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McKinney, Duresky emerge as frontrunners in Washington's 4th Congressional District race
MOSES LAKE — Republican Amanda McKinney and Democrat John Duresky emerged as the top two candidates in Washington'…
Virus surges in key battleground states as election nears
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rising coronavirus cases in key presidential battleground states a little more than two weeks before Election Day are the latest worry for election officials and voters fearing chaos or exposur…
White House rejects Putin response to US arms control offer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Russia on Friday rejected each other's proposals for potentially salvaging the last remaining legal constraint on their strategic nuclear forces. President Vladimir Putin called for a…
More than 1 million voted so far in NJ's mail-in election
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — More than 1 million people have cast ballots already in New Jersey, or about 30% of the turnout in the 2016 presidential election, according to state elections officials.
EPA letting some hazardous coal ash ponds stay open longer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Trump administration will let some leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash storage ponds stay in operation for years more and some unlined ponds stay open indefinitely under a rule chang…
Michigan won't allow open carry of guns near polls on Nov. 3
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will not allow people to openly carry guns at or near polling places on Election Day in an effort to limit voter intimidation, the state's top election official said Friday.
Cassidy has financing advantage in Louisiana US Senate race
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy's chief Democratic challenger matched his fundraising prowess in the latest quarter, but Louisiana's Republican incumbent still has millions more in the bank for the f…
Arizona's daily average for virus cases still rising
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona continues to see a slow yet steady increase in the average number of coronavirus cases reported each day as a decline that lasted through August and September reverses.
Impatient Democrats want Biden to do more in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The whispers about Texas are picking up again.
UK's Johnson threatens to impose restrictions on Manchester
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to force the Greater Manchester region into England's most severe level of COVID-19 restrictions after local officials refused to accept the government's financ…
GOP, Dems hope Supreme Court fight bolsters Senate prospects
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans,
Deficient NC absentee ballots frozen pending further rulings
A lawyer for North Carolina's State Board of Elections said Friday that time is running out to process 10,000 absentee ballots with incomplete witness information and other errors after state and federal judges put…
Dueling attacks in Kentucky's big-spending Senate race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Flush with a late burst of campaign cash in her bid to unseat Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Democrat Amy McGrath is using some of her money to amplify an awkward moment for the powerful m…
Cunningham outraises Tillis, enters October with less cash
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has entered the home stretch of his competitive and costly re-election bid with nearly $2.4 million more cash on hand than Democratic challenger Cal C…
Avalanche of early votes is transforming the 2020 election
More than 17 million Americans have already cast ballots in
EU slaps sanctions on 7 new Syria government ministers
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on seven ministers recently appointed to the Syrian government, blaming them for playing a role in the continued crackdown on civilians in the war-rava…