## [2017-11-7](/feed/2017/11/7/index.md)

##### United States elections, 2017
### [Maine votes to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in the first ever referendum on the issue. ](/feed/2017/11/7/maine-votes-to-expand-medicaid-under-obamacare-in-the-first-ever-referendum-on-the-issue.md)
### [Former US District attorney Jenny Durkan is elected mayor of Seattle, becoming the city's first woman mayor since 1926. ](/feed/2017/11/7/former-us-district-attorney-jenny-durkan-is-elected-mayor-of-seattle-becoming-the-city-s-first-woman-mayor-since-1926.md)
### [Voters in Utah's 3rd congressional district choose John Curtis to win the representative seat in the special election. ](/feed/2017/11/7/voters-in-utah-s-3rd-congressional-district-choose-john-curtis-to-win-the-representative-seat-in-the-special-election.md)
### [Voters in New York reject a ballot initiative that, if passed, would have resulted in a Constitutional Convention being convened to change in the current state constitution. ](/feed/2017/11/7/voters-in-new-york-reject-a-ballot-initiative-that-if-passed-would-have-resulted-in-a-constitutional-convention-being.md)
### [In the Virginia House of Delegates election, Democrats win 15 seats, Republicans lose 18 seats, and 3 seats are too close to call. ](/feed/2017/11/7/in-the-virginia-house-of-delegates-election-democrats-win-15-seats-republicans-lose-18-seats-and-3-seats-are-too-clos.md)
### [Ralph Northam wins the Virginia gubernatorial election. ](/feed/2017/11/7/ralph-northam-wins-the-virginia-gubernatorial-election.md)
### [Philip Murphy wins the New Jersey gubernatorial election. ](/feed/2017/11/7/philip-murphy-wins-the-new-jersey-gubernatorial-election.md)
### [Voters in New Jersey and Virginia chose new governors. ](/feed/2017/11/7/voters-in-new-jersey-and-virginia-chose-new-governors.md)
##### Crime group
### [Former millionaire Chisako Kakehi (also known as Japan's "Black Widow") is sentenced to death for the murder of 3 men which included a husband. ](/feed/2017/11/7/former-millionaire-chisako-kakehi-also-known-as-japan-s-black-widow-is-sentenced-to-death-for-the-murder-of-3-men-wh.md)
##### Paris Agreement parties and signatories
### [Syria signs the Paris Agreement. This will make the United States the only country not in the Paris Agreement, when they plan to leave on 4 November 2020. ](/feed/2017/11/7/syria-signs-the-paris-agreement-this-will-make-the-united-states-the-only-country-not-in-the-paris-agreement-when-they.md)
##### South Korea–United States relations
### [U.S. President Donald Trump visits South Korea amidst a crisis with North Korea. ](/feed/2017/11/7/us-president-donald-trump-visits-south-korea-amidst-a-crisis-with-north-korea.md)
##### Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
### [Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman accuses Iran of an act of "direct military aggression" by supplying missiles to rebels in Yemen. ](/feed/2017/11/7/saudi-arabia-s-crown-prince-mohammad-bin-salman-accuses-iran-of-an-act-of-direct-military-aggression-by-supplying-miss.md)
##### North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
### [A North Korean defector claims children are being born with deformities near North Korea's nuclear testing site. ](/feed/2017/11/7/a-north-korean-defector-claims-children-are-being-born-with-deformities-near-north-korea-s-nuclear-testing-site.md)
##### Air quality in Delhi
### [A blanket of thick grey smog covers the Indian capital, Delhi, with some areas 30 times more polluted than the World Health Organization's recommended limit, one year after a similar smog. ](/feed/2017/11/7/a-blanket-of-thick-grey-smog-covers-the-indian-capital-delhi-with-some-areas-30-times-more-polluted-than-the-world-hea.md)
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