WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson will be stepping aside from Republican Party leadership after the GOP’s wipeout in the midterm election, declining to seek support to stay on as House minority leader in the new Congress, according to two people familiar with his decision Wednesday. Johnson is expected to…
NEW YORK (AP) — A reopened criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University will be led by a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw high-profile sex crimes cases against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and fashion executive Peter Nygård, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced…
LONDON (AP) — World leaders who have sparred with the “America first” President Donald Trump greeted the rout of his Republican Party in the U.S. midterm elections with a measure of relief on Wednesday, allowing themselves to hope for a less combative U.S. foreign policy. But that hope was seasoned with expectation…
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said Wednesday she will intervene in the planned 1.6 billion-pound ($2.2 billion) deal between Sky, the U.K.-based TV, internet and mobile phone provider owned by Comcast, and ITV’s media and entertainment arm. Nandy said she will introduce legislation for a new public…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are riding their sweep of Congress into a new era, eager to meet voter demands for change with plans to tackle high costs of living and confront President Donald Trump's final years in the White House. In a nationwide romp, Democrats ousted Republicans from coast to coast, with many…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - A vehicle crash has closed one eastbound lane of I-64 at the Montrose interchange in South Charleston. According to Metro 911, no injuries are reported and first responders are on their way to the scene. Traffic has backed up along I-64E toward the Dunbar area. A separate accident in…
There are plenty of three-row SUVs on sale, but few can match the extroverted style of the Dodge Durango. With its prominent chin, bright paint colors and hood scoop, the Durango forgoes sleekness for six-pack muscle. Dodge is even doubling down on the muscle theme by making a V8 engine standard on every 2027 Durango.
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which…
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the urging of President Donald Trump, Republicans in eight states redrew the boundaries of dozens of congressional districts over the past year while angling for an edge that could help them hold onto a slim House majority in a tough midterm election. Ultimately, it didn't work. Republicans lost…
NEW YORK (AP) — In Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” John Malkovich plays an itinerant CIA officer, Chris, weary from his travels. But Chris has got nothing on Malkovich's miles. Over his 50-year career, Malkovich has performed live in 47 countries, by his count. He’s played a serial killer in Hamburg. He’s…
McDonald's plans to introduce new value-oriented meal bundles early next year after a disappointing third quarter that saw lower traffic at U.S. restaurants. McDonald's Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski said Wednesday that the company recently began an eight-week test of mix-and-match and fixed-price bundles at 1,900…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters took a wrecking ball to the traditional map of political battlegrounds, electing Democrats in states that were long considered reliably Republican. Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio and Iowa, all states Republican Donald Trump easily won two years ago in the presidential election, backed…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A U.S. cruise ship that forced all its passengers to disembark in Cambodia after suspending its operations last week has departed the Southeast Asian nation with only crew aboard, Cambodian officials said Wednesday. The MV Odyssey, owned by Florida-based Villa Vie Residences, had been on an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade with Donald Trump at the epicenter of U.S. politics, most voters appear exhausted and exasperated by him, according to The AP Voter Poll, a survey of midterm voters in all 50 states. The president’s failure to deliver on key promises — most prominently, his vows to tame
Anthony Ippolito saw the opportunity of a lifetime when he learned that Oscar-winning director Peter Farrelly was developing a film about Sylvester Stallone’s determination to write and star in the original “Rocky.” There was just one problem: Nobody had asked him to audition for “I Play Rocky.” “So, I kind of just…
As winter approaches and daylight hours grow shorter, people prone to seasonal depression can feel it in their bodies and brains. The millions of people estimated to have seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, typically have episodes of depression that begin in the fall and ease in the spring or summer. One trigger for…
PARIS (AP) — A cyberattack on several blood banks sought to raise temperatures to extremely high levels but was thwarted before it could do any damage to blood products or samples, French authorities said. The incident comes after supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks triggered power and water outages for hours Wednesday across Kyiv and surrounding regions while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the death toll in a stricken village in southern Ukraine rose to 40 in one of the deadliest strikes there in nearly five years of war. On Monday…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California measure to tax the net worth of billionaires that divided liberal leaders nationally and triggered one of the most expensive ballot fights in state history was too early to call Wednesday morning as the vote tally continued. Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5% tax on the…
