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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…
State launches outdoors campaign as COVID deaths, cases rise
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Compliance with the state’s virus restrictions has improved since officials stepped up enforcement in recent weeks, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.
Arkansas asks $300-a-week COVID-19 jobless benefit extension
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is seeking $300 in additional weekly federal unemployment benefits, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday as the state reported 729 new confirmed coronavirus cases.
Trump, Pence campaign events signal lax approach to virus
DES MOINES (AP) — Sitting and standing shoulder to shoulder, some without face masks, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump jammed into an airplane hangar for an Arizona campaign event this week, ignorin…
Whitmer assessing if businesses can open after long closures
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration is assessing the risk of reopening Michigan businesses that have been closed for five months under her orders to curb the spread of…
New election ordered in race marred by voter fraud charges
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat, just weeks after the race's apparent winner and a sitting councilman were charged with…
Greek national security adviser resigns over Turkey remarks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' top national security adviser stepped down Wednesday after suggesting that Greece conceded ground to Turkey in the neighbors' ongoing face-off over of…
COVID-19 infects more Georgia students; Kemp defends schools
ATLANTA (AP) — A north Georgia school system that refused to provide its latest update on the coronavirus to a local newspaper now reports that 85 of its students are being quarantined.
Reno pastor and school board member talks healthcare at DNC
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dr. Angie Taylor — a Reno pastor and school board trustee — addressed the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening as part of a round-robin discussion on healthcare and the 2020 election.
Guatemalan man seeking asylum drowns along US-Mexico border
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Guatemalan man who had been living in a makeshift migrant camp while waiting to petition the U.S. government for asylum drowned in the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, aid workers said Wed…
North Carolina judges hear arguments on ex-offender voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted felons urged North Carolina judges on Wednesday to block a state law that keeps felons from voting until their full sentences — not just prison time — are complete, argu…
Hawaii denies threatening candidate with quarantine arrest
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii attorney general's office denies threatening a Republican state House of Representatives candidate with arrest for violating a traveler quarantine mandated to protect the islands from the…
Louisiana governor urges students amid virus: Be 'vigilant'
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana's college students return to campus, Gov. John Bel Edwards is urging them to take precautions against the
Then there were 5: Mississippi group narrows flag options
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A group recommending a new Mississippi state flag chose five final designs Tuesday — three with a magnolia blossom, one with a magnolia tree and one with a shield that has wavy lines represent…
McConnell challenges McGrath to socially distanced debate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Mitch McConnell laid down a challenge Wednesday to his Democratic opponent in Kentucky — a socially distanced debate with no notes on statewide television.
Justices remove Green Party candidates from Montana ballot
HELENA, Mont.a (AP) — A Republican-backed effort to qualify Montana Green Party candidates for the general election ballot was rejected by the Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday.