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A former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw high-profile sex crimes cases against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and fashion executive Peter Nygård will lead a reopened criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University.
Democratic candidates made up significant ground among key demographic groups in the 2026 midterms, according to The AP Voter Poll, reversing many of the gains President Donald Trump made with the traditional Democratic coalition in the 2024 presidential election.
Vice President JD Vance is blaming war in Iran for Republican midterm losses.
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Southbound lanes of I-95 have reopened in Camden County after a police pursuit that ended in a standoff near Mile Marker 11.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee L and Dodge Durango share corporate roots and similar pricing, but they target very different three-row SUV buyers.
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Republicans' plan to redraw congressional districts to their advantage has failed to work in the midterm elections.
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.
Iranian officials celebrated the rejection of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump by voters in the U.S. midterm elections.
Voters have dramatically shifted the political landscape by electing Democrats in traditionally Republican states.
A U.S. cruise ship that suspended its operations in Cambodia has left with only crew aboard, according to Cambodian officials.
We’re looking at another stretch of above-normal temperatures, generally quiet weather, and continued tidal flooding concerns across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
Findings from The AP Voter Poll reveal that most voters are exhausted and exasperated by President Donald Trump.
Anthony Ippolito took a bold step to land the starring role in “I Play Rocky.”.
People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches.
Russian attacks on critical infrastructure have caused power and water outages in Kyiv and surrounding areas that lasted hours.
The pressure on the International Ice Hockey Federation has grown after two major sponsors of the men’s world championship said they would review their involvement if Russia takes part.
Two Uyghur men held in Thailand for over a decade are pleading not to be sent back to China, fearing abuse or torture.
For more than 30 years, Texas Democrats had been the party fighting for scraps in the deepest of red states.
Real Madrid and Liverpool are aiming to extend their perfect starts to the Champions League.
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on the cusp of making history as the nation’s first Black speaker of the House.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results from last week’s election and says he will begin consultations with party representatives regarding the formation of a new government.
Government lawyers have told Australia’s highest court that a world-first ban on children younger than 16 from holding social media accounts is necessary to protect developing brains.
Indonesia's military is deploying over 20,000 troops to Jakarta amid a wiretapping scandal suspected of targeting President Prabowo Subianto.
South Africans are voting in local elections that test the African National Congress party, or ANC, which has seen declining support over the last decade.
U.S. stocks are surging after President Donald Trump’s party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections.
Investigators have started the lengthy process of determining why a Learjet plummeted from the sky in Florida, killing all nine people on board.
The AP Voter Poll suggests that President Donald Trump's 2024 coalition may be faltering in this year's midterms, with young voters and Hispanic voters appearing to move away from the GOP.
Brazil’s Senate has approved legislation that strengthens the government's power to fight criminal gangs.
An Alabama man has been charged 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.
One of the roommates of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home in 2022 says in a court filing that she’s endured years of harassment, threats and unfounded accusations.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan weighed in Tuesday as Duval County School Board member Anthony Ricardo continued to face backlash over a controversial social media post about Islam that groups claim he shared on his personal Facebook page.
The Justice Department has escalated its investigation over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, issuing a letter to a prominent Democratic attorney in Washington and others that they may be targets of the criminal inquiry.
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s gubernatorial race, defeating Republican Rick Jackson. The victory makes the Democrat the nation’s first Black woman governor of any state. Sen. Jon Ossoff won re-election and Georgia voters approved three constitutional amendments.
News4JAX provided live reports throughout Election Day and into the evening as results rolled in across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
Students using Google software in schools will not be allowed to use Google search unless their school system also provides them access to artificial intelligence tools.
Showers end inland tonight with patchy fog possible overnight
One of the last members of the only remaining community of the Shaker religious movement has died at 88.
Voters in Duval, Nassau and Clay counties voted to extend the 1-mill property taxes that help fund their local school districts for the next four years.
This midterm election will be remembered not just for the stunning number of losses Democrats handed to President Donald Trump and Republicans but for a wave of historic firsts across the country.
Results in statewide races for Florida & Georgia and local races in Northeast Florida & Southeast Georgia
Southeast Georgia local election results
Results for Putnam County, Palatka, Pomona Park, Interlachen, and Welaka races
Results for races in Flagler County, Palm Coast, and Flagler Beach
Lines formed outside a polling site in Northwest Jacksonville as Duval County voters headed to the polls Tuesday, the final day to vote in the 2026 general election.
Results in Florida's races for governor, U.S. Senate, amendments, and Cabinet races
Major changes to Jacksonville’s bus service took effect Monday, eliminating four routes and changing schedules on more than 20 others, just one day before Election Day.
