In Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans' longstanding grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
"I'm hopeful. I'm very hopeful," a beaming Raman told raucous supporters at her election night party. "I'm also really superstitious. So we're all just going to be cool, okay? Very cool."
Nancy Pelosi's husband was accused of striking an unoccupied parked vehicle and leaving the scene in July. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run.
NBC was on track to be the most-watched network on election night thanks to its popular number cruncher.
Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on 'Star Trek,' died at age 90 on Oct. 25. His immediate cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest.
A coyote became the first large mammal documented exploring the massive Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing over the 101 Freeway, which doesn't officially open until next month. Some see it as an early, hopeful sign that the structure is working.
The first trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht — the man accused of intentionally starting a blaze that grew into the deadly Palisades fire — ended with a jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal. Now, federal prosecutors are trying once again to convict him with revised charges.
'Bachelor' and 'Dancing With the Stars' alum Melissa Rycroft is admitting she needs help after her second DWI arrest, which involved a collision.
Jose Ugarte led Estuardo Mazariegos in Council District 9, while Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan were nearly even, early returns show.
Two people were charged with concealing a man's death inside his Santa Barbara apartment. They are accused of wrapping his body in a bedroll, stuffing it into a metal container and covering it with plastic wrap.

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