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Election Day has finally arrived in the US, following former President Donald Trump's and Vice President Kamala Harris' last-minute campaign blitzes in key battleground states. Trump held rallies in North Carolina and Pennsylvania yesterday before ending in Michigan, while Harris spent the day in Pennsylvania. Track live election results here.
Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes) is seen as the tipping point among six other swing states whose collective 93 electoral votes are considered crucial to the election outcome. Trump and President Joe Biden won Pennsylvania in 2016 and 2020, respectively. However, the final results might not be known until later.
In 2020, Biden's victory in Pennsylvania wasn't clear until four days after Election Day. See when battleground state polls close here. A candidate must secure at least 270 of 538 votes to win the Electoral College; calculate your own Electoral College map here.
Control of the US Senate and House are also up for grabs, with Republicans hoping to flip a number of seats. In Montana, incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D) faces Tim Sheehy (R); in Ohio, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) faces businessman Bernie Moreno (R); in Pennsylvania, incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) faces David McCormick (R); and in Michigan, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) faces former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) for a seat vacated by retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D). Dive deeper here.
On the House side, races to watch include the battle for Virginia's 7th District, featuring newcomers and former Army veterans Derrick Anderson (R) and Eugene Vindman (D). Vindman and his twin brother raised concerns about a 2019 phone call between Trump and Ukraine that led to Trump’s first impeachment.
In Nebraska's 2nd District, incumbent Rep. Don Bacon (R) faces Sen. Tony Vargas (D) in a 2022 rematch. And in Michigan, Slotkin's decision to run for the Senate opens up her seat in Lansing. See key races to watch in all 50 states here. |
Legendary music producer Quincy Jones, an influential figure in music for over seven decades, died Sunday in Bel Air, California, at age 91. Born in 1933 on Chicago's South Side, he collaborated with iconic artists like Frank Sinatra, Lesley Gore, and Michael Jackson.
Jones was among the most awarded figures in music history, with 28 Grammy Awards, an Emmy, an honorary Oscar, and a Tony, placing him in the elite EGOT club. He produced "We Are the World," one of the bestselling singles of all time, and Michael Jackson's "Thriller," one of the bestselling albums. Throughout the 1960s, Jones became the first Black executive at a major record label and made his film score debut with 1964's "The Pawnbroker." He went on to score nearly 40 movies and numerous TV shows. See his life in photos here.
A longtime humanitarian, Jones received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and founded the Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation to empower youth through education and music. In 2010, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, America's highest artistic honor. |
Boeing’s 33,000 production workers voted to end their seven-week strike yesterday, approving a 38% pay raise over four years—the aerospace company's fourth contract offer since September.
The company’s latest offer is two points shy of the 40% the union called for—and up from the 25% offer workers rejected in September, which prompted the walkout and brought the company’s commercial airplane production to a standstill. This latest offer raises average machinist pay to $119.3K per year for workers largely based in Seattle and Portland, Oregon. Union members can return to work as soon as tomorrow or as late as Nov. 12.
Boeing reported a $6.1B quarterly loss last month; analysts say the stoppage has cost Boeing an estimated tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue per day. Shares have fallen over 40% this year amid the strike and concerns over Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft. See an overview of Boeing's recent struggles here (w/video). |
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> Legal Drama of an Art Dealer's Murder
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