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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…
VP contender Karen Bass' Cuba baggage a burden in Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Until recently, Robert Lewis had never heard of
No hoopla: Virus upends Trump and Biden convention plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the last minute, President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, are searching for places to impressively yet safely accept their parties' presidential nominations as the spread of
Poland's leader sworn in for 2nd term as critics stay away
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservative President Andrzej Duda was sworn in for a second five-year term Thursday, but many opposition lawmakers and former presidents and prime ministers broke with tradition and…
GOP Senate race tops Tennessee primary Election Day ballot
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Election Day in pandemic times has arrived in Tennessee, where voters on Thursday were deciding a heated Republican U.S. Senate primary and other federal and state contests.
Texas GOP lawmakers sue governor over virus tracing contract
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five Texas GOP lawmakers sued Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday over a $295 million contact tracing deal signed during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic that they claim skirte…
Feds propose consent decree to ensure care at Virginia jail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department proposed Wednesday that a Virginia jail comply with a consent decree requiring officials to improve medical treatment for inmates, marking one of the first times the departm…
Nebraska property tax, incentives packages wins initial OK
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers advanced a compromise package Wednesday to soften the impact of local property tax increases, preserve tax incentives for businesses and commit as much as $300 million in sta…
Vallejo chief supported firing officer over deadly shooting
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The police chief of a San Francisco Bay Area city recommended firing one of six officers who shot and killed a man who had been sleeping in a car with a gun in his lap last year, according to…
Leading Democratic VP contender Bass defends stance on Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, one of the top contenders to be Joe Biden's running mate, on Sunday defended her past travel to Cuba and the sympathetic comments she made after the death of Fidel Cast…
Louisiana mask mandate, virus rules challenged in court
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration argued Wednesday that Louisiana's statewide mask mandate and bar restrictions have helped to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, hoping to pers…
Judge upholds corruption convictions of Lindberg, consultant
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has upheld the convictions of two men found to be trying to bribe North Carolina's top insurance regulator with large political contributions so that scrutiny of a defendant's…
Joe Arpaio clings to relevancy in what’s likely his last run
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has grown more politically moderate in the past five years, but Republican primary voters haven’t entirely abandoned Joe Arpaio, the six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix who lost the job in 2016…
Georgia governor plans special session to fix tax bill
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday that he plans to call a special session of the state legislature in order to fix a technical error on a bill that exempts hurricane relief payments from certain…
Trump again says Lebanon blast might not have been accident
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to suggest that the massive explosion that killed at least 135 people in Lebanon might not have been an accident, as Lebanese officials have initially…
'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The staggering videos from the