Republican Nick Begich ousted incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) on Wednesday, a victory two weeks after Election Day that will help the GOP pad its narrow House majority. The Associated Press called the race for Begich shortly after 9 p.m. EST, with 95% of the vote counted. Begich received 48.4% to Peltola’s 46.4% at the
California Gold Country cops uncovered almost 3,000 pounds of crystal meth—one of the largest seizures in US history—after a five-month multiagency operation into drug trafficking....