Category Archives: CP_World

Democrats swept Virginia and New Jersey’s governor’s races, incumbents came out on top in several big-city mayoral races and voters in Maine said they wanted to join 31 other states in exp...

NASHVILLE - Country star Keith Urban was honoured for his philanthropy and hit country songwriter Bob DiPiero was honoured as an icon by the performing rights organization BMI on Tuesday. The BMI Coun...

PHILADELPHIA - A longtime civil rights attorney who has sued the police department scores of times, opposes the death penalty and promised to help hold bad officers accountable was elected Tuesday as ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia&...

NEW YORK - Mayor Bill de Blasio cruised to re-election on Tuesday, fending off token opposition to win a second term as the leader of the nation’s largest city. De Blasio, a Democrat, easily def...

NEW YORK - Forbes reported Tuesday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exaggerated his net worth to the magazine by $2 billion. The publication cited years of internal reporting notes and conversation...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Latest on the races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey (all times local): 10:35 p.m. New Jersey’s next governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, says his party’s victory sen...

RICHMOND, Va. - A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker Tuesday who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use. Democrat Danica Roem, a former jo...

VACAVILLE, Fla. - Executives and employees of the company behind the small sport plane that retired pitcher Roy Halladay was flying when he crashed near Florida say they are devastated to learn of his...

DENVER - Racial slurs posted outside the dorm rooms of five black students at the Air Force Academy were written by one of those students, the school said Tuesday. The announcement was a jarring turn ...