BANGKOK (AP) — Two Uyghur men held in Thailand for more than a decade are pleading to not be sent back to China, fearing abuse or torture. Human rights activists and some Thai politicians warn the men could be sent to China following their release from prison in late October. Uyghurs are a Turkic, majority
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s military is deploying more than 20,000 troops and personnel to the capital, Jakarta, officials said Wednesday, as authorities investigate an alleged illegal wiretapping operation targeting the country's president that has led to the detention of three senior police generals. The…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats finally got their wish in Texas. Shut out of power for decades, Democrats on Tuesday romped up and down the ballot in Republicans' most populous stronghold, flipping a U.S. Senate seat and retaking the governor's mansion in a history-making election that ushered in an overnight…
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. (AP) — A shooting and subsequent firefight with responding officers left three people dead, including the suspect, and two deputies critically wounded in eastern Washington state Tuesday. Deputies responded to a home in Spokane County, which borders Idaho, around 2:30 p.m. after a woman told her…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday accepted as legally binding the certified results from last week’s parliamentary elections and said he would begin consultations with party representatives on the formation of a new government. Herzog's acceptance of the results as valid dealt a blow to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on the cusp of making history as the nation’s first Black speaker of the House, a generational shift in U.S. politics after Democrats trounced Republicans to win majority control of the chamber in the midterm elections. Jeffries faces a vote of his colleagues when…
(The Hill) -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) is projected to defeat Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson in the state's governor's race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Wilson, who has served as the Palmetto State's top prosecutor since 2011, will succeed term-limited Gov. Henry McMaster (R)…
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Government lawyers told Australia’s highest court on Wednesday that a world-first ban on children younger than 16 from holding social media accounts was necessary to protect developing brains. The Australian government is fighting in the High Court two constitutional challenges to the ban…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are voting Wednesday in local elections that are expected to be a tough test for the African National Congress party, which led the country out of white minority rule but has seen a consistent decline in support over the last decade. The elections will decide who leads South Africa's…
Democrats have won the Senate majority, a feat that seemed unreachable last year but that came to fruition with Republican candidates failing in states won just two years ago by President Trump, whose failing approval ratings was a huge drag on the GOP. Victory in the Senate will deliver additional oversight powers to…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are surging Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections. Stocks generally do well in the months following any midterm U.S. election, regardless of who wins, and the S&P 500 soared 1.8% toward its best day in three months. The…
OHIO (WOWK) - Sherrod Brown is making a comeback to Washington, defeating incumbent Republican Jon Husted to take back the Senate seat he lost in 2024. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Brown, a Democrat, who has 48.6% of the vote. Having served as Senator from 2007 to 2025, Brown hopes to
Investigators are just beginning the lengthy process of determining why a business jet plummeted from the sky in Florida after encountering a thunderstorm and slammed into the ground with such force that it created a crater and shattered the plane. The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOWK) - The Buckeye State has chosen its next governor. The Associated Press has called the Ohio Gubernatorial Race in favor of Democrat Amy Acton. Dr. Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Libertarian Don Kissick with 50.7 % of the vote. Acton served as Director of the Ohio Department of…
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether Colorado can require preschools that accept public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples.
Democrat James Talarico is projected to win a Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering his party its first big Lone Star state win in decades, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). It's a huge moment for Democrats, both because it finally notches the party a big victory in
MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - The excess levy for Mason County Schools has passed at the polls, and schools could now see major tax revenue from two high-impact data centers coming to the county. According to the Mason County Clerk's office, the levy passed with 52.8% of the vote, only needing a majority for passage.
