ROME, Ga. -- Marjorie Taylor Greene was victorious in Georgia's 14th Congressional District Republican runoff, and she is likely to become the first QAnon supporter to earn a seat in Congress.

Addressing supporters shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern, she credited her willingness to buck party leadership in her win over neurosurgeon John Cowan.

"The ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Patrick Riha initially didn't give much thought to the pieces of paper that were shoved in his mailbox last week at his home south of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza.

He assumed it was drawings that neighborhood kids sometimes leave or a political advertisement left over from the recent election.

But he was shocked after ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won a five-way Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party primary Tuesday in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, topping her nearest contender by double digits after the polls closed at 8 p.m. Central time.

Her leading challenger, Democratic newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux, trailed significantly with more than 90% of the...Read more

Eastman Kodak Co. significantly increased its spending to lobby the federal government in the months before the Trump administration announced a $765 million loan to the beleaguered camera company.

Kodak spent $870,000 lobbying Congress and federal agencies from April through June, according to public disclosures filed with Congress. The ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina congressional candidate faced scrutiny Tuesday after three-year-old social media posts went viral that some say signal support for white nationalism.

And media reports also debunked Republican Madison Cawthorn's claim that the accident that left him paralyzed was the reason he did not attend the U.S. Naval ...Read more

Minn. woman who led police on nationwide manhunt pleads guilty to killing husband, gets life without parole

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lois Riess pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday in the death of her husband in 2018 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

John Stiles, spokesman for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- In the final primaries of the year nationwide, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden were declared the winners Tuesday night as Connecticut closed out the primary season for the presidential candidates.

The Associated Press called the race for Biden at 8:17 p.m. EDT and then for Trump soon after.

The Connecticut ...Read more

MIAMI -- Lawyers for the mother of a now 10-year-old boy who Key West police officers tried to handcuff in 2018 at his elementary school after he was accused of punching a teacher filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday in federal court against the school district, the city, the individual officers involved as well as the teacher and two school ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump called California Sen. Kamala Harris "nasty" and the "meanest" member of the U.S. Senate shortly after Joe Biden named her as his running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket.

Trump said Harris was "extraordinarily nasty" in her questioning of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Political officials at the Interior Department deliberately held back "sensitive" records about Interior Secretary David Bernhardt during his confirmation process, the department's internal watchdog said Tuesday.

Bernhardt had his confirmation hearing in March 2019 and the Senate confirmed him by a 56-41 vote in April.

But in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lois Riess pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday in the death of her husband in 2018 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

John Stiles, spokesman for Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office was handling the prosecution, confirmed the sentence.

In July, Riess, 58, who was recently ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas -- The amount of coronavirus testing in Texas has decreased substantially in recent weeks, just as the rate of positive cases has climbed, state data show, raising concerns about the accuracy of recent trends that show a declining number of new cases.

As of Monday, the weekly average of molecular coronavirus tests conducted ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Voting in Georgia's runoffs has ended in most of the state, with the exception of polling places in two counties where poll workers had difficulties operating new voting equipment.

Most voters said their experience was quick and easy, a sharp contrast to a rough primary that kept some Georgians in lines for hours.

But there were ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida and the rest of the coastal U.S. have had a bubble of protection from hurricanes so far this year, but it's about to burst as the Atlantic heads into what's forecast to be a record-breaking season.

Dust carried across the ocean from Africa is disappearing, sea temperatures are creeping warmer, and storm-killing ...Read more

The name might just say it all.

In a global first, Russia announced Tuesday that it had developed a ready-for-use coronavirus vaccine. And, in a not-at-all-subtle nod to a decades-old triumph, the formulation is to be marketed under the brand "Sputnik V."

Against a backdrop of intense international competition to develop the first working ...Read more