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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…
Coronavirus throws wrench into Missouri governor's race
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is hijacking the Missouri governor’s race, stalling Gov. Mike Parson’s campaign Friday after he tested positive this week and taking center stage in his Democratic chal…
2 charged over handling of virus outbreak at veterans home
BOSTON (AP) — Two former administrators of a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been charged over their handling of the outbreak, the state attorney general sai…
California governor signs law to grow mental health coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Friday that for the first time in California defines “medical necessity," a move aimed at requiring private health insurance plans to pay for more mental …
National, state Republicans sue over major ballot decision
DETROIT (AP) — The Republican Party is suing to try to overturn
EU police arrest Kosovo war veterans' leader, raid offices
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Union security police arrested the leader of a Kosovar war veterans association for obstruction of justice when officers stormed its offices Friday, apparently to get hold of intern…
Trump rallies flout virus rules, Pennsylvania governor warns
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A day before a rally in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday accused President Donald Trump of blatantly disregarding social distancing and mask requirements during his frequent campaign ral…
Court allows public nuisance suits against 3 Alabama casinos
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Courts in two rural counties were wrong when they dismissed lawsuits filed by the state seeking to have three casinos declared public nuisances, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday.
At UN, Pakistani leader calls India a sponsor of Muslim hate
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assailed India’s Hindu nationalist government and its moves to cement control of Muslim-majority Kashmir, calling India a state sponsor of ha…
Kansas COVID-19 cases jump by 1,300-plus with rural spikes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas reported Friday that it had more than 1,300 newly confirmed coronavirus cases over two days, and most of the biggest spikes over the past two weeks occurred in rural counties in the centr…
White House ordered to have sign language at virus briefings
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the White House to begin providing sign-language interpretation at White House coronavirus briefings starting Thursday.
The Latest: Pakistani leader denounces India over Kashmir
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT):
Auschwitz memorial director seeks clemency for Nigerian boy
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The director of the Auschwitz Memorial appealed to Nigeria's president on Friday to pardon a 13-year-old boy who was sentenced to 120 months of prison on blasphemy charges, even volunteering t…
Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — The late
Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the c…
Voters struggling with witness rules in early voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds of North Carolina and Wisconsin, are facing a requirement that already…