OHIO (WOWK) — Ohio voters had one statewide issue to decide on in this election, one that proposed changes to the state’s constitution. On Tuesday, voters approved Issue 3, which looks to amend the Ohio Constitution to require photo identification for voting. Ohio voters already have to show photo ID to vote in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Tuesday’s midterm races were hoping their candidates could hold onto the winning coalition that President Donald Trump assembled in the 2024 presidential election, but The AP Voter Poll suggests the GOP has lost ground with multiple key groups. The poll, an expansive survey of about…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Incumbent Republican Carol Miller will be holding her seat in West Virginia's 1st U.S. House of Representatives district. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Miller, who has 56% of the vote. Democrat Vince George received 40% of the vote. Constitution Party member Belinda…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Republican Incumbent Riley Moore has beaten Democrat Ace Parsi for the U.S. House of Representatives 2nd District. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Moore, who has 58.46% of the vote. Parsi received 41.54% of the vote. With additional experience from serving in the WV House of…
KENTUCKY (WOWK) - Republican Andy Barr has beaten Democrat Charles Booker and Kentucky Party member Christopher Campbell to take the seat as Kentucky's U.S. Senator. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Barr, who has 53.71% of the vote. Booker received 44.23% of the vote. Campbell received 2.05% of the…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Incumbent Democrat Amy Goodwin will be returning as the mayor of Charleston. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Goodwin, who has 70.91% of the vote. Republican Brian Hunt received 29.09% of the vote. Goodwin was elected as Charleston's first female mayor in 2018, managing to…
OHIO (WOWK) - Republican David J. Taylor has beaten Democrat Jen Mazzuckelli for the seat in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Taylor, who has 61.18% of the vote. Mazzuckelli received 38.82% of the vote. After occupying many roles, both in legal and government, Taylor…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - After a close race, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito will represent West Virginia in Washington for six more years. The results are in and Capito has defeated challengers Rachel Fetty Anderson and S. Marshall Wilson with 56% of the vote, according to the Associated Press. She has…
KENTUCKY (WOWK) - Republican Ed Gallrein will be taking over Kentucky's 4th District of the U.S. Congress. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Gallrein, who has 53.02% of the vote. Democrat Melissa Claire Strange received 42.14% of the vote. Libertarian Jeremy Todd received 4.84% of the vote. A farmer and…
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Senate approved on Tuesday legislation that strengthens the government's power to fight criminal gangs, in another win for reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has touted the changes as key to tackle one of his nation's biggest problems. The constitutional amendment, which will…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police said Tuesday they had detained three senior police generals suspected of illegally wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto and dozens of other prominent figures. Asep Safrudin, head of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency, said the suspects were being…
SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An Alabama man was charged Monday with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-year-old boy. Garrick Rawls faces an arson charge — a federal offense — in connection with a Halloween day fire that damaged the…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Election officials throughout Ohio are preparing for what might come after the votes are counted Tuesday, including potential recounts and challenges to the results. There are two things that could launch an election recount under Ohio law, the first being an automatic recount triggered if the…
KENTUCKY (WOWK) - Republican Incumbent Hal Rogers has won the seat for Kentucky's U.S. 5th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Rogers, who has 70% of the vote. Rogers has held the district since 1981, becoming the longest-serving member of Congress from Kentucky. He has defined his…
LOUISA, Ky. (WOWK) - A 6-year-old boy who went missing Sunday in Lawrence County, Kentucky, has been found safe following an extensive search involving emergency responders and hundreds of community volunteers. Kentucky State Police confirmed Tuesday, Nov. 3, that Roman Heilman had been located after he was last seen…
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video attached is from our previous coverage. CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – A former West Virginia delegate and teacher has signed a plea agreement that shows his intent to plead guilty and proceed to sentencing. David Elliott Pritt, 36, has signed a plea agreement in connection to the charges of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has escalated its investigation over an Alaska Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, sending letters advising a prominent Democratic attorney and others that they are considered targets of the criminal inquiry. The letter to attorney Marc Elias, who…
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…
Sister June Carpenter, one of the last members of the only remaining community of the Shaker religious movement, died Tuesday. Carpenter had been struggling with health problems and limited mobility, according to an announcement from the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in Maine. She was 88. Carpenter was one of two…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister spoke publicly on Tuesday for the first time since four Salvadoran aviation technicians went missing last month, prompting El Salvador to deploy more than 2,000 troops to the troubled Caribbean country as scrutiny over their operations intensifies. Alix Didier…
(WOWK) - Voters across the Tri-State are out at the polls for the 2026 Midterm Elections. Polls close at 6 p.m. in Kentucky and at 7:30 p.m. in West Virginia and Ohio. WOWK will be bringing you all of the latest, live results throughout the night. Our coverage begins at 4 p.m. on WOWK, WOWK+,
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California that left a pregnant woman dead and six other people injured.
