(CNN)Sen. Ed Markey beat back a bid on Tuesday from Rep. Joe Kennedy to end his nearly 50 years in elected office, humbling the Democratic Party's family dynasty that had never before lost an electio…
The result was the first loss by a Kennedy in a Massachusetts election and demonstrated the progressive energy that is reshaping the Democratic Party.Senator Edward J. Markey spoke in Malden, Mass., after defeating Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III on Tuesday.Credit...Michael Dwyer/Associated PressPublished Sept. 1, 2020Updated Sept. 2, 2020, 12:46 a.m. ETSenator Edward J. Markey turned…
Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY Published 12:14 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2020 | Updated 11:00 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2020CLOSE Civil rights experts point to long wait times to vote as a sign of growing voter suppression in the U.S. Here's what to expect in the 2020 election. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – On Tuesday, voters ended the Kennedy family winning…
In this pair of June 1, 2020, file photos, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, left, and Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., right, wait for the start of a debate in Springfield, Mass. Kennedy is a candidate and Markey is the incumbent in ... more > By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times - Updated:…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…