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Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live
Colom beat Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith after race was called eight days after midterm election day
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Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in stunning Mississippi Senate win
Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982
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Brooklyn building collapse kills at least one and traps others in wreckage
Three-story building was at the edge of a construction site where another edifice had been demolished
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Democrats push to rein in Trump on immigration after voter backlash to ICE raids
Members of Congress seek to ‘bring sanity’ to system but decline to give details on plans to reform or abolish agency
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How Scott Colom won deep-red Mississippi with little help from Democrats
Democrat chatted up people at hair salons, colleges and at Trump rallies to become Mississippi’s first Black senator since Reconstruction
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Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change
Black women and girls represent an outsized share of LA homicide victims – frustrated with police and legislators’ failures, they’re stepping up and speaking out to stop the violence
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Hegseth and aides scolded by guard for laughing at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Group attending Veterans Day ceremony sharply reminded by sentinel to maintain ‘silence and respect’ at sacred site
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Hegseth and team reprimanded by Army guard at solemn war memorial
The guard told the defence secretary and his companions to maintain an atmosphere of "silence and respect" during a Veterans Day visit.
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Lego marketplace BrickLink offline after 'unusual activity' detected
Known as the eBay of Lego, it has been down for three days and is yet to disclose what caused the shutdown.
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Democrats lambast absent peers after Republicans block Hegseth impeachment attempt
Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes
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Hegseth and advisers reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Following a wreath-laying ceremony marking Veterans Day, a group that included Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was shouted at by a US Army sentinel to be quiet.
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Driver faces DUI and murder charges after three killed in LA crash, officials say
Driver, 61, faces DUI and murder charges after Tuesday crash critically injuring two others in North Hollywood
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