Andhra Chainsaw Attack: Accused shot by police while trying to escape during scene reconstruction
21-year-old accused of chainsaw attack on Class 10 girl at Rapthadu ZP school shot by police while trying to escape during scene reconstruction.
Panchkula school boy who attacked 6-year-old tells her father ‘she is upstairs’, leads him to blood-soaked classroom
An eight-year-old boy allegedly attacked a six-year-old girl inside a government school in Panchkula, and later led her father to the classroom where she was found unconscious and injured.
Delhi air quality deteriorates before Diwali, AQI hits 349, anti-pollution curbs enforced
The dip in air quality wiped out the short-lived improvement brought by rain and strong winds last week, with pollution rising again just days ahead of Diwali.
Ujjain Horror: Four suffocate to death while cleaning hotel waste chamber
Four workers died after allegedly getting trapped and suffocating inside a waste chamber at a private hotel in Ujjain, while two others who entered to rescue them fell ill but were later discharged.
Delhi’s anti-pollution drive kicks off with Rs 68.4 lakh in fines, 1539 vehicles sent back
Delhi authorities inspected nearly 15,000 vehicles on the first day of the winter enforcement drive, issuing 566 PUCC-related challans and turning back 1,539 vehicles at the city borders.
Collins accuses Schumer of pushing attack ads filled with ‘outright lies’ in tight Maine race
Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party over what she described as a wave of false attack ads targeting her and other Republican candidates, saying she has never seen a campaign with “so many outright lies.” She made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, just two days before Election Day in Maine, where she is seeking reelection in a closely watched race against Democratic rival Troy Jackson. According to the latest Fox News poll, the two candidates are tied at 49%. Collins accused Democrats of following “Chuck Schumer’s playbook,” pointing to attack ads she said were nearly identical to those targeting other Republican lawmakers. MANCHIN CALLS SCHUMER ‘CRAZY’ FOR TRYING TO OUST GOP SENATOR IN CRUCIAL SENATE SHOWDOWN “One of the outrageous, completely false ads against me had to do with Jeffrey Epstein. And it turns out, in talking to two of my colleagues who are in tough races, that they had virtually identical ads run against them. So this is part of Chuck Schumer’s playbook,” she said. “There are a lot of differences between my opponent and me, but I’ve never seen a campaign with so many outright lies. It’s very frustrating,” she added. Collins further accused Democrats of trying to shift the focus away from local issues and toward divisive national political battles. “It’s certainly an attempt by my opponent and Chuck Schumer and their allies to nationalize this race,” she said. SENATE CONTROL IS A COIN FLIP — AND DEMOCRATS’ PATH RUNS THROUGH TRUMP COUNTRY Turning to her own campaign, Collins portrayed herself as a bipartisan lawmaker willing to work across party lines, arguing that the Senate needs more centrists as moderates increasingly leave Washington. “Unfortunately, a lot of them have given up and retired or decided they just didn’t want to run again. And that’s one reason I am running again,” she said. “We need more people who are willing to work across party lines. That is really important,” she said. FOX NEWS POLL: NAIL-BITER IN MAINE SENATE RACE She also described herself as the “most independent senator on either side of the aisle,” pointing to her voting record and saying her decisions are based on what she believes is right, rather than who occupies the White House or what President Donald Trump supports. “There’s this phony figure out there that I voted with President Trump 95% of the time. That’s based on a sample of only 30% of the votes. If you look at a broader sample of 90% of the vote, that drops significantly to like 72%. And I voted against the president’s policies 138 times,” she said. While Jackson previously told Fox News that he believes he has a “good shot” at defeating Collins, the longtime Republican senator touted strong voter support and said she is more optimistic than ever about her reelection chances. “I’m feeling very optimistic based on the great response I get in visiting communities all over the state,” she said.
DOJ set to appeal ruling in Alaska Senate race dispute over ‘Decoy Dan’
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election amid the “Decoy Dan” controversy, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid two days before the midterm elections. The DOJ said it would appeal. The lawsuit centered on two candidates with similar names: Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan and challenger Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. The DOJ lawsuit sought to delay or block certification while investigating whether voter confusion may have affected the outcome. DEM BUCKS PARTY OVER ALLEGED ALASKA VOTE-SIPHONING EFFORT: ‘NEITHER PARTY SHOULD BE DOING IT’ U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason said the government had not shown how the requested investigation could identify voters’ intent while protecting ballot secrecy. She also said the relief sought would intrude on Alaska’s responsibility to run its elections. The DOJ said it would appeal, arguing the judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds without addressing its claim that Sullivan Jr. entered the race to confuse voters. The case now heads to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The dispute has roiled the campaign in recent days. The New York Times reported that people connected to Democratic nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign helped recruit Sullivan Jr. to run as a spoiler. Peltola has denied involvement, and Sullivan Jr. has denied coordinating with her campaign. Sen. Sullivan said Sunday he would accept the results of Tuesday’s election, even as the Trump administration pursues a criminal investigation into Sullivan Jr.’s candidacy. Sullivan accused the challenger of trying to confuse voters. GOVERNOR PROBING ‘DECOY DAN’ SULLIVAN ELECTION SCANDAL WARNS SYSTEM FLAW HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, has suggested he may not certify a Peltola victory. Sullivan declined to say whether he would support efforts to refuse certification. The Senate race could help determine which party controls the chamber. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, under which lower-performing candidates are eliminated in rounds if no one wins a majority in the first count. The closely watched race could help determine which party controls the Senate. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so if no candidate wins a majority in the first round, the last-place candidate is eliminated and voters’ next choices are counted.
Connecticut Dem Sen Chris Murphy hospitalized Saturday for stroke
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., was hospitalized after experiencing a stroke, his chief of staff Allison Herwitt said in a statement released Sunday. Murphy, who is not running in the midterms but has been stumping for Democrats, began feeling numbness in his arm Saturday afternoon while at his son’s hockey game and was taken to a local hospital before being transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring, according to Allison Herwitt. WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A STROKE, AFTER JILL BIDEN REVEALED DEBATE-NIGHT FEARS “He was taken to a local hospital, where it was discovered he had experienced a stroke. He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment,” she said in a statement. “The doctors are encouraged by his progress, he is awake and alert, and we are optimistic he will make a full recovery.” Murphy was first elected to the Senate in 2013 and has been viewed as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential primary candidate. He has spent the past several weeks on the campaign trail with Democrats as he stumped to help retake control of the Senate majority in the midterm elections. He had been scheduled to campaign for Democrats in New Hampshire on Sunday. Murphy is 53 years old, born August 3, 1973.
Ken Paxton appears to cancel final rally of his “Come and Take It” tour at the Alamo
Paxton’s campaign initially said he would close his get-out-the-vote push at the landmark. Instead, his campaign schedule lists events in North Texas on the eve of Election Day.
More than 7.5 million Texans voted early in 2026 election, matching 2018 pace
Thirty-nine percent of voters cast a ballot during the early voting period, just shy of the modern-day record set in 2018.