LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Marine pilot Amy McGrath overcame a bumpier-than-expected Kentucky primary to win the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination Tuesday, fending off progressive Charles Booker to set up a bruising, big-spending showdown with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Voting ended June 23, but it took a week until McGrath could be declared…
The battle to take on Republican senator Mitch McConnell – a race long-considered a done deal – is coming down to the wire, as a progressive outsider seizes on the demands for racial justice sweeping the country. Other than that of Donald Trump himself, for Democrats there are few scalps more highly prized than the…
Jon Ossoff leaves a campaign office in 2017 after meeting with supporters in Marietta, Ga. Ossoff lost a special election that year to fill the seat in Georgia's 6th Congressional District. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP Jon Ossoff leaves a campaign office in 2017 after meeting with supporters in Marietta, Ga. Ossoff…
(CNN)The lines on Election Day in Georgia were so long that state officials announced investigations before the polls even closed, raising fears of what's to come when the nation votes in November. …
Georgia voters immediately encountered hours-long lines and equipment malfunctions as they showed up to vote in person in the state’s primary races on Tuesday. Today is the latest high-stakes test of whether a state can hold an election during the Covid-19 pandemic. Tuesday also marked the first time Georgia was using new voting equipment, and voters…
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…