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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…
Melania Trump taking Rose Garden turn to pitch her husband
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Melania Trump addresses
Mississippi lawmakers resolve budget for Marine Resources
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Legislature returned to the Capitol on Monday and adopted a budget for the state Department of Marine Resources, nearly two months after the July 1 start of the state fiscal ye…
South Carolina's Haley, Scott take spotlight at RNC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The prime speaking slots at Republicans' nominating convention Monday served as a reminder that a single state could loom large in the party's future, even though it's not a presidential battl…
Bill would allow giving guns to minors without parent OK
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that would legally allow people to give firearms to children without their parents' permission after the governor had initially sought to increase the …
New Mexico ACLU sues over inmate treatment amid pandemic
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and a group of criminal defense lawyers claim in a
US Senate hopefuls in New Mexico feuding over debate lineup
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Republican Mark Ronchetti's campaigns are feuding over the number of TV debates in the race for the U.S. Senate, agreeing to two so far.
With virus cases down, California looks to reopen businesses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — While California faces multiple crises, there are encouraging signs in the coronavirus fight, with infection rates falling enough that Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that soon he will annou…
Professor, NASA researcher accused of concealing China ties
WASHINGTON (AP) — A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor has been charged with accepting federal grant money while hiding work he was doing for a university established by the Chinese government as we…
GOP convention showcases rising stars, dark warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) — A rising generation of Republican stars offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump's leadership on Monday, but were undermined on the opening night of the GOP's scaled-back convention by…
Flake backs Biden, makes conservative case against Trump
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake on Monday backed Democrat Joe Biden for president, decrying a culture of name-calling, tribalism and “tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories” that he says has gripp…
Kansas no longer has COVID-19-free counties as cases top 38K
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas no longer has any counties free of reported coronavirus cases, with the last two, sparsely populated ones confirming their first as local schools were preparing to reopen.
WWII surrender ceremony in Hawaii limited to local veterans
HONOLULU (AP) — A Pearl Harbor ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II — possibly the last opportunity for many aging U.S. veterans to commemorate the day — will be limited to survivors of …
California closer to banning sale of most flavored tobacco
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is on track to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products, joining states like New York and Massachusetts in an effort to slow the spread of the harmful habit among children.
Several arrests precede Charlotte's pared-down share of RNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Several protesters and a person who illegally entered a secure area were arrested in the hours before North Carolina’s scaled-back share of the Republican National Convention on Monday, local…
Military's top cyber official defends more aggressive stance
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military's top cyber official is defending the government's shift toward a more aggressive strategy in cyberspace, saying the mission has evolved over the last decade from “a reactive and…