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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…
Pelosi tells fellow Democrats 'it's all riding on Wisconsin'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a stark reminder to Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday about the importance the battleground state plays in the preside…
US: New Utah pandemic crisis plan removes disability bias
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah overhauled crisis guidelines Thursday that could have put people with disabilities at the back of the line if hospitals become overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic, adopting a new …
Ricketts names new director of Dept. of Natural Resources
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday named an engineering firm executive as the new director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources.
N.C. judge won't halt use of touch-screen vote-mark machines
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Certain touch-screen ballot-marking machines will remain in use in North Carolina this fall, a judge ruled in a case in which voters questioned the equipment's accuracy and health risks during …
Trump appeals as judge OKs Manhattan DA getting tax returns
NEW YORK (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved swiftly Thursday to appeal a federal judge's ruling that granted Manhattan’s top prosecutor access to his tax returns, Trump blasted the long-running quest …
Federal judge rejects President Donald Trump's latest effort to shield tax returns from Manhattan district attorney
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judge rejects President Donald Trump's latest effort to shield tax returns from Manhattan district attorney.
Pelosi tells Democrats 'it's all riding on Wisconsin'
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a stark message to Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday about what role the key battleground state will have in the presi…
Whitmer: $600M Flint water deal a step toward making amends
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and Flint residents who were harmed by
The Latest: Ex-Clinton, Trump aides discuss 2016 vote, 2020
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Hawaii Supreme Court orders inmates released due to virus
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court ordered the temporary release of some detainees and inmates at the Oahu Community Correctional Center because of the coronavirus.
Authorities say Trump's ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say Trump's ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme.
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…
Toxic tea: Multiple Russians hit by suspected poisonings
MOSCOW (AP) — When Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny
Congressman seeks to end park's designation as Lee memorial
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia congressman is pursuing legislation to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's name from the official designation at the historic mansion where he lived before the Civil…
Strike at Belarus' state TV erodes government control
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — In a new challenge to Belarus' authoritarian ruler, hundreds of employees of state television have gone on strike amid a rising tide of protests, calling for his resignation after a vote the o…