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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…
Judge denies allowing some felons to vote in primary
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An attempt to get some people with out-of-state felony convictions permission to participate in Tennessee's upcoming Aug. 6 primary election came to a halt Friday.
AP Analysis: Why Trump's election delay tweet matters
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pattern is now familiar: He makes a stunning assertion, on Twitter or impromptu. The head scratching begins.
Search stretches on for 8 missing after Marine craft sinks
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer were headed into a Saturday search for eight people missing after their Marine landing craft went down in hundreds of feet of wate…
Death of northern Arizona inmate under investigation
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a northern Arizona inmate who refused medical attention and reportedly had a strange cut on his finger.
US hits China anew for rights abuses in western Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took new aim at China on Friday by imposing sanctions on a major paramilitary organization in the country’s western Xinjiang region and its commander for alleged human rig…
GOP US Senate hopeful blasts New Mexico virus campaign rules
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A Republican U.S. Senate hopeful blasted on Friday New Mexico’s health orders, which limits public political fundraisers and traditional door-to-door campaigning, and suggested they are desi…
Change laws that shield police, Missouri prosecutor says
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — After a third review failed to uncover enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot Black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, some prosecutors and civil rights leaders agr…
GOP leaders can't bank on Trump's help in Kansas Senate race
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — Establishment Republican leaders are scrambling to pull out a win in a tense party battle for the nomination in the Kansas Senate race, and they won't be able to count on last-minute help from P…
Wisconsin absentee ballots may pose issues for 2020 election
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — For months, President Donald Trump has alleged without evidence that any expansion of mail-in voting in the 2020 election will lead to “tremendous” fraud and a “rigged” election.
Trump visiting Florida during a pandemic, hurricane threat
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump took a Friday swing through Florida, a state critical to his reelection prospects and bracketed by two storms — one now bringing daily records on COVID-19 deaths and the ot…
Cowboys for Trump leader: Trump campaign distancing from us
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The leader of Cowboys for Trump said Friday the reelection campaign for President Donald Trump is distancing itself from the group after the leader posted a video saying some Black athletes …
New probe into reports Bay Area police badges mark killings
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — The chief of a San Francisco Bay Area police department under scrutiny for several deadly shootings said Friday he is launching an independent investigation after two people in the department…
7 seek to follow Lewis in House, but long-term prospects dim
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia special congressional election for a successor to the late John Lewis is likely to produce someone who will hold the seat only for a short time, possibly only weeks.
Gov vetoes nursing home bill; says based on 'false premise'
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday vetoed Republican-sponsored legislation that would have let nursing homes house coronavirus-infected residents only in a separate building from where other resi…
Pennsylvania to pay for mail-in ballot postage in election
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will foot the cost of postage for voters to mail in ballots in November's general election, officials said Friday, a move that Gov. Tom Wolf has made a priority as the coronaviru…