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Thompson leads 13th District race, plans focus on costs, access
EPHRATA — Joshua Thompson led Deanna Martinez by 3,278 votes for the 13th Legislative District’s state representat…
Bullock, Daines set to debate as mail voting begins soon
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The two candidates vying for a Montana U.S. Senate seat that's considered pivotal in determining if Democrats can wrest the majority from Republicans come November are set to face off in a Mo…
Michigan AG to probe group seeking to repeal governor powers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general opened an investigation Monday into allegations that a ballot group may have committed crimes while gathering signatures to repeal a law that gives Gov. Gretchen Wh…
Kansas has another COVID-19 spike; counties worry about aid
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas on Monday reported another seven-day record for new coronavirus cases, with 16% of the tests for the virus during that period coming back positive.
GOP takes Pennsylvania court's ballot deadline to high court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to put a hold on a ruling in the presidential battleground state that extends the deadline in November's election t…
Vision 2020: Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different?
What’s the difference between absentee voting and mail voting?
German far-right party fires official over migrant comment
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party has fired a prominent official following reports that he made comments suggesting that migrants could be killed.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's falsehood on Biden's health care plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of
Supreme Court vacancy likely to inflame presidential debate
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, were already set to fight when they share a stage Tuesday in Cleveland, but the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gin…
US to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump planned to announce Monday that the federal government will begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week and urging governors to use them to re…
US Latino civil rights group moves 2021 convention online
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Latino civil rights group in the U.S., has decided to move its 2021 national convention online amid concerns and health orders caused…
Judge upholds GOP law making absentee voting harder in Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge is refusing to block a new Republican-backed Iowa law that makes it harder for county officials to process absentee ballot applications and more likely that incomplete requests won't …
Michigan says racial disparities of virus have diminished
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported Monday that Black residents are no longer being disproportionately infected and killed by the coronavirus, after they accounted for a staggering 40% of deaths through much of…
Tennesseans with virus-susceptible roomies OKed to mail vote
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Tennessee officials have to change the absentee ballot application again to reflect their promise to let voters cast mail ballots if someone in their household has an …
Armenia, Azerbaijan clash in separatist region for a 2nd day
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenian and Azerbaijani forces fought over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh for a second day Monday, with both sides blaming each other for resuming the attacks that reportedly kil…
Trump coming to La Crosse, Green Bay for rallies Saturday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a pair of campaign rallies on Saturday in La Crosse and Green Bay, less than five weeks before the Nov. 3 election.