November 3, 2021: Republicans win Virginia, Eric Adams NYC, Michelle Wu, COP26, Nigeria building

November 3, 2021: Republicans win Virginia, Eric Adams NYC, Michelle Wu, COP26, Nigeria collapse

1. Republicans pushed Democrats out of the Virginia governorship and had a far stronger-than-expected showing in heavily Democratic New Jersey on Wednesday, signaling trouble for President Joe Biden’s party heading into next year’s congressional elections.

2. Democrat Eric Adams won New York City's mayoral race on promises to boost public safety and give voice to working-class residents, drawing on his experience as a police captain and as a Black man who experienced police brutality as a youth.

3. Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu became the first woman and person of color to be elected mayor of Boston, after her opponent, fellow Councilor Annissa Essaibi George, conceded defeat in Tuesday's election, according to local media reports.

4. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said that current commitments on cutting carbon emissions meant the world had a 60% chance of capping a rise in the average temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius.

5. Rescuers in Nigeria raced to find survivors, two days after a high-rise building under construction collapsed and trapped scores of people in the commercial capital Lagos, as the death toll rose to 22, an emergency official said.

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