Yahoo News reports: Republican Glenn Youngkin won Virginia’s election for governor Tuesday night, a massive victory for the GOP after more than a decade of political losses in the state, and an indication of significant discontent with President Biden and momentum for the Republican Party nationwide ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe, a former Virginia …

Variety reports: Paul McCartney, the iconic Beatles band member, epic solo artist and trumpeter player (it’s true!) has put out a tome of a memoir. Inside the creator recounts his more than eight decades of songwriting. The lyrical autobiography, “The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present” chronicles over 150 of McCartney’s songs, spanning from the first tunes he wrote while growing …

The Washington Post reports: When FBI agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s home and office earlier this year, carting off his phones and computers, his lawyers expressed outrage, saying the devices seized from Donald Trump’s former lawyer were potentially “replete with material covered by the attorney client privilege.” But after a monthslong review, Giuliani’s legal team has so far asked a court-appointed …

CNN reports: Polls are closing in the unexpectedly tight Virginia governor’s race as Democrat Terry McAuliffe seeks a second nonconsecutive term in a contest that could offer clues about his party’s uphill battle to maintain control of the US House and Senate in next year’s midterm elections as President Biden’s approval ratings slide. For months, McAuliffe has tried to energize …

Florida Politics reports: The Florida Department of Health and plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking daily COVID-19 data that the state once published online must meet this week to clarify their wishes and potentially reach a resolution, the judge overseeing the case ordered. The order came after more than an hour’s discussion over whether an alliance of media companies, including the …

Phoenix’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. The swift ruling from the state’s high court came less than two hours after the seven …

The Independent reports: Senator Tom Cotton hit out at the head of the teachers’ union, calling her a “joke” and accusing her of knowing nothing about teaching children because she has none of her own. The Arkansas lawmaker was speaking on Fox News when he made the incendiary remark in reference to Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of …

NPR reports: Children ages 5 through 11 years may soon be able to get a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech. Advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to recommend the shots Tuesday for the approximately 28 million children in this age group. If the recommendations are endorsed by CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, as expected, …

Via press release from Newsmax: Newsmax strongly believes and has reported that the Covid 19 vaccines are safe and effective. We do not believe the vaccines contain any toxic materials or tracking markers, and such false claims have never been reported on Newsmax. The many medical experts appearing on Newsmax have supported the use of the vaccine. From earlier today: …

AM New York reports: Election Day photo ops for candidates are usually a breeze — but not for Curtis Sliwa. The Republican candidate’s appearance Tuesday at Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side turned into a circus that featured clashes between Sliwa and poll site workers when he attempted to bring one of his pet cats to the …

USA Today reports: A Southwest Airlines pilot was cited for alleged assault and battery after a mask dispute with a flight attendant at a California hotel amid pandemic political discord at the nation’s largest domestic carrier. The incident happened Oct. 18 at a hotel bar in San Jose, California, where the crew spent the night after a flight, according to …

The Hill reports: Democratic lawmakers have reached a deal on legislation to lower prescription drug prices to be included in President Biden’s social spending package, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday. The agreement is less far-reaching than earlier Democratic proposals, but still represents progress on an issue the party has campaigned on for years. The agreement would allow …

The Houston Chronicle reports: Hundreds of QAnon believers have gathered in Dallas to await the arrival of John F. Kennedy Jr. The group is there because of a popular QAnon theory that JFK Jr. will make an appearance before midnight today, November 2, at the infamous grassy knoll to declare Donald Trump as president. The QAnon theory says that JFK …

The New York Daily News reports: The number of unvaccinated NYPD cops sent home without pay due to COVID mandates has doubled, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Tuesday. By Tuesday morning 89 cops had been shown the door for not receiving the coronavirus vaccine, Shea told on NY1. The number was up from 34 the day before, although Shea does …

The New York Times reports: Facebook plans to shut down its decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of more than one billion users and effectively eliminating a feature that has fueled privacy concerns, government investigations, a class-action lawsuit and regulatory woes. Jerome Pesenti, vice president of artificial intelligence at Meta, Facebook’s newly named parent company, …

The Myrtle Beach Post & Courier reports: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott said he’d support former President Donald Trump if he makes a run for a second term in the White House, curbing some speculation the South Carolina Republican could himself be a 2024 candidate. When asked if he’d support a Trump run he answered “of course” but deflected further questions …

Yahoo News reports: A Houston doctor received “corrective action” from the Texas Medical Board in October after prescribing hydroxychloroquine to a patient suffering from COVID-19 without warning them of the possible health complications. Immanuel told the Houston Chronicle that she had given the drug to “hundreds” of her patients. Immanuel must “adopt policies that require all consent documents to be …

Via press release from Newsmax: Newsmax Media, Inc. announced today that former Sen. Rick Santorum will join the network as its Senior Political Analyst and debut with special election coverage on Tuesday night. Santorum, formerly CNN’s senior political commentator, has an expansive background in politics having served two terms as a Republican Senator from Pennsylvania. He also served four years …

“If they do not want the vaccine then they do not have to take the vaccine. You want to know something, Steve? I’m not vaccinated. I’m not vaccinated and I’m not getting the vaccine because I’m an American and I can choose what I want to do with my body. I have the freedom to decide if I want to …

The Associated Press reports: A Texas radio host was sentenced to three life prison sentences Monday for a Ponzi scheme in which he bilked elderly listeners out of millions of dollars. William Neil “Doc” Gallagher also got a 30-year prison sentence from state District Judge Elizabeth Beach for his August guilty pleas. The sentences are to be served concurrently. The …