Yes, the 2026 midterms will be remembered for the astonishing number of losses that Democrats handed to President Donald Trump. But in the background, something perhaps equally seismic unfolded: a wave of firsts that elevated into high office members of groups that had, until now, been kept largely at the margins…
A frantic 911 call from the man who fatally shot a 16-year-old shooter who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school last month was released Tuesday to The Associated Press through a public records request. In a tense call lasting a little more than a minute, Kaylub Giamanco told the 911 operator there’s…
Two Los Angeles residents arrested in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of Christina Downer, the sister of "Saturday Night Live" writer Jimmy Fowlie, have been formally charged.
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Butala, co-founder of the Grammy-nominated trio The Lettermen, whose lush vocal harmonies made them one of the most popular vocal groups of the 1960s, died Sunday. He was 87. The band's media coordinator, Tracy Clark, confirmed Butala's death to The Associated Press. She shared an official…
A pilot aboard the Learjet that crashed in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Friday had reported issues with ice and turbulence before declaring the plane’s imminent crash, according to chilling Air Traffic Control recordings.
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) -- A 24-year-old runner died after taking part in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, according to officials from the New York Road Runners. Pennsylvania resident Rachel Apa died after collapsing at mile marker 24 of the marathon around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, a spokesperson for NYRR and police
An escaped Tennessee prisoner convicted of murder was recaptured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, when his truck got stuck in the mud after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down, ending more than a week on the run, authorities said. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for…
A piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida, killing all nine people aboard, was found nearly 4 miles from the crash site, investigators said Tuesday, confirming that the plane was breaking apart before impact. National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said most of the left elevator —…
LONDON (AP) — Mysterious cyberattacks on European supermarket fridges have sent officials around the continent scrambling to figure out the cold, hard facts. Supermarkets in a number of European countries reported this week that their fridges and freezers warmed up after they were remotely taken over, resulting in…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker has announced that Purdue has been added to the 2027 home football schedule at Milan Puskar Stadium. The date with the Boilermakers will be announced in the coming days, along with additional changes to West Virginia’s…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya on Tuesday released five Ebola patients after they tested negative for the virus and showed no symptoms, leaving only two patients undergoing supportive care. Health officials expressed optimism over the country’s progress in containing the outbreak, with no new infections reported. The…
LONDON (AP) — An unidentified celebrity lost a bid Tuesday for a U.K. court injunction to block two news organizations from publishing sexual misconduct allegations against him. Lawyers for Independent Television News and the Guardian newspaper's publisher told the High Court last month that the allegations they…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - The Chick-fil-A at the Charleston Town Center Mall will shut down at the end of the year. Owner/Operater Alan Smith announced Tuesday that the location would permanently close on Dec. 31, 2026. "I carry a heaviness that this book has come to an end but abundant gratefulness for each and every
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - For the first time in U.S. history, the Department of Justice has election monitors and observers deployed in counties across all 50 states. The only West Virginia county on the DOJ's list is Kanawha County. In Ohio, monitors and observers will be in Cuyahoga, Franklin and Medina…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices. U.S. job openings jumped to 7.5 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the…
LONDON (AP) — Jurors began considering their verdicts on Tuesday in the trial of Russell Brand on charges of rape and sexual assault. After three weeks of argument and evidence, judge Joel Bennathan told the jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court that they must reach a unanimous decision. “I can only accept a verdict…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration joined the Archdiocese of Denver on Tuesday in urging the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing a state-funded preschool program in Colorado to exclude Roman Catholic schools that don't comply with equal-opportunity requirements — the latest religious-rights case before…
