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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…
Attorney General Barr 'vehemently opposed' to any presidential pardon of Edward Snowden, which Trump said he'd consider
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Barr 'vehemently opposed' to any presidential pardon of Edward Snowden, which Trump said he'd consider.
Second Dem lawsuit claims USPS changes will harm mail voting
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic attorneys general in six more states and the District of Columbia sued the Postal Service on Friday over changes they say have undermined mail-in voting ahead of the November elect…
Michigan OK'd to give extra $300 weekly benefit to jobless
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan was approved Friday by the federal government to provide an additional $300 weekly benefit to 910,000 unemployed residents.
PIAA board to consider fate of fall sports
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports was expected to decide Friday whether to move forward with the fall season against the governor’s recommendation that all youth spor…
Greek officials say UAE warplanes to arrive for joint drills
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is sending warplanes to the southern Greek island of Crete for joint training with Greece's air force, officials in Athens said Friday as military tensions continued t…
After Trump praise, Pence decries QAnon 'conspiracy theory'
Vice President Mike Pence is dismissing QAnon as a “conspiracy theory,” drawing a line of distinction between himself and President Donald Trump, who earlier this week
Peace envoy, ex-Sen. George Mitchell diagnosed with leukemia
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine, a famed peace envoy in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, is starting treatment for leukemia at a Boston hospital on Friday, a day after his 87th birthd…
'Utility accountability' centerpiece of clean-energy outline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday provided a substantive look at how he wants to make Illinois a completely renewable-energy state by 2050 with tighter controls on utility companies amid an infl…
An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny says German doctors gain access to him in Siberian hospital
MOSCOW (AP) — An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny says German doctors gain access to him in Siberian hospital.
Virus cases reported at 41 schools in Germany's capital
BERLIN (AP) — At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers have become infected with the coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital.
Russian doctors say they found no indication opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian doctors say they found no indication opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned.
Russia's Navalny in coma, allegedly poisoned by toxic tea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, lay in a coma Friday at a Siberian hospital, the victim of what his allies said appeared to be a poisoning engineere…
Louisiana civil service leader defends state worker raises
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's civil service director Thursday sought to discourage state senators from criticizing $57 million in state worker pay raises handed out during the
At least 5 people killed in Northern California wildfires
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least five lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.
Businesswoman becomes new member of Arizona Board of Regents
PHOENIX (AP) — Cecilia Mata, a native of Panama who came to the United States in 2000 and started a global security business five years later, is joining the Arizona Board of Regents.