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News Wrap: Russian military withdrawing from Kherson in southern Ukraine

In our news wrap Wednesday, Russia's military announced its forces are withdrawing from Kherson in southern Ukraine, lawyers for American basketball player Brittney Griner say she's been sent to a penal colony to serve a nine-year sentence for drug possession…

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Biden says he hopes Putin will negotiate WNBA star Brittney Griner's release

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden says he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be more willing to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner now that the U.S. midterm elections are over.

Effort to further restrict abortion in South Carolina fails

By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

After a dozen meetings and sessions over the summer and fall, South Carolina efforts to pass a stricter abortion law have failed. Senators Wednesday rejected a House-backed proposal and House members didn't return for another meeting to try and work…

U.S. vote counting unaffected by cyberattacks, officials say

By Nomaan Merchant, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

No digital intrusions are known to have affected the counting of the midterm vote. Officials on Election Day kept close watch for domestic and foreign threats.

WATCH: Arizona officials say every ballot will be counted after printing malfunction

By Anita Snow, Nathan Ellgren, Associated Press

Election officials assured voters that every ballot would be counted after a printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona's most populous county slowed down voting.

Judge orders Newt Gingrich to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

A judge has ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and Republican allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker advance to runoff election for Georgia Senate seat

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law.

COP27 host Egypt negotiates energy and transport deals

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Egypt, the host of this year's U.N. climate talks, is racking up a number of deals to green its energy and transport systems still heavily reliant on heavily polluting fossil fuels.

WATCH: Biden hails Democrats' 'strong' election night, acknowledges concerns

By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

Midterm election results and survey data show that voters set aside their concerns about President Joe Biden to deny Republicans the sweeping victory that they expected.