Meals on Wings reaches major milestone of delivering 250,000 meals to senior citizens in Jacksonville.
Massive ongoing flooding in the southwestern U.S. has turned communities into lakes of mud, with some residents starting cleanup efforts.
Tony Butala, co-founder of the Grammy-nominated trio The Lettermen, has died at age 87.
Florida voters are choosing between Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon in a contest that will determine who serves the final two years of Marco Rubio’s Senate term.
Florida voters approved just one of three proposed constitutional amendments: a property tax measure that will reshape local government budgets.
Republican Byron Donalds defeated Democrat David Jolly in a closely watched race to succeed term-limited Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison has been recaptured in Missouri after more than a week on the run.
Investigators say they found a piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida miles from the crash site.
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Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder to public officials.
A man armed with a gun, who was critically injured when he was shot by two officers at a Northside apartment complex, is facing charges related to the incident and is in the U.S. illegally, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Kenya has released five Ebola patients after they tested negative for the virus and showed no symptoms.
A U.K. court has denied an unidentified celebrity's request to block news outlets from publishing allegations against him.
Jurors have started deliberating in Russell Brand's trial on charges of rape and sexual assault.
U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring.
The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing a state-funded preschool program in Colorado to exclude Roman Catholic schools if they don’t comply with equal-opportunity requirements.
The chief of a top trans-Atlantic security grouping has visited Belarus for the first time in years.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest Middle East ally.
Paraguay’s central bank has seized Ueno Bank, a major digital lender with ties to President Santiago Peña.
Democrats have won control of Congress in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Collins Dictionary has named "mogging" as its word of the year.
It’s Election Day across the country, and voters who did not head to the polls early in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia will be at their precincts today to cast their ballots.
Indian naval forces have freed an Iranian fishing boat and its crew of 20 hijacked off Somalia.
With voters deciding thousands of races across the country, keeping track of which races to watch throughout the night and when to expect results can get tricky.
Breezy conditions continue
Saudi Aramco is reporting a 35% increase in third-quarter net profit, boosted by higher oil prices and the sale of a stake in a Malaysian company.
Detentions, resignations, switching of sides, attempts to destroy evidence of wrongdoing.
Iran’s chief negotiator says it's up to the United States to prevent renewed war after Tehran's “firm and rational response.”.
Crash Blocks Two Left Lanes on I-95 in Jacksonville
A U.S. official says the United States has launched strikes on Iranian targets.
Myanmar has dropped its case against former American Chamber of Commerce board member Munimul Islam and withdrawn an Interpol red notice after finding insufficient evidence to support his extradition.
The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine has risen to 31, with dozens still missing.
Peacekeepers plan to replace departing Ugandan troops at four bases near Somalia’s capital to prevent al-Shabab militants from exploiting a security vacuum.
Experts say that a promising drug that offers complete protection against HIV and requires only two shots a year isn't getting to enough people.
Australia's highest court is hearing challenges to a law banning children younger than 16 from social media.
Suspected militants have shot and killed two police officers protecting polio workers during a vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan.
At stake in this year's election was which party would control Congress.
Abortion-rights advocates have achieved victories in Missouri, Nevada and Virginia.
Voters have punished Trump’s allies in swing states and Republican strongholds alike, giving Democrats key victories nationwide and control of the House and Senate.
President Donald Trump had escalated efforts to interfere in how states run their elections in the weeks leading up to Election Day.
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.
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.
Every August, monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains begin their migration from southern Canada and the northern United States to central Mexico to hibernate.
A city financial oversight committee met for nearly three hours Monday to investigate how the Jacksonville Transportation Authority accumulated a $40 million deficit, hearing from two former chief financial officers while pressing for testimony from a third.
Fourth-line wingers Adam Klapka and William Stromgren scored, Dustin Wolf made 26 saves and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Monday night.
A rebound for some influential Big Tech stocks helped lift the U.S. market despite a drop for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street.
An aviation expert says ice may have brought down a Learjet that crashed on Nov. 1, killing all nine people on board.
One person has died and several others were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex on Lane Avenue South near Park Street in the Hyde Park area Monday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Tennessee prosecutors have released video of National Guard troops pointing their handguns at a man as he lay dying on a Memphis sidewalk last summer after a guard member shot him in the back.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department crews responded to a residential structure fire Monday evening, discovering a deceased man inside the home.
A 60-year-old man who surrendered to SWAT after a three-hour standoff Monday at a home in Palatka was arrested on an active warrant, police said.
Democrats have scored victories in governor’s races in states long controlled by Republicans and captured a majority of governorships for the first time in two decades.