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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…
Ex-Baltimore mayoral aide gets prison in book sales scam
A former aide who helped ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fraudulently sell her self-published children’s books to nonprofits was sentenced Friday to more than two years in federal prison.
Confirmation gets trickier for Trump Homeland Security pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — A whistleblower's complaint and a tight timeline are making it increasingly unlikely that the Senate will confirm Chad Wolf as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security before the election.
Judge OKs Ohio ballot applications arriving by fax, email
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge ordered Ohio's elections chief on Friday to allow voters to apply for absentee ballots for the November presidential election by electronic means, including by fax or email, siding wit…
US remembers 9/11, with virus altering familiar tributes
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans commemorated 9/11 on Friday as another national crisis, the coronavirus, reconfigured ceremonies and as a presidential campaign carved a path through the memorials.
Greece seeks shelter for thousands after refugee camp fire
MYTILENE, Greece (AP) — Authorities on Friday sought to shelter thousands of refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the squalid and overcrowded Moria camp that for years symbolize…
Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognize Israel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to furth…
Collins won't say in debate who she'll vote for in November
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins sa…
Judge: Kanye West stays off ballot in battleground Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West does not qualify to be on the presidential ballot in battleground Wisconsin after missing a filing deadline, a judge ruled late Friday, upholding a bipartisan decision by the …
US, Kosovo, Serbia Nobel Peace nominees for White House deal
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A Swedish lawmaker said Friday that he has nominated the governments of the United States., Kosovo and Serbia for the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to secure a peace agreement between t…
AG: N. Carolina to continue testing suit despite withdrawal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina will keep challenging the U.S. government's decision to advance seismic testing off the state’s Atlantic coast although a potential testing company has pulled out, Attorney Gener…
Governors past and present honor Steve Merrill at Statehouse
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire governors past and present honored one of their own Friday, remembering Republican Steve Merrill for talents both political and personal.
Mississippi reports 853 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi reported 853 new cases of
Florida Supreme Court orders governor to pick new justice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis must pick a new Supreme Court justice because the judge he picked to fill a high court vacancy is constitutionally ineligible to serve, the court said in an ord…
Trump to campaign Saturday in rural Nevada, Sunday in Vegas
RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans a rally at a small airport in rural northern Nevada Saturday night before two campaign events in Las Vegas Sunday amid controversy over the western swing state’s 50-pe…
10,000 North Carolinans vote absentee in first week
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nearly 10,000 North Carolinians had their mail-in ballots accepted in the first week of voting, according to data released Friday by the State Board of Elections.