BERLIN (AP) — Several flights across Europe received hoax bomb threats Tuesday that prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian Air Force until landing, officials said. The flights included Polish airline LOT, Scandinavian Airlines, Wizz Air and Ryanair. The hoax threats came a day after a…
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory. Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats in ruby-red states and battlegrounds alike: Kansas, which…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call on Election Day for the midterms that
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The chief of a top trans-Atlantic security grouping visited Belarus on Tuesday for the first time in seven years as the country’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has sought to normalize ties with the West. Feridun Sinirlioglu, the secretary-general of the Vienna-based Organization…
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay’s central bank seized a major digital lender with close ties to President Santiago Peña on Tuesday, fueling a political crisis and threatening the country’s burgeoning reputation as a regional haven for investors. The takeover left millions of customers’ savings and hundreds of…
LONDON (AP) — Collins Dictionary has named "mogging” — a slang word meaning to outshine someone or something — as its word of the year. Dictionary experts said Tuesday that the word, most often used by young people “in a playful and ironic way when someone is upstaged," has entered mainstream language and saw a
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Indian naval forces freed an Iranian fishing boat and its crew of 20 hijacked off Somalia after an operation lasting more than 48 hours, India’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The rescue of the Azini was completed Monday in the Arabian Sea, more than 3,000 kilometers (1,865 miles) from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With voters deciding thousands of races across the country on Tuesday, keeping track of which races to watch throughout the night — and when to expect results — can get tricky. Here's a rundown of the biggest races hour by hour, along with some clues as to how long it will take
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Majority state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 35% increase in third-quarter net profit as earnings were boosted by higher oil prices and the sale of its stake in a Malaysian refining and petrochemical company. Net profit rose to $36.3 billion from $26.9 billion in the…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Detentions, resignations, switching of sides, attempts to destroy evidence of wrongdoing. News has been coming in at such a pace in the wake of former Serbian strongman Aleksandar Vucic's electoral defeat on Oct. 25 that a website dubbed “system breakdown” has been set up anonymously, with AI…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The stakes in Tuesday's election — which party would control Congress — were clear. And unlike in recent elections, the answer came quickly: With big wins in both the House and the Senate, it's the Democrats' turn to run Capitol Hill. The Associated Press is calling races in all 435 House districts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates notched victories in several states Tuesday, and voters delivered a double dose of disapproval to President Donald Trump’s redistricting efforts as they decided 145 ballot questions in more than three dozen states. The ballot measures provided a political undercard for a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he was on the midterm ballot. They did. And it's hard to imagine a worse outcome for the Republican president and his party. Voters absolutely punished Trump’s allies almost everywhere. Democrats won in swing states like Georgia…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the run-up to Election Day, President Donald Trump used many of the levers of presidential power to interfere in how states run elections, only to be stopped repeatedly by the courts. On Tuesday, the voters made sure there was no ambiguity in their verdict. Trump's party lost control of both houses
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump, his party's resounding midterm losses pave the way for investigations and potential impeachments that will put the Republican president on the defensive in his final two years in office. The results shift the center of gravity closer to Capitol Hill, where Democrats will be angling…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Tuesday's midterm elections laid bare voters' deep frustrations over high prices, the Iran war and…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats scored victories in governor’s races in states long controlled by Republicans, including Texas and Georgia, riding a wave of voter discontent in Tuesday’s midterm elections to deliver a rebuke to President Donald Trump and GOP policymaking. The wins delivered a majority of…