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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…
Kremlin critic Navalny's apartment seized, his aide says
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities seized Alexei Navalny’s Moscow apartment while the opposition leader was still in a coma, Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said Thursday and linked the move to a tycoon with ties…
Nevada COVID-19 positivity rises after month-long decline
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Likely spurred by increased exposures to the coronavirus at social gatherings during the Labor Day weekend, Nevada’s statewide daily positivity rate for COVID-19 is on an upward trend after a stea…
Nursing homes lead list of reported Kansas COVID-19 clusters
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nursing homes make up nearly half of the places in Kansas linked to active coronavirus clusters of five or more cases and some of them still are struggling to find testing supplies despite heigh…
Utah candidates square off to replace retiring GOP House Rep
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The bid to represent a sprawling congressional district in northern Utah is an open race for the first time in nearly two decades following the retirement of Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop wh…
Crowd jeers as Trump pays respects at court to Ginsburg
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was booed Thursday as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice
Pistol-packing GOP House hopeful channels Trump in Colorado
PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (AP) — It was a Donald Trump rally, in miniature.
AG: S. Carolina county supervisor trafficked meth on the job
CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina grand jury has indicted a county supervisor for allegedly using government cars to run a methamphetamine trafficking operation while on the clock.
Judge won't halt Tennessee ban on giving out mail vote form
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge won't block a Tennessee law for the November election that makes it a felony for anyone other than election officials to distribute absentee ballot applications.
At UN, Africa urges fiscal help against virus 'apocalypse'
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — African nations came out swinging on the third day of the United Nations annual gathering of world leaders Thursday, calling for dramatic fiscal measures
UN official: Bosnia authorities expose migrants to suffering
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With harsh weather fast approaching, the number of migrants and refugees who are sleeping rough in Bosnia keeps rising because of the persistent refusal by authorities at differe…
McConnell, Pelosi dispute Trump, vow peaceful power transfer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders from both parties, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, swiftly pushed back Thursday after President Donald Trump declined to comm…
President Trump’s niece files lawsuit accusing the family of cheating her out of tens of millions of dollars
NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump’s niece files lawsuit accusing the family of cheating her out of tens of millions of dollars.
Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s niece followed up her best-selling, tell-all book with a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the president and two of his siblings cheated her out of millions of dollars over several decad…
Michigan Legislature poised to ease processing of ballots
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers voted Thursday to made it easier for clerks to process a surge in absentee ballots in the battleground state's presidential election by letting them start a day earlier than…
In sign of frustration, US shortens sanctions waiver to Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — The United States has extended a sanctions waiver that enables Iraq to continue importing gas from Iran but this time granting a significantly shorter waiver period, Iraqi officials and the U.S. Stat…