Julie Fedorchak will be the first woman to represent North Dakota in the House of Representatives .

Mississippi is now the only state that hasn't elected a woman to the House before Tuesday .

The public service commissioner has been in the state for the past 12 years .

In Mississippi , Dianne Dodson Black ran and lost as a Democrat .

New Mexico voters elected Cindy Nava to join the state legislature.

She is the first former undocumented person and DACA recipient to hold a position in public office.

Nava came to the U.S. as a young child and was a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , or DACA, program.

Most U.S. military veterans who have used psychedelics reported pursuing the substances for healing or spiritual exploration.

85% of veterans report they benefited from the experiences even those who had challenging outcomes.

The most commonly reported reasons for use were healing or treatment ( 69% ), spiritual exploration ( 47.5% ) or recreation ( 38.7% ).

This work was supported by private donors, the Cammack Family Gift Fund , the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai .

Additional co-authors were Nathan Sepeda , Adam Levin and Stacey Armstrong of Ohio State .

Angela Alsobrooks , the top elected official in Prince George’s County , Maryland , is projected to beat Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan .

Hogan , a moderate Republican , was elected governor twice by vowing to be a check on Democrats .

Democrats are adding two Black women to their ranks in the Senate .

Payton Washington was shot in the parking lot of a local HEB supermarket parking lot.

She had been carpooling with teammates for nearly a decade to make the 300-mile round trip from her home to her cheerleading gym, near Houston .

A stranger shot her 14 times before they could get away.

"She's mentally tougher than probably anybody you'll ever meet," her mom says.

Acrobatics and tumbling combines gymnastics and cheerleading with competitive cheerleading.

Coach Felecia Mulkey helped design the sport about 15 years ago .

"She is ridiculously talented. I think that's the first thing you see if you know nothing about her," Mulkey said.

Payton had been shot three times: twice in the leg, and once in the right side of her back.

Payton helped Baylor win its ninth consecutive national title one year and 10 days after getting shot.

Pedro Tello-Rodriguez , 26 , was taken into custody a few hours after the incident, and later released on bond.

Lisa Blunt Rochester defeated Republican Eric Hansen in Delaware 's U.S. Senate race.

Rochester will become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate .

Rochester raised some $8 million for her Senate campaign, while Hansen ’s campaign receipts totaled only about $1 million .

Consumer Council for Water surveyed 9,500 households across 19 water company areas.

Ofwat provisionally said bills would rise by an average of 19 a year - or 21% - between 2025 and 2030 .

Some 18% of those surveyed said they were already struggling with bills.

40% said they would struggle to pay bills and 54% would have to cut back on non-essentials to pay for it.

Water UK said companies wanted to provide more help to customers struggling with bill rises.

The head of China 's central bank told a closely watched meeting Tuesday that the People's Bank of China planned to maintain supportive monetary policy.

He was presenting a report on financial work at this week 's meeting of the National People's Congress Standing Committee .

The gathering, which wraps up Friday , is widely expected to approve further fiscal stimulus.

Observations from JWST and Chandra reveal a low-mass supermassive black hole that appears to be consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit.

Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly early times in the Universe ’s evolution.

The discovery of LID-568 also shows that it’s possible for a black hole to exceed its Eddington limit.

The powerful outflows may be acting as a release valve for the excess energy generated by the extreme accretion.

To further investigate the mechanisms at play, the team is planning follow-up observations with JWST .

Philippine forces staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance.

Philippine military chief: Exercise underscores readiness to defend country's sovereignty at all costs.

China has rapidly expanded its military and become increasingly assertive in pursuing territorial claims in the disputed waters.