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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…
DOJ seeks data on care home deaths in 4 Democrat-led states
NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sent letters to the governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states, seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing home…
Dissident freed under Obama: Trump 'courage' can stop China
A blind Chinese dissident whose escape to the U.S. was facilitated by the Obama administration is calling on other countries to support President Donald Trump in leading a coalition to “stop China's aggression.”
Chicago and 3 other cities sue to stop spread of ghost guns
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago and three other cities sued the federal government Wednesday to stop the proliferation of what are advertised as easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks.
AP FACT CHECK: Pence presses a distorted case on economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it. That's not what …
Gyms aim to open in Phoenix, Tucson as virus cases ebb
PHOENIX (AP) — Gyms across metro Phoenix and Tucson are expected to reopen Thursday as coronavirus transmission numbers in three major Arizona counties are likely to drop to moderate levels that allow them to resta…
AP FACT CHECK: Pence presses a distorted case on economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it. That's not what …
Dissident freed under Obama: Trump 'courage' can stop China
A blind Chinese dissident whose escape to the U.S. was facilitated by the Obama administration is calling on other countries to support President Donald Trump in leading a coalition to “stop China's aggression.”
South Dakota's Noem speaks at RNC as state virus cases rise
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — From the earliest days of
US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to get Liberty Medal
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been named this year’s recipient of the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal.
Cooper's budget proposal includes Medicaid expansion, bonds
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper recommended to legislators on Wednesday how to spend the state's remaining COVID-19 federal relief dollars, mainly for public health, K-12 schools and local gover…
Hallmark police reform bill faces tough road in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the hallmark bills of California lawmakers’ policing reform efforts cleared a hurdle Wednesday but faces tough going as the Legislature races to adjourn for the year on Monday.
AP source: Arson suspected cause of last month's huge fire on Navy ship docked in San Diego, sailor being questioned
SAN DIEGO (AP) — AP source: Arson suspected cause of last month's huge fire on Navy ship docked in San Diego, sailor being questioned.
Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, and a U.S. Navy sailor was being questioned as a potential suspect, a …
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Hawaii story
HONOLULU (AP) — In a story August 25, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak on Oahu, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the first inmate at the Oahu Correctional Center who tested positive was not immedi…
56 arrested in crimes during Los Angeles Floyd protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-and-a-half minutes, in and out. Just 150 seconds to smash a store's glass door or window with a hammer, fill up a suitcase with designer sneakers, jewelry, cash or cellphones, and run outside…