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Abigail Spanberger will be the next governor of Virginia, according to the Associated Press.

From VPM News, Jad Khalil filed this report from Spanberger's victory party in Richmond.

The government shutdown is now 36 days old, the longest in U.S.

history.

It's disrupted federal worker pay and delayed food aid.

NPR's Sam Greenglass has the latest on the stalemate in Congress.

Wall Street stocks closed lower Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrials falling 251 points.

The Nasdaq lost 486 points.

This is NPR.

The U.S.

Department of Transportation may close some U.S.

airspace if the government shutdown continues into next week.

As NPR's Joel Rose reports, such a drastic move could lead to extensive delays for travelers.

The death toll from the UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky has risen to at least

seven with 11 others injured.

Governor Andy Beshear says first responders are still trying to douse a massive fire that ensued when the plane exploded.

UPS says the crash may cause package delays.

and disrupt part of its global operations.

The crash occurred during takeoff from a four-flight from Louisville to Honolulu.

According to the company's website, UPS currently processes more than 22 million packages each day.