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It's election season again. This is why and how AP calls races across the country

WASHINGTON (AP) — So, who won?

That’s a question The Associated Press has answered many thousands of times in U.S. elections held since shortly after the news organization was founded nearly 180 years ago.

Declaring a winner involves a careful and thorough analysis of the latest available vote tallies and a variety of other election data. The ultimate goal is to determine whether there is any circumstance in which the trailing candidate can catch up to the candidate who is leading the race. If not, then the leading candidate has won.

Here’s a look at... Read More

Patrick O'Connell to bare his 'demons' in a memoir on building The Inn at Little Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — Award-winning chef Patrick O'Connell has a book scheduled for September about how he converted an old garage into an international destination for food lovers.

O'Connell's “Main, Middle & Gay” is a memoir by the founder of the Michelin-starred restaurant, The Inn at Little Washington. The title is a reference to streets where the restaurant and hotel is located in Washington, Virginia.

“This book was eight decades in the making. (I had to wait till most of the characters were dead). Unleashing my demons was freeing,” the 80-year-old O'Connell... Read More

Target has another quarter of declining sales but there are signs of improvement to start 2026

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target reported another quarter of declining sales and profits as the retailer struggles to regain its footing with its customers contending with higher prices almost everywhere.

But the Minneapolis company on Tuesday offered a solid annual profit outlook that was better than Wall Street had been projecting, It also said it believes net sales will grow every quarter this year.

Target also said comparable-store sales rose to start the current quarter.

Shares jumped more than 4% before the opening bell.

The company earned $2.30... Read More

Pakistan says it killed 67 Afghan security force members in fifth day of fighting

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's ground forces attacked Pakistan's military positions at 16 locations along the southwestern border early Tuesday and fired on multiple points in the northwest, triggering intense clashes in which 67 Afghan security force members and one Pakistani soldier were killed, as fighting between the two neighbors entered its fifth consecutive day, officials said.

Pakistan “successfully repelled these multiple attacks" along the Afghan border, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said.

Afghan forces carried out ground assaults in 16 locations in... Read More

The Latest: Trump says Iran war could last weeks as Netanyahu defends decision to attack

As the war in the Middle East intensifies, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. has “the capability to go far longer" than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Iran.

Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through the night and into the early morning hours Tuesday, as the U.S. and Israel have continued to pound Iran since killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday.

Tehran and its allies have hit back against Israel, neighboring Gulf states, and targets critical to the world’s production... Read More

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It's election season again. This is why and how AP calls races across the country

Patrick O'Connell to bare his 'demons' in a memoir on building The Inn at Little Washington

Target has another quarter of declining sales but there are signs of improvement to start 2026

Pakistan says it killed 67 Afghan security force members in fifth day of fighting

The Latest: Trump says Iran war could last weeks as Netanyahu defends decision to attack

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