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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…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that Ginsburg will lie in state inside the Capitol's Statuary Hall on Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that Ginsburg will lie in state inside the Capitol's Statuary Hall on Friday.
Navalny says nerve agent was found 'in and on' his body
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded Monday that Russia return the clothes he was wearing on the day he fell into a coma in Siberia, calling it “a crucial piece of evidence” in the nerve …
Body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose this week at Supreme Court, with pandemic precautions for public
WASHINGTON (AP) — Body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose this week at Supreme Court, with pandemic precautions for public.
Correction: Election 2020-Nuclear Strategy story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story September 19, 2020, about the 2020 presidential candidates' views on nuclear strategy, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the Council for a Livable World as Council f…
NY judge: Postal service must timely process election mail
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency's workers should…
Algeria leader says early parliament vote before year's end
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Algerian president says early legislative elections aimed at opening parliament to civil society will be held before the end of the year to give a new face to a parliament long dominated…
More Biden, Trump visits this week in fight for Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump will make his fourth and fifth appearances in September in Pennsylvania, flying into and out of rallies at two different airports this week.
AP FACT CHECK: No proof Sen. Collins voted to help husband
Democrat Sara Gideon has launched a new TV ad making an unsupported claim that Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has used her power in public office to advance legislation to help her husband and his business.
Large US political donor in jail in Lithuania
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A dual American and Lebanese citizen charged in the U.S. with conspiring to conceal the source of more than $3.5 million in donations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election is in jail …
Alabama Archives faces its legacy as Confederate 'attic'
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of memorials glorifying the Confederacy had been erected by the time Marie Bankhead Owen built what may have been the grandest: The Alabama Department of Archives and History, which…
Trump: Court finalists at 4 or 5, announcement by week's end
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Czechs replace health minister amid record infection surge
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government moved Monday to appoint an epidemiologist as the new health minister as the country struggles with a surge of new coronavirus infections.
Police detain over 400 during Sunday protests in Belarus
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in Belarus said they detained more than 400 protesters who took part in a weekend demonstration demanding the resignation of the nation's authoritarian president following a disputed vot…
Election 2020 Today: Fighting over Supreme Court and suburbs
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Iran: nuclear deal with world powers worth preserving
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Iran's nuclear agency said Monday that the landmark 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers on his country's atomic program is struggling since the unilateral U.S. withdrawal, but is sti…