Business jet carrying nine people crashes in Florida neighborhood

It is unclear if anyone on the ground was hurt and no details yet on whether anyone onboard survived A business jet carrying nine people crashed in a Florida neighborhood on Sunday, erupting in a massive fireball. The Learjet 60 crashed in a residential area in Florida’s Palm Beach county, federal officials said. Continue reading…

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy hospitalized after stroke

Democratic senator was at his son’s hockey game when he felt a numbness in his arm and was in Johns Hopkins Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Murphy, 53, started feeling numbness in his arm while attending a his son’s hockey game on Saturday, according to the Connecticut senator’s … Read more

Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican rival Mike Rogers

Some who worked for Stevens’ campaign also reportedly quit following her endorsement of Rogers Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed his Republican rival, Mike Rogers, in an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee on the eve of the midterm elections. Her endorsement came in a video posted … Read more

Judge dismisses Trump attempt to block Alaska Senate race results if Republican loses

Incumbent Dan Sullivan says he will accept election results after ‘unprecedented intervention’ by Trump’s DoJ A judge has dismissed the Donald Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses. Trump said on 23 October that he had ordered the justice department to file the lawsuit in … Read more

Three key takeaways from early voting in midterm elections

Voting is particularly high in states with tight Senate races that could determine which party controls the chamber US citizens are casting ballots in record numbers ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday, another potential indication, analysts say, of voter dissatisfaction with Republicans and Donald Trump. Voting was particularly high in states that feature tight … Read more