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2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia
2024 West Virginia U.S. Senate election (Class 1): Republican Governor Jim Justice defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott 68.75% to 27.76% on November 5, 2024, flipping Joe Manchin's open seat after Manchin's retirement and leaving West Virginia with an all-Republican Senate delegation.
2024 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
2024 United States Senate election in Wisconsin: Tammy Baldwin (Democrat) won a third term, defeating Republican Eric Hovde 49.33% to 48.48%, a 28,781-vote margin, certified November 29, 2024.
2024 United States Senate elections
2024 United States Senate elections, held November 5, 2024, for 34 seats (33 Class I plus one special). Republicans gained four seats for a 53-seat majority; Democrats won four Trump-won states (Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin) via split-ticket voting.
2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team
2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team, the USA Basketball 5x5 squad at Paris 2024; coached by Cheryl Reeve, omitted Caitlin Clark, beat France 67-66 for an eighth straight and 10th overall Olympic gold.
2024 UNLV Rebels football team
2024 UNLV Rebels football team, Mountain West squad under Barry Odom and interim coach Del Alexander, went 11-3, reached the MW title game, won the LA Bowl, and earned the program's first AP ranking.
2024 Uruguayan general election
2024 Uruguayan general election (Elecciones Nacionales 2024): two-round election on 27 October and 24 November 2024. Frente Amplio's Yamandú Orsi won the presidency with 49.8% over Álvaro Delgado, and the FA took congressional majorities; both constitutional plebiscites failed.
2024 US Open – Men's singles
2024 US Open men's singles: Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in the final on 8 September 2024, becoming the first Italian men's champion and winning his second major of 2024 after the Australian Open.
2024 US Open – Mixed doubles
2024 US Open mixed doubles: Italian third seeds Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori beat Taylor Townsend and Donald Young 7-6(0), 7-5 in the September 5, 2024 final, becoming the first all-Italian Grand Slam mixed doubles champions.
2024 US Open – Women's singles
2024 US Open women's singles: Aryna Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in the September 7, 2024 final for her first US Open and third Grand Slam title; Gauff lost in round 4.
2024 US Open (tennis)
2024 US Open (tennis), Grand Slam hard-court major at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Aug 26-Sep 8, 2024. Champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka; record $75 million compensation and first-ever one-million attendance.
2024 USC Trojans football team
2024 USC Trojans football team: USC's first Big Ten season under Lincoln Riley, finishing 7-6 (4-5 Big Ten) with a 27-20 upset of LSU in the Vegas Kickoff Classic and a 35-31 Las Vegas Bowl win over Texas A&M.
2024 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
2024 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, SEC, coached by Clark Lea, went 7-6 (3-5), upset No. 1 Alabama 40-35 for its first AP top-five win, and beat Georgia Tech 35-27 in the Birmingham Bowl.
2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash
The 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian, and other officials when their Bell 212 hit a fog-shrouded mountainside in East Azerbaijan province on 19 May 2024; investigators blamed weather.
2024 Venezuelan presidential election
The 2024 Venezuelan presidential election (July 28, 2024): the CNE announced Maduro's third-term win at 51.2% over Edmundo González's 44.2%, but never published polling-station results; opposition tally sheets and the Carter Center documented falsification.
2024 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
2024 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election: November 5, 2024 race between Republican John Rodgers, incumbent David Zuckerman, and Ian Diamondstone; no majority, so the legislature elected Rodgers by joint ballot.
2024 Viertola school shooting
2024 Viertola school shooting: 2 April 2024 classroom attack at Viertola school, Vantaa, Finland, by a 12-year-old pupil with a relative's revolver, killing one classmate and wounding two; grandfather later convicted.
2024 Virginia Cavaliers football team
2024 Virginia Cavaliers football team: University of Virginia's 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season in the ACC under Tony Elliott, finishing 5-7 (3-5 ACC), 84th of 134, with a 17-37 finale loss at Virginia Tech and no bowl bid.
2024 Vuelta a España
2024 Vuelta a España (La Vuelta), 79th edition, 17 Aug–8 Sep 2024, Lisbon to Madrid, 21 stages, 3,261 km. Won by Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), his fourth title, after Ben O'Connor's stage 6 breakaway lead; Pogačar and Vingegaard absent.
2024 Wakeley church stabbing
The 2024 Wakeley church stabbing: a 16-year-old allegedly stabbed Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and Father Isaac Royel at Christ the Good Shepherd Church, Sydney, during a livestreamed service; declared a terrorist act, followed by a riot and terrorism charges.
2024 Washington Commanders season
2024 Washington Commanders season: NFL team's 93rd season, 12-5, second NFC East, rookie QB Jayden Daniels, coach Dan Quinn; playoff wins over Buccaneers and Lions, NFC title loss to Eagles.
2024 Washington Huskies football team
2024 Washington Huskies football team: University of Washington squad, first-year coach Jedd Fisch, inaugural Big Ten season after leaving Pac-12; finished 6-7 (4-5 Big Ten), 6-0 at home, 0-5 on road, lost Sun Bowl 35-34 to Louisville.
2024 Washington State Cougars football team
2024 Washington State Cougars football team: WSU's independent "Pac-2" season under Jake Dickert, 8-4 regular season with wins over Texas Tech and Washington, John Mateer's record year, and a 52-35 Holiday Bowl loss to Syracuse.
2024 Wayanad landslides
The 2024 Wayanad landslides, also called the Wayanad landslides, hit Wayanad district, Kerala, India, on 30 July 2024, destroying Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Punchirimattom and killing several hundred people.
2024 WBSC Premier12
2024 WBSC Premier12, third edition of the WBSC Premier12 (世界棒球12強賽), held 9–24 November 2024 in Mexico, Japan, and Taiwan; Chinese Taipei won its first title by beating Japan 4–0 in the Tokyo Dome final.
2024 West Africa floods
The 2024 West Africa floods, caused by unusually heavy monsoon rain from July to November 2024, affected 7.5 million people and killed more than 1,500.
2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 2024 NCAA season, finishing 6-7 before head coach Neal Brown was dismissed on December 1, 2024.
2024 Wimbledon Championships
2024 Wimbledon Championships, 137th edition, 1–14 July 2024, All England Club, London, grass Grand Slam. Carlos Alcaraz beat Djokovic for a second straight men's title; Barbora Krejcikova won the ladies' singles; record £50 million prize money.
2024 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles
2024 Wimbledon women's singles: Barbora Krejcikova, 31st seed ranked No. 32, beat Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the 13 July 2024 final for her first Wimbledon and second Grand Slam title.
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Gangwon 2024, the fourth Winter Youth Olympic Games, held 19 January to 1 February 2024 in Gangwon, South Korea; first Winter YOG in Asia, 1,802 athletes from 78 NOCs, 81 events, Italy led with 11 golds.
2024 Wisconsin Badgers football team
2024 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Big Ten FBS squad coached by Luke Fickell; finished 5-7 (3-6 Big Ten), lost finale 24-7 to Minnesota, missed bowls after 22 straight appearances.