pacific after sunset. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Last total lunar eclipse for three years arrives Tuesday

This week's total lunar eclipse is the last one for three years. Tuesday's total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout North America in the predawn hours. Asia, Australia and the rest of the … more

By MARCIA DUNN | 11/6/22