Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has won the highly contested battle to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. Her GOP opponent, Martha McSally, conceded the race between the two U.S. representatives late Monday after Sinema pulled ahead by more than 30,000 votes. Sinema’s victory gives Democrats 47 votes in the Senate and flips a key seat to their side. Republicans could end up with at least 52 seats in the upper chamber if Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s narrow lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson holds up during a recount in the Sunshine State.

The suspect accused of mailing 15 packages containing pipe bomb devices to prominent Democratic politicians and supporters and media outlets has agreed to a transfer to New York, where he’ll face five federal charges. The charges against Cesar Sayoc were filed in New York because some of the devices were recovered there. Meanwhile, prosecutors said Sayoc should remained jailed without bail because of the magnitude of charges and the strong evidence against him.

UPDATE: Federal prosecutors Saturday night filed 29 charges, including hate crimes and using a firearm to commit murder, against the suspected gunman in a shooting that killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning. A news conference was scheduled for Sunday to discuss the charges.

The suspect, Robert Bowers, traded gunfire with police and was shot several times during the 20-minute attack at the Tree of Life Congregation. Bowers is in fair condition at a hospital.

UPDATE: Federal prosecutors have formally charged a Florida man apprehended Friday for carrying out this week’s nationwide mail-bomb scare targeting prominent Democrats. Department of Justice officials said DNA and a fingerprint on one of the packages helped them link Cesar Altieri Sayoc of Aventura, Fla., to the crimes after a five-day investigation.

Saudi state media released statements early Saturday saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi did die at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, blaming his death on a “fistfight” that broke out. The report noted that 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and four top intelligence officials had been fired.

Officials in Georgetown County, S.C., say flooding resulting from Hurricane Florence will not be as bad as expected this week. Originally, forecasters said multiple rivers could bring as much as 10 feet of floodwaters to this coastal community, but that estimate has been lowered to only 2 to 4 feet. The latest predictions also delay the peak period of flooding from Thursday to Friday, giving residents more time to prepare. But South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster warned that forecasts could change again.

Five rivers flowing from eastern North and South Carolina empty into the Atlantic Ocean in or near Georgetown, S.C., making the coastal town Hurricane Florence’s last major target nearly a week and a half after the storm first made landfall 110 miles up the coast near Wilmington, N.C. So much water is heading downstream that it is backing up into rivers that weren’t flooding.