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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…
Pennsylvania asks judge to retain limits on crowd size
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top lawyer asked a federal judge Wednesday to retain Gov. Tom Wolf’s limits on crowd size, at least for now, warning that allowing large groups to congregate during a legal bat…
Kansas Republican's Senate ad relies on out-of-context clips
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Roger Marshall is using out-of-context clips from Democrat Barbara Bollier's ads in a television spot in which his campaign argues that she's trying to hide liberal views from voters,…
Top bills fail in Missouri governor's special crime session
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Parson's contested proposal to give the Missouri attorney general the power to intervene in St. Louis homicide cases failed Wednesday when the GOP-led House finished a spec…
Documents: Gunman in car shot federal security officer inspecting another vehicle outside US courthouse in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Documents: Gunman in car shot federal security officer inspecting another vehicle outside US courthouse in Phoenix.
2 Indiana college counties listed as moderate virus risk
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The counties that include Indiana and Ball State universities are listed as the highest-risk locations for coronavirus infections on the
Judge: Louisiana must return to pandemic mail-in voting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana must reinstate coronavirus pandemic voting plans used for summer elections rather than using a more restrictive plan proposed by the Louisiana secretary of state and approved by the Leg…
New law bans officials from closing Ohio places of worship
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Houses of worship can't be shut down by local or state officials, and elections can't be moved from their prescribed dates, under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine and pushe…
Pritzker nixes fall youth sports, urges COVID-19 sacrifice
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday the focus during the coronavirus pandemic should be on protecting communities and not whether families make decisions about sons and daughters strapping on…
Biden says he trusts vaccines and scientists, not Trump
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that while he trusts what scientists say about a potential coronavirus vaccine, he doesn’t trust President Donald Trump.
Mississippi auditor targets professor over 'scholar strike'
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Critics say the Mississippi auditor is wasting time and threatening academic freedom by investigating a tenured professor who participated in two-day "scholar strike” designed to bring attenti…
Health official on leave amid political interference furor
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GOP shrugs off Trump's call for 'higher' offer on virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump parachuted into the coronavirus aid debate Wednesday, upbraiding his Republican allies for proposing too small of a relief package and encouraging both parties to go for a b…
Oklahoma's epidemiologist warned of Trump rally deaths
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's former state epidemiologist warned that President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa in June could lead to as many as nine deaths and 228 new cases of COVID-19, according to documents rel…
NJ enacts 4 laws aimed at nursing homes after virus response
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed into law four bills aimed at improving nursing home care after the COVID-19 outbreak devastated long-term care center residents and, at times, ov…
Appeals court: Mass mailing of absent ballot applications OK
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to millions of 2020 voters was deemed legal by Michigan's appeals court, which ruled Wednesday she …