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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…
Belgian police official steps aside over brutality video
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top Belgian police official stepped aside Thursday a day after the emergence of a 2018 video showing an officer sitting on top of a Slovak man in custody at a local airport and another officer app…
Germany welcomes Israeli air force for first joint exercise
NOERVENICH, Germany (AP) — Germany has welcomed military aircraft from Israel to its airspace for their first joint combat exercises in German territory, a milestone which both air forces praised Thursday as a sign…
Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Democratic U.S. Senate primary
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed fellow Democratic House member Joe Kennedy III on Thursday in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in the Democratic primary.
Cuomo dismisses undercount concerns in NY care home deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed concerns that his state’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes could be a significant undercount, saying it makes sense to include only those residents who di…
French president: France ready to offer Russian opposition leader Navalny all help necessary
PARIS (AP) — French president: France ready to offer Russian opposition leader Navalny all help necessary.
Ricketts celebrates new property tax, incentives law
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday praised a new state law that will help lower property tax bills, offer tax incentives to businesses that create new jobs and possibly spur the creation o…
Fauci recovering after surgery to remove vocal cord polyp
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's
GOP bill on school sports clears state House committee
Republican-sponsored legislation that would give Pennsylvania school districts the final say over whether to hold sports and other activities during the pandemic cleared a House committee Thursday, one day before t…
Minnesota’s jobless rate falls to 7.7% but job growth slows
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in July from 8.6% a month earlier, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said Thursday, but cautioned that job growth is s…
NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of an outbreak — like coronavirus — under a new state law signed Thursday.
Poland's government names new foreign, health ministers
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister on Thursday appointed new ministers of foreign affairs and health, important postings that will help guide the conservative government's response to the coronavirus pan…
Trump reaffirms plan to withdraw all US troops from Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq as quickly as possible as he met with the prime minister of Iraq to discuss ways to rein in pro-Iran mi…
McAuliffe files paperwork to run but says no decision made
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has filed paperwork to run for his old job next year but says he's still hasn't made a decision yet.
AP Interview: Ex-official urges transition talks in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As a former culture minister and ambassador to France, Pavel Latushko is the most well-connected member of a new council established by the political opposition in Belarus to facilitate a tran…
Montana secretary of state appealing Greens' ballot removal
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Republican secretary of state said Thursday he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision that took the Montana Green Party off the ballot in the November election.