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More big donors supporting - and discussing - mental health 11/09/2022 02:04pm • When the financier Jeff Yabuki and his wife, Gail, announced last year they would give $20 million to the Children���s Wisconsin health system, they become one of a growing number of wealthy donors awarding large contributions to programs that focus on mental health. They also became one of many phi Contest for key House seat in Connecticut remains undecided 11/09/2022 11:36am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� A contest carrying Republicans' hopes of winning a U.S. House seat in Connecticut for the first time in over a decade remained undecided early Wednesday. A victory for U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, a former national teacher of the year, would complete another Democratic sweep of Kentucky, Michigan voters approve protecting abortion rights 11/09/2022 09:18am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state's constitution ��� joining Democratic California and Vermont in taking that Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, about 13% of its workforce 11/09/2022 06:26am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, about 13% of its workforce. Rosendale wins reelection in Montana US House race 11/09/2022 03:00am • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) ��� Montana Republican Matt Rosendale won a second term in the U.S. House on Tuesday as he fended off a pair of challengers in the race for a newly drawn district representing the eastern portion of the state. The race for the other newly-drawn U.S. House district where Presiden Kristallnacht survivors warn about antisemitism, hate speech 11/09/2022 02:28am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Holocaust survivors from around the world are warning about the reemergence of antisemitism as they mark the 84th anniversary on Wednesday of Kristallnacht ��� the ���Night of Broken Glass��� ��� when Nazis terrorized Jews throughout Germany and Austria. In the campaign #ItStarted Republicans hope to flip 5th District, Democrats hold others 11/09/2022 02:07am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Connecticut Republicans were still hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes early Wednesday after the rest of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation managed to win reelection. The national GOP has been enthusiastic about its chances to flip Connecticu Democratic Rep. Davids reelected in redrawn Kansas district 11/09/2022 02:03am • MISSION, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids held on to her Kansas City-area congressional seat in Tuesday���s election, overcoming Republican attacks over crime and the economy and new GOP-drawn boundaries designed to make her district harder for her to win. Davids, the only Democrat repre GOP���s Abbott wins 3rd term as Texas governor, beats O���Rourke 11/09/2022 01:56am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decisively won a third term Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O���Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America���s supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban. The victory un New Hampshire Democrats Pappas, Kuster reelected to Congress 11/09/2022 01:27am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� Democrats Annie Kuster and Chris Pappas both won reelection to Congress in New Hampshire���s 1st and 2nd Districts, defeating two pro-Trump Republicans. Pappas defeated Karoline Leavitt, who worked in the White House press office under former President Donald Trump, and Kuster GOP candidates seek to sweep Iowa's 4 seats in the US House 11/09/2022 01:18am • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ��� Republicans were trying Tuesday to sweep Iowa���s four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, pushing to oust a Democratic incumbent as two first-term GOP congresswomen won reelection in competitive races. If their narrow lead in Iowa's 3rd Congressional district holds, Schmitt defeats Busch beer heir in Missouri U.S. Senate race 11/09/2022 12:56am • O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) ��� Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won election to the U.S. Senate Tuesday, defeating Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine and keeping what���s considered a safe Republican seat in GOP hands as the party fought for control of the Senate. Schmitt, 47, will take the sea Democrat Murray wins sixth term to US Senate 11/09/2022 12:41am • Sen. Patty Murray won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic stalwart prevailed in a campaign in which she repeatedly said her Republican challenger was too extreme for Washington state. Murray defeated Tiffany Smiley to win a sixth term. ���Washington state, thank you,��� Murray said at a Democratic Gov. McMaster wins history-making 2nd term in South Carolina 11/09/2022 12:40am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster won a historic reelection bid on Tuesday as he faced voters one last time in his four-decade political career and they gave him a chance to be the longest-serving governor the state has ever had. McMaster, 75, defeated Democrat Joe Cunningha Hageman wins Wyoming US House seat after ousting Cheney 11/09/2022 12:37am • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ��� Republican Harriet Hageman has beaten a Native American activist to win Wyoming���s lone seat in the U.S. House, cementing her place as successor to ousted GOP Rep. Liz Cheney. The race between Hageman and Lynnette Grey Bull drew little attention outside Wyoming compared with