Long lines form outside early voting locations across Triangle

As one of the biggest political battles in recent history played out on the national stage, Californians decided some key issues and seats on Tuesday, from a contentious Los Angeles City Council campaign that drew major Hollywood players on either side to arace for the 25th Congressional District, a seat once held by Katie Hill.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC and NBC are leading preliminary Election Night broadcast ratings. The networks ranked as No.1 in the non-time zone adjusted fast nationals among total viewers (ABC) and adults 18-49 (NBC).

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe final result of the 2020 presidential election is still very much up in the air, however, one strong likelihood is that fewer viewers watched Election Night this year than in previous cycles.Around 22.8 million total viewers tuned in to watch the beginning of a back-and-forth race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden across ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Univision and Telemundo.

Floridians experienced a record-breaking first day of early voting in anticipation of the upcoming November election, with over 3.1 million votes cast.  More than 366,000 of those ballots were cast in-person on the first day, according to statistics from the Florida Division of Elections.

Early in-person voting has begun in Colorado with Republicans narrowly beating Democrats at the polls, though Democrats are still leading in the number of mail-in ballots returned. Over 1,200 Republican voters headed to a polling station since Monday, along with nearly 1,000 Democratic voters, reported the U.S.

Texas is leading the country in early voting totals, with more than 4 million ballots already cast as of Tuesday.  The Lone Star State has already topped 4.6 million votes with more weeks of voting still to come, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a turnout-tracking database run by University of Florida political scientist Michael McDonald.That represents more than 50% of the nearly 9 million ballots counted during the 2016 presidential election.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper appeared to call Senate candidate Cal Cunningham's scandal "frustrating," but predicted his campaign would "get across the line" during a conversation with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden that was caught on a hot mic on Monday.

Thousands of Floridians went to the polls on Monday sporting facial coverings and socially distancing, in order to cast their ballot for the 2020 presidential election between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.  A long line of voters stretched from the Hiawassee branch public library to a nearby strip mall that was a two-hour wait for people to early vote, according to The Orlando Sentinel.  Lines were reportedly stretched around the Orange County Supervisor of Elections as

Early voting is well underway in battleground Minnesota as coronavirus cases reach record highs. More than 900,000 ballots have been cast less than three weeks ahead of Nov.

Mark Ruffalo, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Common and the teens who became activists in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting are among the stars, activists and organizations joining forces for a virtual rally and on-the-ground mobilization to boost early voting, particularly among young voters and people of color. Other stars participating in the effort include Sherry Cola, Andra Day, Candice Dupree, VIC MENSA and The War and Treaty.

Joe Biden's Thursday night town hall is currently leading Donald Trump's in the ratings battle.

Will Thorne Staff WriterPresidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump appeared in directly competing town halls on Thursday night, after the President dropped out of the second debate.Trump’s hourlong appearance on NBC, which drew criticism across the industry and even an angry letter from top talent and showrunners who work with NBCU, appears to be trailing Biden’s 90-minute session with ABC in the ratings, at least according to early numbers.Biden drew 12.7 million total viewers on the

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter all the concerns about threats to democracy in the pursuit of ratings, Thursday’s dueling town halls between Donald Trump on NBC and Joe Biden on ABC ended up being a very good night for Savannah Guthrie, a very very good night for the Atlanta Braves and an excellent night for the former Vice-President.Sitting down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and voters at Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall on what should have been the night of the

Manori Ravindran International EditorDeepa Mehta’s latest film, an adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s Sri Lanka-set coming-of-age novel “Funny Boy,” has been picked up by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing, and will land worldwide on Netflix this December, Variety can reveal.The Oscar-nominated “Earth” and “Midnight’s Children” director wrote the screenplay for the film alongside Selvadurai, whose debut 1994 novel is set in Sri Lanka during the 1970s and 1980s and was ground-breaking in its

Texas saw a huge turnout on the first day of early voting Tuesday, with some of the state's biggest counties reporting a record number of ballots cast.  The Lone Star State has already topped 1.1 million votes with more weeks of voting still to come -- a record, according to the Houston Chronicle. Early voting in Texas started on Tuesday, Oct.

You can mail it in, drop it off in a box or do it in person (as long as you come early and wear protection).

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that he may close early voting locations in areas of Brooklyn and Queens that are currently under coronavirus lockdown restrictions imposed last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Post reported.

brought in to replace Crawley after she allegedly bailed with her beau Dale Moss. ABC has not responded to multiple requests for clarification regarding the rumors.Kimmel, still unconvinced at Crawley’s answers, offered her some reassurance.“Let me just say this: If you did indeed cut out early because you realized you found the guy you wanted, I think that’s great.

Naman Ramachandran Popular Tamil cinema actor Vijay Sethupathi (“96”) is set to star as iconic Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in upcoming biopic “800.”With 800 wickets in test match cricket and 534 in one day internationals, Muralitharan is the bowler with world records for the highest number of wickets in both versions of the sport.