Politics

2022 Pennsylvania Primary Election Results

By News Desk and Associated Press

Heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for the Republican nomination to fill an open Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat. Vote counting continued Wednesday.

2022 North Carolina Primary Election Results

By News Desk and Marc Levy, Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm primary elections.

Authorities say hate against Taiwanese people led to California church attack

By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, Associated Press

Authorities say a gunman in a deadly attack at a California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people.

Biden to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia, reversing Trump's ordered withdrawal

By Ben Fox, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Biden has signed an order to redeploy hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab. It's an effort that American military leaders said had been hampered by Trump's late-term decision to withdraw forces.

What is 'great replacement theory' and how does it fuel racist violence?

By David Bauder, Associated Press

Investigators are still piecing together the motives of the mass shooter who killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, this weekend. But authorities aren't hesitating to call it a racially motivated attack.

McDonald's to sell its 850 restaurants in Russia

By David Koenig, Associated Press

The fast food giant pointed to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, saying holding on to its business in Russia "is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald's values."…

WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds briefing after Biden orders troop redeployment to Somalia

By Ben Fox, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

WATCH: GOP splinters over $40 billion supplemental funding for Ukraine

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Signs of Republican resistance are mounting over a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine. It's a reemergence of the Trump-led isolationist wing of the GOP coming at a crucial moment as Ukraine desperately battles the Russian invasion.

U.S. COVID deaths hit 1 million less than 3 years into the pandemic

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years into the outbreak. That is a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration.