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The president of North Carolina's state Senate, Phil Berger, very narrowly lost his seat to a Republican challenger.
Berger lost by only 23 votes.
He also had been endorsed by President Trump.
But Sam Page, a longtime county sheriff, won the primary.
It was held on March 3rd, but results were delayed by two recounts.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.
Israel's military says it has begun a new wave of strikes across Iran's capital, Tehran.
Multiple sites have been targeted, including cruise missile factories.
Meanwhile, Iranian missiles and drones set off a barrage of sirens today in Israel.
Stocks opened higher this morning as the average price of gasoline nears the $4 mark.
NPR scout Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 300 points in early trading.
The National Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate Sunday night's deadly crash at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
Two pilots were killed as they landed their jet and collided with a fire truck that had been directed onto their runway.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy says federal investigators have found there were only two air traffic controllers on duty and the fire truck did not have an ASDX transponder.
That's a device to help find aircraft and vehicles on tracking systems.
She also says it's too early to say that the air traffic controllers were distracted by too much work.
On Wall Street, the Dow is now up 280 points.