Numbers drawn for record $667-million U.S. Mega Millions jackpot
Six little numbered balls were drawn in the U.S. Mega Millions on Tuesday night with a record jackpot of $667 million at stake.
O’Rourke comes out swinging at ‘Lyin Ted’ Cruz in Texas debate
Texas Democratic U.S. Senate contender Beto O’Rourke, slipping in the polls despite a record fundraising haul, went on the attack in a raucous debate with Republican rival Ted Cruz on Tuesday and resurrected the senator’s nickname of “Lyin Ted.”
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 27, hundreds missing
Rescue teams searched ravaged areas of Florida’s Panhandle on Tuesday for hundreds of people reported missing nearly a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities in the region and killed at least 27.
Person claimed ricin was in letter sent to Senator Collins home
A suspicious letter sent to the Maine home of Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins had a note saying it contained the deadly poison ricin, the senator’s office said on Tuesday, adding any affected areas had been cleared.
Heated U.S. congressional races on pace to break fundraising records
This year’s U.S. congressional campaign season is on pace to break fundraising records, driven in part by unprecedented hauls by at least five candidates from both major parties, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance disclosures.
Death toll from Florida hurricane at least 29, hundreds missing
The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to at least 29 on Tuesday as crews scoured debris for hundreds of people reported missing in the Florida Panhandle, nearly a week after the storm flattened whole communities.
‘Treason’ remark stirs hotly contested Senate race in Arizona
Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally accused her opponent in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Arizona, Democratic U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema, of “being OK with treason” as the two faced off in their only debate.
Nevada brothel owner, dubbed ‘Trump from Pahrump,’ dies: sheriff
The brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican Nevada state legislature candidate who nicknamed himself the “Trump from Pahrump,” died on Tuesday, a local sheriff’s office said.
Minnesota accuses insulin makers of deceptive drug pricing
Minnesota’s attorney general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing drug manufacturers Sanofi SA, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and Co of deceptively raising prices for insulin.
Death toll rises as searches continue after Florida hurricane
Another 10 people in Florida have been confirmed dead in the wake of Hurricane Michael, bringing the number of storm-related deaths to at least 29 as rescue workers try to reach hundreds more people whose whereabouts are unknown.
