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Updated 1 day, 17 hours ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is looking to counter

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Pompeo urges unity on Iran ahead of UN arms embargo vote

VIENNA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday called for the world to unite around a long-shot American bid to indefinitely extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Schools get state guidance about handling COVID-19 outbreaks

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state government agencies are providing school leaders with advice about how to respond when students or employees with confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been on school property, …

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets

WASHINGTON (AP) — Policy changes that slow delivery at the U.S. Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mail-order prescription drugs, according to…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
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706 of 728 precincts - 97 percent

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
States can't afford Trump's jobless aid plan, governor says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania does not have the money to provide $100 a week as President Donald Trump pushes states to help pay for a new round of federal unemployment assistance, Gov. Tom Wolf told the stat…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Governor: New Jersey election will be done mostly by mail

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Saying it won't be a “regular election year” because of the coronavirus outbreak, New Jersey will move to a nearly all-mail election this November following the model the state used in its July…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Angolan court sentences ex-leader's son to 5 years in prison

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court in Angola has sentenced the son of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Slew of church abuse lawsuits hinges on state court decision

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses have been hit with about 150 lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children by priests and hope a state court decision last year has…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Hundreds of Ohioans blast decision to ban drug for virus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds of Ohioans reacted swiftly and angrily to news last month that the Ohio pharmacy board blocked the use of a malaria drug for patients with COVID-19, according to a review of comments …

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Trump plans to appoint Lee to Council of Governors

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to appoint Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to the Council of Governors, the White House said.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Greek FM heads for Vienna talks amid standoff with Turkey

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's foreign minister traveled to Vienna Friday for urgent talks with his European Union counterparts and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on military tensions with Turkey, as the Greek and …

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Tiny Lithuania has outsized role as EU faces Belarus crisis

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lithuania is relatively small by European Union measures, but it is playing an outsized role as protesters in neighboring Belarus face a brutal law enforcement crackdown following a presidenti…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Pennsylvania asks court to extend mail-in voting deadlines

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Citing a warning by the U.S. Postal Service about its delivery times, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration is asking the state Supreme Court to extend deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received i…