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Election night delivered a dramatic shift in American politics, with results that could reshape Washington and state governments alike. Meanwhile, a spacecraft's uncertain fate is raising questions about what happens when aging satellites return to Earth.

We're also following growing resistance to the expansion of artificial intelligence, a major breakthrough in gene editing, and new concerns about Americans' retirement savings.

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Democrats won both the House and the Senate in Tuesday's midterms and will control Congress for the first time since 2023. They flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats from North Carolina to Kansas, including Maine, where Troy Jackson ousted Sen. Susan Collins after nearly 30 years. Democrats also won several House districts Republicans had redrawn to help themselves.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become the first Black speaker of the House. President Trump said Democrats did a good job, though he insisted Republicans would have won in a landslide had he been on the ballot. He acknowledged the Iran war played a part and warned he would veto Democratic bills.

Georgia elected Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black woman elected governor of any state. Gina Hinojosa ousted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and will be the state's first Democratic governor since 1995. New Mexico chose Deb Haaland as the first Native American woman to be elected governor in US history.

The results put Democrats on track for a majority of governorships for the first time in about 15 years. The party captured at least four Republican-held offices, including Ohio, where Amy Acton will be the first woman governor. At least four Black governors were elected in a single election for the first time.

Voters approved or were leading on 33 local measures to restrict data centers late Tuesday, including outright bans, temporary moratoriums, and limits on energy use. Supporters of data center construction won only one measure in North Dakota as residents in Republican and Democratic cities alike push back on tech companies.

Missouri voters rejected a constitutional abortion ban placed on the ballot by the Republican-led legislature and reaffirmed a 2024 vote that lifted one of the country's strictest bans. The measure was paired with a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Missouri was one of four states with abortion on the ballot.

Italy held emergency talks with intelligence chiefs after cyberattacks on supermarket freezer systems hit at least 11 European countries and forced stores to throw away food.

Seven passenger flights across Europe were inspected after suspected bomb threats, though no explosives were found on two flights searched in Rome after arriving from Dublin and Lisbon.

North Korea fired several missiles toward the sea hours after Pyongyang rejected renewed diplomacy with Washington, angered by accusations that its hackers pulled off the recent Binance cryptocurrency heist.

A Spokane County firefight left three dead, including the suspect, after SWAT deputies trying to breach a home were met with gunfire, critically wounding two young deputies in eastern Washington.

Convicted killer Jacob Allen Morley is back in custody after a manhunt lasting over a week, as plate-reader cameras tracked a stolen truck through Missouri, ending his Tennessee prison escape.

A Florida couple was charged with child neglect after casino security found their three children under 6 in a turned-off Jeep at 1:30 a.m. while the pair allegedly gambled.

Tech stocks slid as the Texas governorship flipped, with Nasdaq-100 futures falling 0.8% and CoreWeave sliding 7% on Robinhood, since Democrats are seen as proponents of data center moratoriums.

Canva says 1,271 employees, or 22% of its workforce, will be affected by a reorganization, including job cuts, as CEO Melanie Perkins calls this its hardest year yet.

Duolingo shares rose 13% in premarket trading after the language app reported quarterly revenue of $309 million that beat estimates and forecast next-quarter revenue above expectations.

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Federal prosecutors moved to drop smuggling charges against Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova over frog embryos rather than hand over evidence about similar cases, as a judge's discovery ruling demanded.

NASA's 1.5-ton Swift Observatory is falling, with its reentry predicted around 5:19 a.m. Eastern, give or take two hours, and NASA puts injury odds near one in 2,100.

A liver biopsy confirmed for the first time that base editing corrected a disease-causing mutation directly inside a living patient's liver in a case of severe alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

Winnipeg erased a 4-0 Montreal lead, scoring four goals in 2:08 late in regulation before Dylan Samberg's overtime winner snapped a nine-game skid in the NHL's latest four-goal comeback.

The NBA rescinded Luka Doncic's technical foul from Monday's 138-117 win over Miami, trimming the Lakers star's season total to one after two techs in three games.

Cutter Gauthier scored his second straight hat trick as Anaheim held off Vancouver 5-4 behind a perfect 3-for-3 power play that included two of his goals.

Iowa State transfer Milan Momcilovic hit six 3-pointers and scored 24 points in his Kentucky debut as the No. 23 Wildcats beat Manhattan 85-57 in their opener.

Dylan Sprouse revealed his only residual check for "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" was for a whopping five cents, despite the Disney Channel sitcom's hit three-season run.

Mason Thames will play Dick Grayson in Dynamic Duo as the Black Phone star joins DC Studios' animated film about Batman's first two Robins set for 2028.

Knicks star Jalen Brunson landed a cameo on Law & Order: SVU with superfan Mariska Hargitay as the reigning NBA Finals MVP follows up his September turn hosting SNL.

What it is: Just under half of households headed by someone ages 65 to 74 had a retirement account in 2025, according to new Federal Reserve data. That is down from 51% in 2022 but in line with the last quarter century when the share ranged from 43% to 52%. Households headed by someone ages 45 to 64 were the most likely to have one at 63%.

The detail: Among households ages 65 to 74 that do have an account, the median balance was $257,000. That is up 17% from 2022 after adjusting for inflation and ties households 75 and older for the highest of any age group. The count includes IRAs and workplace plans like 401(k)s but not traditional pensions or Social Security.

Why it matters: A common rule of thumb is to withdraw about 4% of savings in the first year of retirement and then raise that amount with inflation. On the median balance, that works out to about $10,000 in the first year before Social Security or a pension. Many of today's older households spent much of their careers before 401(k)s and IRAs became widespread.

What to watch: Withdrawals from traditional 401(k)s and IRAs are generally taxable, and required minimum distributions begin at age 73 or later. Medical costs often rise with age and can be hard to predict. One way to plan is to add up guaranteed income and subtract it from expected spending to see what savings must cover.

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A 101-year-old English care home resident got a birthday card from an Ohio mayor after staff accidentally contacted Lyndhurst, Ohio, instead of Lyndhurst in Hampshire.

A Norfolk town crier hit 105.9 decibels, earning a Guinness World Records title as one of the world's loudest women, and she managed it while battling a cold.

Ernst, the 1,009-pound great white, surfaced more than 100 miles off New Jersey on Halloween night just long enough for a satellite to catch her fin.

James and John Ritty patent the first cash register (1879) · Howard Carter finds the steps to Tutankhamen's tomb (1922) · Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president (1952) · Iranian militants seize the US Embassy in Tehran and take dozens of Americans hostage (1979) · Ronald Reagan wins the presidency in a landslide over Jimmy Carter (1980) · Barack Obama becomes the first African American elected president (2008)

"Change has come to America." — Barack Obama in Chicago's Grant Park on election night (2008)

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