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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…
Businesses heavily lobbied Arizona governor during pandemic
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and his staff had no shortage of advice when he was considering reopening the state following a six-week coronavirus shutdown that ended in mid-May.
Trump's vision of American greatness at center of convention
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will aim to recast the story of Donald Trump's presidency when they hold their national convention, featuring speakers drawn from everyday life as well as cable news and the White Hous…
Pompeo heads to Mideast as part of Trump's Arab-Israeli push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on a trip to the Middle East, the first of two senior U.S. officials to travel to the region this week as the Trump administration presses an ambitious Arab-Israe…
US envoy joins Taiwan president at military memorial
KINMEN, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. envoy to Taiwan joined President Tsai Ing-wen at a military memorial service Sunday in a fresh show of warming relations that threatened to add to irritants in Washington’s relations …
Vast protest in Minsk keeps up pressure on Belarus president
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More than 100,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Belarus’ authoritarian president rallied Sunday in a vast square in the capital, keeping up the massive outburst of dissent that has s…
Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet
WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s broken his pledge never to take a vacation or play golf for pleasure. His plan to update the nation’s infrastructure has become a running punchline and he’s dropped his threat to throw Army d…
Israel's Netanyahu accepts compromise, avoids election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a n…
SC budget writers prepare for plan with many unknowns
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a nearly two-month long delay because of COVID-19, South Carolina lawmakers are preparing to write a budget without a lot of certainty on how much they can spend.
Vacationers, migrants drive Italy's surge in COVID cases
ROME (AP) — Sicily’s governor has ordered all migrant residences on the Italian island to be shut down by Monday, part of a push-back by Italian regions alarmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases a few weeks before schoo…
How starving public health fueled a COVID fire in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — On a sweltering July morning, Rose Wilson struggled to breathe as she sat in her bed, the light from her computer illuminating her face and the oxygen tubes in her nose.
Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn drops out
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 years old announced Sunday th…
Republicans look to use convention as election test bed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are aiming to use this week's national convention as a test bed for their efforts to reelect President Donald Trump, just weeks before the start of early voting.
US Senate hopefuls in New Mexico OK 1 debate, fight on more
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Republican Mark Ronchetti have only agreed to participate in one televised debate in New Mexico’s U.S. Senate race.
Comatose Russian dissident visited by wife, aide in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Alexi Navalny's wife and a top aide visited him Sunday in a Berlin hospital where the comatose Russian dissident is being treated by German doctors after a suspected poisoning.
Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end of the month.