LONDON (AP) — Facebook says it blocked more accounts during the U.S. midterm elections after shutting down 115 suspected of connections to foreign efforts to interfere in the vote.

The social media giant said it blocked an unspecified number of accounts Tuesday evening after a website that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):

5:30 a.m.

The dollar has weakened in the wake of the U.S. midterm elections which saw the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans hold onto the Senate.

The ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Latest on global reactions to U.S. midterm elections (all times local):

3:35 p.m.

The Kremlin says the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections are not going to hurt ties between Russia and the U.S. because they are bad as it is.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior North Korean envoy has been delayed, throwing stalemated diplomacy over the North’s nuclear weapons into further uncertainty.

The State Department said in a short statement Wednesday the officials ...

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Wednesday, reflecting uncertainty over the implications of U.S. midterm elections, as the Democrats look set to regain a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

While the outcome of the vote was largely expected, it does potentially complicating ...

Democrats tried Tuesday to fight their way back to power in state capitols across the country by reclaiming governor’s seats in several key states, marking significant steps in their nationwide strategy to reverse years of Republican gains in state capitols.

Still, their victories in ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s hotly contested and potentially historic governor’s race may not be over yet, with Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp awaiting the final accounting of absentee and provisional ballots.

With reported votes approaching 3.8 million, Kemp was just shy of ...

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Wednesday set Jan. 7 for two Southeast Asian women charged with murdering the North Korean leader’s half brother to begin their defense, as their lawyers complained that some witnesses were unreachable.

A High Court judge in August found ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The fraud trial of arguably Russia’s best-known contemporary theater and film director has opened in Moscow.

Kirill Serebrennikov is accused of embezzling 133 million rubles (about $2 million) of state funding for a theater project.

Speaking at the start of the trial on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of women were elected to the House on Tuesday, nearly two years after women spilled out into the streets of Washington and in cities across the country in defiance of the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The incoming class of lawmakers could have a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — What is already the most diverse Congress ever will become even more so after Tuesday’s elections, which broke barriers of race and gender.

For the first time, a pair of Native American congresswomen are headed to the House, in addition to two Muslim congresswoman. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Election Day (all times local):

1:54 a.m.

Democrat Stacey Abrams says votes remain to be counted in the tight Georgia governor’s race and vows to wait for them all.

Abrams told supporters at her election night party that they would “have a chance ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the first statewide referendum on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters on Tuesday beat back a repeal attempt and reaffirmed a 2016 law extending nondiscrimination protections to transgender people, including their use of public bathrooms and locker rooms.

Voters in ...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like a cakewalk but needed a late boost from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top.

Cruz began as ...

Voting machine glitches, long lines and misinformation were among the problems that voters faced at the polls on Tuesday.

The cause of the problems ran the gamut from human error to threatened violence to technological errors to Mother Nature as storms pummeled several states in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After hours of television commentating, swinging needles on election meters and reams of statistics from obscure counties called up on computer screens, CNN’s Jake Tapper had a revelation about Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“Actually,” he said, “this is pretty much what we ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zion Williamson and fourth-ranked Duke were well on their way to a blowout victory when the high-flying freshman blocked a shot to start yet another Blue Devil fastbreak.

Williamson dribbled up the left side, whipped a pass through traffic to classmate RJ Barrett, then ...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Rep. Beto O’Rourke didn’t go quietly to defeat.

Thanking his campaign supporters for their spirited challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz, he said on live television Tuesday: “All of you, showing the country how you do this. I’m so f---ing proud of you guys.”

The Texas ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis was elected Florida governor Tuesday, riding the support of President Donald Trump to narrow victory in the battleground state.

DeSantis, 40, was considered an underdog before Trump tweeted his support for DeSantis in ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of Central American migrants will take at least a couple of days to rest in a Mexico City stadium as they debate whether to accept offers to stay in Mexico or continue their trek to the U.S. border.

Humanitarian aid stepped up Tuesday for the roughly 4,500 ...

