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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…
Oakland demonstrators, police clash; 1 officer injured
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland police and protesters clashed late Saturday night after an evening of mostly peaceful demonstrations calling for social justice, the defunding of police and the end to racism, the
Texas reports 4,732 new coronavirus cases, 154 new deaths
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas reported 4,732 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Saturday and 154 new deaths from the disease it causes, COVID-19.
Governor, AG lay out arguments in case over COVID rules
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) —
Biden, aiming at Trump, says he won't use military as 'prop'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said on Saturday that as president, he would never use the military “as a prop or private militia” and accused President Donald Trump of employing U.S. forces to settle “personal vendett…
Nurses on NY's front lines call for minimum staffing ratios
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nurses on the front lines of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic are calling for the state to enact minimum staffing standards ahead of another wave of infections.
2nd Iowa judge backs GOP, rules ballot requests invalid
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A second Iowa judge has ruled in favor of President Donald Trump's campaign and ordered a county to invalidate at least 14,000 absentee ballot requests.
2 Kansas doctors but differing COVID-19 takes in Senate race
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall's audience of about 40 people packed a banquet room in a Kansas City-area bistro. No one wore a mask during his lunchtime remarks about the coronavirus. The Repub…
AP FACT CHECK: Is US great again or dystopian? GOP says both
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Convention begged this question: Why are President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters describing the state of his union as a hellscape?
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.
With the conventions now over, what's next in campaign 2020?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden have emerged from their presidential nominating conventions with each candidate believing he has a head of steam. Trump’s job approval ratings and sta…
Lyon County settles lawsuit over false arrest at festival
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada fire captain is getting some compensation for a night in the country that turned into a nightmare.
Kanye West sues to get on Wisconsin presidential ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit Friday demanding election officials place him on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in November.
Biden, Harris prepare to travel more as campaign heats up
WASHINGTON (AP) — After spending a pandemic spring and summer tethered almost entirely to his Delaware home, Joe Biden plans to take his presidential campaign to battleground states after Labor Day in his bid to un…
Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders
WASHINGTON (AP) — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts said smacked of political pressure from President …
Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death…