The top-ranking official from the Vermont National Guard whose family believes that his diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer was due to his exposure to burn pits, passed away on Wednesday. Brigadier General Michael T. Heston, who also was one of the highest ranking members of his state's National Guard when he served as Assistant Adjutant General, succumbed to Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer on Thursday—just days after stopping treatment and being placed in home hospice care with his family.

In one of the most contested Senate races of the midterm elections, incumbent Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill was ousted Tuesday by Republican candidate Josh Hawley.

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez is projected to win re-election, defeating Republican businessman Bob Hugin, according to the Fox News Decision Desk. Although some Republicans had viewed Menendez as vulnerable due to 2017 federal corruption trial, the 12-year Senate veteran never trailed Hugin in pre-election polling.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has won re-election to a House seat in Florida. Wasserman Schultz was elected Tuesday to an eighth term in Congress in the 23rd District, which includes several cities in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Army Gen. David Petraeus, who was instrumental in guiding U.S. troops during the Iraq War, says that America’s service members should be receiving assistance for the mounting medical issues that they fear have come as a result of being exposed to burn pits while stationed at military bases.

The night Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts went missing, she likely left her boyfriend’s home with someone she knew.