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Takeaways from GOP convention: Power, positivity and policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second day of the Republican National Convention started with a decidedly different, more positive tone, with an emphasis on Americans who say have they benefited from President Donald Trump’s…

Ranked voting in presidential election put on ice in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ranked choice voting won’t be used in the presidential race this November in Maine after a judge allowed a Republican-led referendum that would let voters decide whether to use the voting sys…

Bice wins GOP runoff for CD5, will face Horn in November

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Sen. Stephanie Bice won the Republican nomination on Tuesday for the 5th District congressional seat in Oklahoma City, setting up a showdown with first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendra Ho…

Tulsa Mayor GT Bynum wins re-election to 2nd term in office

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Incumbent Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum won re-election to a second term in office Tuesday, holding off a challenge from a young, Black community organizer and six other candidates to secure another fo…

Nevada governor won't make 'ballot harvesters' register

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak ratcheted up tensions in Nevada’s increasingly partisan battle over election management on Tuesday when he rejected a request from its Republican secretary of …

Defying precedent and possibly law, Pompeo dives into race

WASHINGTON (AP) — Casting aside his own advice to American diplomats and bulldozing a long tradition of secretary of state non-partisanship, Mike Pompeo plunged into the heart of the 2020 presidential race Tuesday …

AP Analysis: Trump's convention aims to airbrush his tenure

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Once-powerful NY lawmaker due to surrender for prison term

NEW YORK (AP) — Following years of fending off going to prison, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is about to begin serving time.

AP FACT CHECK: GOP taps distortions to heap praise on Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Trump echoed falsehoods of his father, Melania Trump credited her husband with a dubious religious first, and the president's economic adviser wholly distorted the conditions Donald Trump inh…

Whitmer: Get flu vaccine to ease hospitals' load in pandemic

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday urged Michigan residents to get the flu vaccine to ease the load on the health system if there is a surge of coronavirus cases during the fall and winter influ…

Tennessee faces lawsuit for letting counties require masks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to let counties issue certain orders to curb the

Hawaii's most populous island ramps up virus testing

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's most populous island is returning to a stay-at-home order while officials strive to conduct 70,000 COVID-19 tests in two weeks amid a surge in cases.

Montana halts transfers from 3 jails with COVID-19 outbreaks

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials said Tuesday they have suspended the transfer of state inmates out of three county jails because of COVID-19 outbreaks at the facilities that combined have infected more tha…

Rapper West qualifies for presidential ballot in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Minnesota's presidential ballot this November as an independent candidate, the state Secretary of State’s office said Tuesday.