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Updated 18 hours, 53 minutes ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Top police leaders in Rochester, New York, announced their retirements Tuesday amid nightly protests over the handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, whose family filed a federal lawsuit alleging a cover…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Mowers, Negron win NH GOP primaries, to face Pappas, Kuster

A former official in President Donald Trump’s State Department will take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas in November in a race that will offer stark solutions to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the econom…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Steve Negron wins Republican primary in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District; will face U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Steve Negron wins Republican primary in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District; will face U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Trump, Biden and the road to 270 electoral votes

WAYZATA, Minn. (AP) — For such a volatile year, the White House race between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden has been remarkably consistent.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Lynne Blankenbeker concedes defeat to businessman Steve Negron in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District GOP primary

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Lynne Blankenbeker concedes defeat to businessman Steve Negron in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District GOP primary.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
New Mexico congressman endorses Democrat as successor

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Six-term U.S. Congressman and Senate candidate Ben Ray Luján is endorsing a fellow Democrat to fill his northern New Mexico House district in the November election.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Former Trump official Matt Mowers has won the Republican House primary in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former Trump official Matt Mowers has won the Republican House primary in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair post-convention

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Rose Garden has been a muddy mess and the South Lawn marred by brown patches since President Donald Trump used them as backdrops for last month’s Republican National Convention.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
‘Corky’ Messner wins GOP Senate primary to challenge Shaheen

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Bryant “Corky” Messner won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating a fellow veteran and setting up a bid to deny U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen a third term.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Israel, UAE to sign deal at White House next week

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and the United Arab Emirates will sign

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Former state lawmaker Robert Lancia defeats fellow Republican Donald Robbio to win Rhode Island’s GOP U.S. House primary

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former state lawmaker Robert Lancia defeats fellow Republican Donald Robbio to win Rhode Island’s GOP U.S. House primary.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
DOJ asks to defend Trump in rape accuser's defamation suit

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department is asking to take over President Donald Trump's defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who accused him of rape, and federal lawyers asked a court Tuesday to allow a mov…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Hundreds of ballots accepted as N. Carolina begins voting

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds of ballots were accepted in North Carolina on Tuesday, making the Tar Heel State the first in the nation to kick off voting in the November general election.