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President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona, NBC News projects, putting its 11 electoral votes in his column after he narrowly lost the state to President Joe Biden in 2020. Trump’s projected victory over Vice President Kamala Harris comes after years of a shifting political landscape in the Sun Belt state, following Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton by 4 points in 2016. Since then, the once firmly GOP-controlled state has put into office a Democratic governor, two Democratic senators and other statewide elected officials. A fast-growing Latino population and a revolt against Trump among some old-line Republicans put the once-red state into battleground territory. And Biden’s 2020 win in Arizona was just the second time in 28 years that Arizona’s electoral votes went to the Democ...

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won re-election in Nevada, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Sam Brown and holding on to an important seat for her party in a swing state. The victory gives the first-term Rosen another six years in the Senate , continuing Democrats’ winning streak in a state that has become increasingly competitive on the federal level. In a victory speech delivered at a Teamsters location in Las Vegas on Saturday, Rosen thanked her supporters and said that she is "proud to be one of the most bipartisan, independent, and effective senators," adding, "That's not going to stop." "No matter how anyone cast their vote this election, I represent all Nevadans, and I've shown that in my work," she said. While the polls showed a tight race for the president...

Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast, with 27 million people from New York to Massachusetts under fire alerts Saturday afternoon. Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity of around 25% to 30% is expected. Vegetation in the area also remains very dry, with this region of the country about 6 to 8 inches behind on rainfall since Sept. 1. A cold front is expected to pass through the region Sunday, bringing up to 1 inch of rain. A brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park burned overnight Friday into Saturday after about 2 acres of dry vegetation ignited during heavy wind gusts, the New York City Fire Department said on X . Firefighters worked overnight to exti...

Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast, with 27 million people from New York to Massachusetts under fire alerts Saturday afternoon. Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity of around 25% to 30% is expected. Vegetation in the area also remains very dry, with this region of the country about 6 to 8 inches behind on rainfall since Sept. 1. A cold front is expected to pass through the region Sunday, bringing up to 1 inch of rain. A brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park burned overnight Friday into Saturday after about 2 acres of dry vegetation ignited during heavy wind gusts, the New York City Fire Department said on X . Firefighters worked overnight to exti...

A 37-year-old Irish man was arrested in connection with the murder of an American woman vacationing in Budapest, local police said. The man was taken into custody earlier this week at his rented apartment, Budapest Police Headquarters said Saturday in a translated post on Facebook. They identified him by the initials L.T.M. Police said the suspect met the victim, Mackenzie Michalski, 31, at a nightclub in Budapest. Authorities said the two danced and then went to the man's apartment, according to the Facebook statement. Security footage showed Michalski and the suspect together before she vanished on Tuesday. The suspect allegedly tried to cover up the murder, Budapest police said. He allegedly cleaned the apartment, put Michalski's body in a suitcase, and dumped the luggag...

A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after recently advising a disaster relief team to not visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump. FEMA did not clarify where the incident happened, or when, and the employee has not been identified. But in a statement on Saturday, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the incident "reprehensible." "This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation," she said in the statement shared with NBC News. Criswell said FEMA's more than 22,000 employees are dedicated to helping those impacted by disasters. "I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and action will not be tolerated at FE...

Wind gusts and humidity are helping to fuel wildfires burning across the Northeast. A whopping 27 million people from New York to Massachusetts are under fire alerts Saturday afternoon. Cities under fire alerts include New York City and Boston, where wind gusts up to 35 mph and relative humidity of around 25% to 30% is expected. Vegetation in the area also remains very dry, with this region of the country about 6 to 8 inches behind on rainfall since Sept. 1. A cold front is expected to pass through the region Sunday, bringing up to 1 inch of rain. A brush fire in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park burned overnight Friday into Saturday after about 2 acres of dry vegetation ignited during heavy wind gusts, the New York City Fire Department said on X . Firefighters worked overnig...

One of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility Wednesday night has been "successfully recovered unharmed," officials said Saturday. The Yemassee Police Department said in a statement the primate was found around noon Saturday and that a "significant number" of those that remain on the loose have stayed nearby the Alpha Genesis facility "jumping back and forth over the facility's fence." As of Thursday night, the monkeys had been located in the wooded region surrounding the Alpha Genesis facility, in a rural area on the edge of Yamassee. Staff at Alpha Genesis are staying on site through the weekend to feed and watch the animals, police said, noting that the monkeys are still interacting with their "companions inside the facility" which police cal...

LONDON — Princess Kate joined King Charles and other senior Royals at a Remembrance Day event in London on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said , but Queen Camilla missed the occasion after falling ill with a chest infection. Kate has slowly returned to public duties this year following treatment for cancer . In addition to attending the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening, she will be at a Sunday service at the Cenotaph monument. The events form part of the United Kingdom’s Remembrance Day commemorations as the nation pays tribute to those whose lives were affected by World War I, and remembers those who died. Kate’s attendance marks another step forward in her recovery after chemotherapy. She made her first public appearance afte...