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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…
NY AG probes if Trump pumped up value of estate, assets
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general asked a court Monday to compel some of President Donald Trump's business associates, including his son, Eric, to testify and turn over documents as part of her investigat…
Police shooting lays bare Wisconsin's deep partisan divide
MADISON, Wis. (AP) —
NY attorney general’s office investigating if Trump inflated assets in financial documents to get loans, other benefits
NEW YORK (AP) — NY attorney general’s office investigating if Trump inflated assets in financial documents to get loans, other benefits.
Migrants at center of political tug-of-war in divided Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in a northeastern region of Bosnia, decrying an alleged failure by other parts of the country to share the load of a lingering migration crisis, have set up roadblock…
Montana students head back to school under shadow from virus
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The majority of Montana’s 150,000 public school students return to classes this week under a shadow of uncertainty, as officials warned of shutdowns if coronavirus trends worsen. A district n…
Gray area of mail-in voting law up to Pennsylvania court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With a federal lawsuit from President Donald Trump's campaign on hold until October, it could be up to Pennsylvania's Supreme Court to settle crucial questions of election law in the presiden…
Blackburn to focus on 'honoring our heroes' in RNC speech
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee says her focus will be “honoring our heroes” in her address Wednesday at the Republican National Convention.
Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with RNC speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning American diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campai…
Republicans formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at party's scaled-down Charlotte convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Republicans formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at party's scaled-down Charlotte convention.
Conservative lawmaker says Ohio governor should be impeached
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine should be impeached over his handling of the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a conservative GOP House lawmaker said Monday as he announced a long…
Republicans nominate Trump to take on Biden in the fall
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Republican Party formally nominated President Donald Trump for a second term in the White House Monday, one of the first acts of a GOP convention that has been dramatically scaled down to…
Mississippi lawmakers try to finish Marine Resources budget
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Legislature is returning to the Capitol to try to set a spending plan for the state Department of Marine Resources, weeks after the budget year started.
AP-NORC poll: Trump faces pessimism as GOP convention opens
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising to outline an optimistic vision for America at this week's
Austria expels Russian diplomat, Moscow responds in kind
BERLIN (AP) — Austria said Monday that it is expelling a Russian diplomat, and Russia responded within hours by declaring an Austrian diplomat persona non grata.
German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident
BERLIN (AP) — Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate …