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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…
Wyoming primaries bring burst of Democratic activity
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two well-funded Republican candidates with past experience in federal office face several little-known challengers, while an usually large number of Democrats are seeking nomination for U.S. S…
Milwaukee adding drop boxes to help protect absentee voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Milwaukee plans to install more than a dozen secure drop boxes to make it easier for voters to drop off their absentee ballots before Election Day to combat a “full-scale attack on voting by ma…
N. Macedonia: Pro-Western party secures coalition deal
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s pro-Western Social Democratic Party said Tuesday it has struck a power-sharing deal with a smaller ethnic Albanian party that will pave the way for forming a coaliti…
Correction: Racial Injustice-March on Washington story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Aug. 11, 2020, about the racial justice march in Washington planned for Aug. 28, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the National Park Service had issued a permit for the eve…
Trump campaign sues 3rd Iowa county over absentee mailings
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign and Republican Party groups are suing a third Iowa county, seeking to invalidate thousands of absentee ballot request forms that have been returne…
US, Russia still at odds over new nuclear arms treaty
BERLIN (AP) — The United States and Russia concluded two days of arms control talks Tuesday with the two sides still at odds over the U.S. demand to include China in any new treaty but showing signs of a possible w…
The Latest: Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter to address convention
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Report: Trump campaign's Russia contacts a 'grave' threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detail…
Pennsylvania opting in to Trump's $300-a-week jobless pay
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will ask the federal government for a new round of $300 in weekly unemployment benefits under a presidential order tapping into disaster relief aid, Gov. Tom Wolf's labor and ind…
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…
Massachusetts takes steps to redo virus-ravaged vets' home
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has taken another step toward an expedited renovation project at a veterans' care center that was the site of one of the nation's deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a long-term care facilit…
Hawaii upholds moratorium on commercial aquarium fishing
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Environmental Council has effectively extended a ban on commercial aquarium collection along the west coast of Hawaii Island.
UK scraps public health body amid criticized virus response
LONDON (AP) — The British government announced Tuesday it is scrapping a public health agency that has taken blame for the country’s uneven response to the coronavirus.
Polish health minister, key official in virus fight, resigns
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's health minister, a doctor who has been a leading figure in the government's fight against the coronavirus, resigned Tuesday following questions about the procurement of questionable m…
State prisons to implement modified virtual visits Sept. 1
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania prison system is rolling out modified video visiting procedures designed to make it simpler to schedule the online meetings between inmates and their families and others.