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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…
McConnell: No room for new FBI building in virus aid bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's top Republican said Tuesday that he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include nearly $1.8 billion in a new
Colorado governor sets demands for next US virus aid package
DENVER (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado on Tuesday laid out key demands for the next U.S. coronavirus relief package, urging Congress to deliver uninterrupted benefits for the growing ranks of people …
Whitmer opposes making schools offer in-person classes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was unreceptive Tuesday to Republican-passed legislation that would require public schools to offer in-person instruction to students in kindergarten through fifth grade …
$250 one-time payments to Louisiana workers begin this week
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Payments start going out this week to Louisiana's front-line workers who remained at grocery store checkouts, in health care facilities and on bus routes in the first months of the
Indiana records 18 more virus heaths, hospitalizations jump
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State health officials added 18 more coronavirus-related deaths to Indiana’s pandemic total Tuesday as the state also reported a sharp increase in the number of people hospitalized with the resp…
California sues over Trump order on congressional maps
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California on Tuesday became the latest state to sue President Donald Trump over his executive order excluding people in the U.S. illegally from being counted when congressional districts …
US, Australia team up to criticize China in Asia-Pacific
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Australia are teaming up in their criticism of China, taking the country to task for aggressive behavior throughout the Asia-Pacific and not acting quickly to contain the
Belarus opposition figure fears he won't be able to go home
MOSCOW (AP) — A Belarusian opposition figure who fled to Russia after being denied a ballot spot in next month's presidential election says he may not be able to return home if authoritarian President Alexander Luk…
Serbia cracks down on rights groups, government critics
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's finance ministry has launched a probe into possible money laundering and financing of terrorism against dozens of rights groups, independent journalists and opposition politicians w…
Dems slam Cowboys for Trump boss for 'back to Africa' video
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democrats and civil rights leaders in New Mexico are denouncing the leader of the Cowboys for Trump group after he posted a social media video calling for some Black athletes to “go back to …
Montana announces 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 29 in last 3 weeks
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana announced five more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths due to the respiratory virus in the state to 52.
Trump again pushes disproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to project
Senators return to Capitol to vote on ballots, police reform
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday to give final legislative approval to four bills, including wide-ranging police accountability legislation and a plan to expand…
Women renew groping claims against Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The four women who say they were
Suspect arrested in shooting of 2 protesters in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A man at a weekend Colorado protest who shot and wounded two demonstrators after he apparently aimed at a Jeep driving toward protesters has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, au…