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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…
Trump looms large over campaigns for control of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle for control of Congress
Jill Biden drawing on classroom time for case against Trump
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — When
Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kamala Harris told a friendly crowd of Hollywood donors on Thursday they'd be surprised by how many states she's visiting daily, if only virtually.
Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronaviru…
Migrants are moved from overcrowded Italian island facility
LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — With the help of a local fishing boat, hundreds of migrants were transferred on Saturday to a ferry from a tiny Italian island to relieve severe overcrowding during the pandemic at a …
QAnon conspiracy emerges in some state legislative races
PHOENIX (AP) — Candidates engaging with the QAnon conspiracy theory are running for seats in state legislatures this year, breathing more oxygen into a once-obscure conspiracy movement that has grown in prominence …
Trump open to inquiry into DeJoy and campaign contributions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he's open to an investigation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following published reports that former employees of DeJoy, a major donor to Trump and other Republicans…
Erdogan raises rhetoric in Greece standoff in Mediterranean
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences.
Excessive heat in Southwest poses added threat amid pandemic
PHOENIX (AP) — As people around them sat and napped, some sipping water in an air-conditioned shelter on another sweltering day in a summer of record-breaking heat, Gary Goodman and Lena Stewart spoke of the fatal …
Facebook blocks ailing man's planned end-of-life broadcasts
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what …
Trump: Pentagon leaders want war to keep contractors 'happy'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that top Defense Department leaders want to keep waging wars in order to keep defense contractors “happy.”
Analysis: Reasons sketchy for continued virus data-sharing
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana continues to share information about residents who have tested positive for
Charlie Hebdo, market attacks turned widow into fugitive
PARIS (AP) — The fugitive widow of the Islamic State killer who plotted attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher market calls home to France once a year to catch up, her sisters testified,…
New Zealand government to honor Maori New Year if reelected
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will create a new public holiday to celebrate the Maori New Year if it is reelected next month.
Anti-immigrant protesters scuffle with police in UK's Dover
LONDON (AP) — Far-right protesters clashed with police Saturday in the English port of Dover, where thousands of migrants have arrived in recent months after crossing the Channel in small boats.