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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…
Democrats to choose candidates in 4 congressional races
BOSTON (AP) — Democratic voters in four of the state's nine congressional districts will have a chance to pick a new nominee to represent their party during Tuesday's Massachusetts primary.
Key air monitors offline after Laura hits Louisiana gas hub
Hazardous emissions from a chlorine plant fire, abruptly shuttered oil and gas refineries and still-to-be assessed plant damage are seeping into the air after Hurricane Laura, regulators say, but some key state and…
California moves to consider reparations for slavery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are setting up a task force to study and make recommendations for reparations to African Americans, particularly the descendants of slaves, as the nation struggles aga…
Trump to visit Kenosha Tuesday, potentially stoking tensions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed.
Coronavirus worries force election officials to get creative
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The coronavirus has upended everyday life in ways big and small. What happens when those disruptions overlap with voting? Thousands of state and local election officials across the U.S are sha…
Governor, AG lay out arguments in case over COVID rules
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —
Census, like Post Office, politicized in election year
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020.
'How dare we not vote?' Black voters organize after DC march
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tears streamed down Brooke Moreland’s face as she watched
Stitt suggests Native and Black Oklahomans for monument
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recommended three Native Americans and two Black Oklahomans as national heroes who should be considered for inclusion in a new National Garden of American Heroes.
NY congressman calls for doubling community policing grant
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York congressman is seeking to double the amount of funding for a Justice Department community policing grant program used to hire officers across the U.S.
California Senate OKs state reviews for police shootings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is close to requiring independent investigations any time police kill an unarmed civilian, a move that would strip authority from local prosecutors at a time of heightened distr…
Police investigate possible shot fired at LA Trump caravan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police searched apartment buildings for three men following reports that someone may have fired a shot at a car caravan of supporters of President Donald Trump that rolled through Los Angeles on …
Huge protest on Belarus leader's birthday demands he resign
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied Sunday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk to begin the fourth week of daily protests demanding that the country's authoritarian president resign.
Lebanon leaders name favorite for PM before Macron's visit
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's ambassador to Germany appeared slated to become the crisis-stricken country's next prime minister after getting the support of senior Sunni politicians on Sunday.
Candidate's arrest highlights Connecticut GOP's challenges
A Republican congressional candidate's arrest on domestic violence charges on the eve of this month's primary election has prompted some prominent members of the Connecticut GOP to advocate for change so the party …