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Cory Booker Wins Third Full Term In US Senate, AP Says
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has won reelection in New Jersey, defeating Republican challenger Justin Murphy in the race for a third full term, according to the Associated Press.
The AP called the race shortly after polls closed Tuesday, Nov. 3, with Booker receiving 82.1% of the vote to Murphy's 13.4%, according to results updated at 8:04 p.m.
Booker had received 40,067 votes compared with Murphy's 6,513, with an estimated 2% of votes counted.
Independent Veronica Fernandez had 1,199 votes, or 2.5%, while Socialist Workers Party candidate Joanne Kuniansky had 999 votes, or 2%.
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Josh Shapiro Projected To Win Second Term As Pennsylvania Governor
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is projected to win a second term, defeating Republican challenger Stacy Garrity in the closely watched battleground state, according to NBC News.
The Democratic incumbent was marked as the projected winner Tuesday night, Nov. 3, with approximately 6.8% of the expected vote counted.
At that point, Shapiro had 294,225 votes, or 81.4%, compared with Garrity’s 64,590 votes, or 17.9%. Ken Krawchuk had 2,826 votes, or 0.8%.
Those early returns do not represent the final margin of victory, with millions of ballots still expected to be counted.
First elected govern…
'I'm Suicidal, Not An Idiot': New Twists Emerge In Great Wolf Lodge Mom's Double Homicide Case
Four developments have emerged in the case against a Pennsylvania mother accused of stabbing her husband and 3-year-old son to death during a family vacation at Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos, including a correction to her chilling statement to investigators.
Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, waived her preliminary hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as prosecutors sought to amend three details in the original affidavit of probable cause concerning the Monday, Oct. 12, killings of her husband, Charles "Chaz" Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan, at the resort in Scotrun, Monroe County.
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NY Mom’s Killing Leaves Two Kids In Shock, Fundraiser Launched: ‘Devastating And Unimaginable’
A New York woman who was shot and killed last week left behind two children, and now a fundraiser has been launched to support them.
Mellissa K. Pelc-Lohr, 50, was found shot dead near her home in Brushton on Tuesday, Oct. 27, New York State Police said.
“A devastating and unimaginable loss, Mellissa leaves behind two children, Allison Pelc and Freddie Pelc, who are now facing the heartbreaking reality of life without their mother,” organizer Michelle Gunter wrote in a GoFundMe. “No child should ever have to experience this kind of loss.”
Pelc-Lohr’s ex-husband, Norman Lohr Jr., killed her…
Man Threatens Victim With Handgun During Hudson Valley Dispute, Police Say
A 60-year-old man is accused of threatening someone with a handgun during a dispute in Sullivan County, leading police to discover a loaded pistol that he was not licensed to possess, authorities said.
The incident happened at a home in Mountain Dale on Friday, Oct. 30, when officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a gun, according to the Town of Fallsburg Police Department.
When officers arrived, a victim told them that John Napolitano, 60, had threatened him with a handgun during the dispute. While investigating the complaint, police said they found a loa…
Drunk Driver Caught With 5 Kids In Car, Some Without Seatbelts On, In Hudson Valley: Nysp
Five children, including a 2-month-old baby, were found riding in a car driven by an intoxicated man in Westchester County, with some of the children not wearing seat belts, police said.
Port Chester resident Fredy A. Regalado-Carranza, 32, was arrested on Saturday, Oct. 31, after troopers saw the children in the back seat of his vehicle, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The incident began at around 1:28 a.m. on Saturday, when troopers noticed a 2012 Mazda sedan traveling south on South Main Street in Port Chester. Police saw children riding in the back seat wi…
Woman Fights Off Rape Attempt At Hudson Valley Business, Escapes: Man Charged, Cops Say
A woman fought off a man who police said tried to rape her inside a Sullivan County business, escaping to a nearby store where someone called 911 for help.
The attack happened at around 10:20 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, at a business along Route 52 in Liberty, the Village of Liberty Police Department said on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Police said Liberty resident Aaron Rosario, 30, entered the business and went into a room that was not open to the public. Once inside, Rosario attacked the woman, prevented her from leaving, and tried to forcibly rape her, the department added.
However, the wo…
