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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…
Virginians get mail-in ballot letters with wrong information
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of applications for mail-in ballots that a voter-advocacy group sent to voters in Virginia had the wrong return addresses, adding another complication for state election o…
Job losses, fear of virus complicate Latino voter hopes
PHOENIX (AP) — Every day, 29-year-old Maico Olivares tries to call about 25 people, mostly within the Latino community, to persuade them to register to vote.
President's virus swagger fuels anger ahead of Belarus vote
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — As Kseniya Milya's grandfather lay dying of COVID-19 at a hospital in Belarus' capital of Minsk, the country's authoritarian leader was blithely dismissing the pandemic as “psychosis,” and rec…
Leaders of Russia and Belarus discuss arrested contractors
MOSCOW (AP) — The leaders of Russia and Belarus moved Friday to mend a rift caused by Belarusian authorities' arrest of 33 Russian security contractors on charges of planning to foment unrest ahead of the country's…
Bulgaria: Police remove tent camps, protesters vow to stay
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian police on Friday removed dozens of tent camps that had blocked key city intersections across the country as part of anti-government protests.
UK vows action after record-high migrant crossing of Channel
LONDON (AP) — The British government vowed Friday to strengthen border measures after a record daily number of people crossed the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats.
Protesters rally in Portland as mayor decries violence
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Violent clashes this week between protesters and police in Portland, Oregon, have ratcheted up tensions in the city days after an agreement between state and federal officials appeared to brin…
Hagerty vs. Bradshaw in race to succeed US Sen. Alexander
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander in November will feature a matchup between a Republican candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump and a Black activist who pulled of…
Memorial service held for former Michigan Gov. Milliken
INTERLOCHEN, Mich. (AP) — The life and political career of arguably Michigan’s most popular governor was remembered Thursday.
Bill Hagerty wins Republican Senate primary in Tennessee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Hagerty wins Republican Senate primary in Tennessee.
California sets in-person voting rules amid coronavirus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Worried about the unpredictable coronavirus wreaking havoc on the November election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a law to let counties offer fewer in-person polling pla…
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US: Border tunnel appears to be 'most sophisticated'
PHOENIX (AP) — An incomplete tunnel found stretching from Mexico to Arizona appears to be “the most sophisticated tunnel in U.S. history," authorities said.
Michigan mask requirement extended to day cares and camps
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday extended her mask requirement to include many children who attend day care and camps, saying the step is necessary to ensure that such facilities can remain o…
Harshbarger wins GOP primary in open Tennessee US House race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — First-time political candidate Diana Harshbarger emerged victorious Thursday among a crowded field of Republican contenders vying to secure a rare opening for a U.S. House seat in northeaste…