Election nights are always simultaneous moments of triumph and tragedy. One group of voters’ dreams are dashed, while another set of voters see their hopes realized.

Every election is also unique. The United States has had some critical presidential elections that reshaped the way Americans think about politics. This Election Day, ...Read more

CHICAGO — The former ComEd vice president who secretly recorded his colleagues as part of a federal corruption probe began testifying against ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday, the first of what is expected to be multiple days on the stand.

One of the prosecution’s star witnesses, Fidel Marquez’s cooperation with federal ...Read more

Two people have been confirmed dead and several more are missing after two separate boats capsized in the past few days off Northern California's Bodega Bay amid increasingly dangerous winds.

Forecasters are warning that high winds are only expected to worsen through at least Wednesday, with several warnings issued across the state, both on ...Read more

BOSTON — A prominent firm has inked a contract to audit the Canton Police Department, an agency beset by its proximity in two high-profile Massachusetts criminal cases: the murder investigation into Karen Read and the alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore.

The winning bid was inked Oct. 25 with 5 Stones intelligence, Inc., based in Tennessee. ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who bribed dozens of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers in the Navy’s worst-ever corruption scandal, was sentenced Tuesday in San Diego federal court to 15 years in prison.

The sentence means that Leonard Glenn Francis, 60, will spend about 8½ more years in federal prison when ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — We’ve reached Election Day, the final day of voting in the 2024 presidential election after millions of Floridians already have cast their votes.

Neighborhood polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Those heading to the polls are less likely to face rain earlier in the day: The rain chances are ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said Tuesday it has banned campfires at state parks and forests, and is asking residents to avoid burning at home too because of the prolonged drought.

The ban comes on the heels of 100 wildfires reported statewide during the past week, including one at Blue ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Capitol Police arrested a man Tuesday afternoon who was stopped during a screening at the Capitol Visitor Center because he smelled like fuel and had a torch and a flare gun, the department announced.

The visitor center was closed to tours as Capitol Police investigate, according to a social media post. A Capitol Police ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center forecasts Tropical Storm Rafael to grow into the season’s 11th hurricane on Tuesday as it moves toward Cuba with winds and storm surge expected to only sideswipe Florida as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico.

As of the NHC’s 7 a.m. advisory, Rafael was located about 80 miles south-southwest of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center forecasts Tropical Storm Rafael to grow into the season’s 11th hurricane on Tuesday as it moves toward Cuba with winds and storm surge expected to affect the Florida Keys this week.

As of the NHC’s 10 a.m. EST advisory, Rafael was located about 65 miles southwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Blanca de Leon won’t be closing up shop or boarding up the windows of her beauty parlor on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast because of fears about the election, even as other businesses around the city brace for the worst.

That doesn’t mean de Leon, who owns Capitol Hair Salon a block away from the Capitol, isn’t nervous.

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ATLANTA — Six people, including a Fulton County Jail officer and several members of the Goodfellas gang, have been indicted on charges of conspiring to kill two detention officers, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

The alleged plot was attempted in exchange for money and to protect a drug ring inside the jail, officials said, and ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYC Board of Elections is sending out technicians to polling sites across Queens Tuesday after reports that machines at several locations have been rejecting ballots.

Vinnie Ignizio, BOE’s deputy executive director, confirmed to the Daily News that some scanners in the borough have been “kicking ballots out,” requiring ...Read more

It’s Election Day in America.

Voters are heading to the polls in one of the most consequential elections in American history. In a politically polarized country, potential delays in reporting results might further fuel conspiracy theories that have spread widely.

Across the country, more than 77 million voters already cast their ballots ...Read more

Republican leaders in several key states are vowing to keep federal election monitors away from voting sites in the name of election integrity, spurring anger from many who say the party is doing the opposite of protecting voters’ rights.

In Texas, Democrats are calling for the involvement of federal election monitors as an added layer of ...Read more

DENVER — The Denver City Council voted down eight proposed amendments to the city’s 2025 budget on Monday night, including rejecting a request to give another $2.5 million to the Denver Basic Income Project, a program that is gauging the impact of providing direct cash assistance to homeless or formerly homeless Denverites.

The final vote ...Read more

As the nation celebrates our 16 million living veterans, it is also important to know that the chance these heroes will end their own lives prematurely is still higher than among civilians.

Among veterans with PTSD, suicide is the fourth most common cause of death. Among veterans younger than 35, it’s second.

Over the past ...Read more

The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. Yet as time passes, places that once were sites of death and destruction can become peaceful natural refuges.

One of the deadliest battles fought on U.S. soil, for example, was the Battle of Gettysburg. Tens of thousands of men ...Read more