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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, updates from the U.S. general election, Dick Cheney’s life in photos, and a typhoon leaves at least 26 dead in the Philippines.

UP FIRST

A voter completes their ballot at a voting site in New York on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Election 2025 live updates: Voters cast ballots across US to decide races with national implications

Voters on Tuesday are casting ballots in U.S. state and local elections with an injection of presidential-level politics, including a pair of races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, the New York City mayoral race and a ballot measure in California that Democrats are counting on for next year’s elections to determine control of Congress. Read more.

TOP STORIES

Remembering Dick Cheney in photos, from defense chief to VP 

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at 84. Cheney died Monday due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said Tuesday in a statement. Read more.

Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 26 dead in Philippines, with survivors trapped on roofs and in cars

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said. Read more.

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IN OTHER NEWS

Sir David Beckham is made a Knight Bachelor by Britain's King Charles III on Tuesday. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Sir David Beckham: Soccer star is knighted by King Charles III for services to sport and charity

Medieval tower collapse: Worker dies after 11 hours trapped within partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome
Obit: Mona Ziade, who helped shape the AP’s Middle East coverage in the 1980s and ‘90s, dies at age 65

Harvard explosion: 2 Massachusetts men have been arrested in the weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School, FBI says

Grand slam: Denny’s to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million

Climate: Pets contribute to greenhouse gases like us. Here’s how to reduce their carbon pawprint

WATCH: Christmas harvest begins in Germany, where some say decorating trees began

TRENDING

This illustration provided by Caltech shows a supermassive black hole shredding a large star to pieces, leading to a bright flare. (Robert Hurt, Caltech (IPAC) via AP)

Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up magnetic fields or hiccups in the heated gas disks surrounding black holes. The flares help illuminate researchers’ understanding of the black holes within.