Richard Glossip pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the 1997 killing of Barry Van Treese, and his murder charge was dismissed. The former Oklahoma death row prisoner faces sentencing in December.
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Democrat Cindy Holscher narrowly defeats Trump-endorsed Republican Ty Masterson in Kansas, keeping the governor’s office in her party’s hands. The race was called after days of ballot counting and local recounts.
An outage disrupted Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other services Thursday. Microsoft said unexpectedly unavailable servers had strained its infrastructure as it tested a fix and restarted affected systems.
US existing-home sales fell 5.5% in October to an annual rate of 3.75 million, the lowest since August 2010. Mortgage rates above 7% continued to strain buyers.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded a Joint Service Commendation Medal to Specialist Thomas Iglesias, who called for silence after members of Hegseth’s group were heard laughing and talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
A truck crash and fire involving 23 vehicles in Fujairah killed 14 people and injured 30. Authorities are using DNA tests to identify the dead.
Zelenskyy says renewed Starshield speed restrictions are hindering Ukraine’s drone defenses as U.S. envoys meet Putin in Moscow. Earlier talks in Abu Dhabi produced a prisoner-exchange agreement but no major peace breakthrough.
One person was killed and four were injured in a shooting in Washington’s Logan Circle neighborhood. Police found the gunman with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in an apartment adjoining the gym where the first shooting was reported.