US dismisses opposition to restoring UN sanctions on Iran

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday dismissed near universal opposition to its demand to restore all U.N. sanctions on Iran, declaring that a 30-day countdown for the “snapback” of penalties ea…

White House holds memorial service for president's brother

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometimes politics gives way to the personal at the White House. It has seen 18 weddings and at least 10 people are known to have died there, including two presidents and three first ladies.

Michigan businesses fined for lax worker virus protections

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state on Friday fined six Michigan businesses thousands of dollars for allegedly not protecting workers from the coronavirus, in what was described as an initial round of citations as regu…

Pittsburgh mayor overhauls how police handle civil protests

Pittsburgh's mayor on Friday put new limits on dispatching police to civil protests, halted the practice of having plainclothes officers in unmarked cars jump out and arrest people and ordered officers to stop wear…

Kansas offers counties drop-off boxes for mail-in ballots

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas secretary of state's office has offered each of the state's 105 counties up to two drop-off boxes where people can deposit their absentee ballots for the November election if th…

Judge rejects Kansas Rep. Watkins' request to remove DA

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state court judge has rejected a freshman Kansas congressman's request to remove the Topeka area's prosecutor from a criminal election fraud case against him.

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Bannon partners had history of cashing in on Trump movement

NEW YORK (AP) — One is a triple-amputee Iraq war veteran who ran news sites stoking right-wing rage, often with exaggerated stories. Another owns a company that sells Donald Trump-themed energy drinks. And the thir…

Libyan commander: Head-of-state status grants legal immunity

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Libyan military commander who previously lived for decades in Virginia says he deserves immunity from a pair of civil lawsuits accusing him of atrocities and indiscriminate killings becau…

Ricketts picks new Nebraska developmental disabilities head

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The interim director of Nebraska's Division of Developmental Disabilities will assume the job full-time starting next week, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Friday.

Pennsylvania board clears fall school sports to begin

The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports decided Friday to move forward with the fall season, rejecting the governor’s recommendation that all youth sports be postponed until 2021 to help stop the…

McGrath calls for release of findings in Taylor death probe

FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Jumping into the turmoil over Breonna Taylor's death, Democrat Amy McGrath called on Kentucky's attorney general to release details from his investigation or turn over the case to someone else.

Louisiana health department to redo Medicaid contract search

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's health department will seek new bids for multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts managing the health care of 1.5 million people, ending a legal dispute that has dragged out over a…

Alaska jobs down 39,900 last month amid virus worries

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska had 39,900 fewer jobs in July than a year earlier, with nearly all sectors posting losses and tourism-dependent southeast Alaska hit especially hard by the coronavirus' economic fallout…

Mich. businesses fined for not protecting workers from virus

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state on Friday fined six businesses thousands of dollars for allegedly not protecting workers from the coronavirus, in what was described as an initial round of citations in cases where r…