HAVANA (AP) — As a young dancer compared with ballet legends Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rolando Sarabia made headlines around the world when he abandoned Cuba in 2005 for a career in the United States.

He didn’t dance in his homeland for 13 years, banned as part of a wider ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kansas’ Quentin Grimes and Dedric Lawson made quite an impression Tuesday night.

They produced basket after basket, big play after big play. If they keep playing this way, No. 1 Kansas might just stay on top of the college basketball world.

Grimes scored 21 points ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Former Dodgers general manager Farhan Zaidi is the new president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants announced the hiring Tuesday night and planned a formal introduction at AT&T Park on Wednesday, a day before they hold a public ...

Michigan moved into the fourth spot of the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, behind Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame.

Georgia was next at five, followed by Oklahoma.

The playoff picture cleared up after a weekend where several contenders asserted themselves. The ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Agent John Boggs stood in the lobby at the hotel hosting the general managers’ meetings and talked about last winter, when dozens of free agents remained unsigned after spring training began, causing prices to plummet as opening day approached.

“It’s the greatest ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — The Washington Nationals made an offer to Bryce Harper late in the season in an attempt to reach a deal before he became a free agent.

Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo disclosed the talks with agent Scott Boras at the general managers’ meetings on ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Villanova started to head out for the second half toward its rehabilitated court when it somehow got lost in a maze of exits and sprinted out the wrong end.

“Everything’s a first,” coach Jay Wright said. “We’re figuring it out.”

The Wildcats will quickly get ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House.

In October, China’s Trademark ...

It’s Election Day in America, and voters will deliver their first verdict of President Donald Trump’s tumultuous tenure in a midterm that’s expected to draw historic numbers to the polls.

Immigration, the economy, women’s issues, partisanship — all weighed heavily on voters’ minds as they ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Voters showed up by the dozens to put their “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of Susan B. Anthony, an Election Day ritual that pays homage to the voting rights pioneer.

Deborah L. Hughes, President and CEO of National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House, said there ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While political battles raged, viewers overwhelmingly cast their TV votes for football.

Eight of the 10 most popular telecasts last week were NFL and college games or related programs, according to Nielsen ratings released Tuesday.

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Joel Quenneville knew the deal. After three Stanley Cup titles and nine playoff appearances with the Chicago Blackhawks, the longtime coach figured this was a big season for him.

“I only think we’re in the winning business and we better win,” Quenneville said on the first ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After a yearlong search for a second home, Amazon is now reportedly looking to build offices in two cities instead of one, a surprise move that could still have a major impact on the communities it ultimately selects.

New York’s Long Island City as well as Crystal City in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is admitting that it didn’t do enough to prevent its services from being used to incite violence and spread hate in Myanmar.

The company “can and should do more” to protect human rights and ensure it isn’t used to foment division and spread offline violence in the ...

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (AP) — The grief-stricken widow of a Utah mayor killed in Afghanistan paid tribute to her husband on Election Day by urging Americans to get out and vote and carry on his legacy in fighting for democracy.

The body of North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor was ...

ROME (AP) — Italy said Tuesday that it is working to help relocate the family of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, amid warnings from her husband that the family’s life is in danger in Pakistan.

The Foreign Ministry said it was ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The “largest-ever” U.S. sanctions list targeting Iran drew mockery from Iranian officials on Tuesday for including mothballed Boeing 747s, a bank that closed years earlier and a sunken oil tanker that exploded off China months ago.

However, the new list of sanctions, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — There is now a museum for pizza lovers everywhere that’s popped-up in arguably America’s pizza capital, New York City.

The Museum of Pizza is dedicated to all things cheese and sauce, but there’s more to it than meets the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Elton John said he stood by the stage and sobbed at his foundation’s gala last year as Aretha Franklin made her final public performance.

“I was shocked to see how thin she was, and she just smiled her sweet smile at me and said, ‘I didn’t want to let you down,’” he told ...