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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…
Maricopa County reverses policy on anti-gay adoptions
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County is reversing a five-year policy rooted in opposition to adoptions by same-sex couples.
In-store dancing leads to Hawaii visitor quarantine arrest
HONOLULU (AP) — Investigators with the Hawaii attorney general's office arrested a 20-year-old woman after seeing videos of her dancing in a store and dining out when she was supposed to be obeying a traveler quara…
AP FACT CHECK: A more measured Trump doesn't mean accurate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump in recent days suddenly acknowledged the gravity of the coronavirus pandemic and edged away from some of his most audacious falsehoods about it. That's not to say he gave th…
California governor pledges support for essential workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged Friday to do more to protect farm workers, grocery clerks and other essential workers — many of whom are Latino — from the health and economic harms of…
North Korea locks down border city over suspected virus case
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “th…
Trump now says he won't throw first pitch at Yankees game
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t throw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month after all.
Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nightclubs, bars and beaches — some of Spain’s most beloved summer venues — are facing new lockdown restrictions after turning into coronavirus hot spots, and some European nations are warni…
2 more N.C. prison inmates die from COVID-19 complications
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two more male inmates at a North Carolina prison with among the highest number of
U.S. confirms it has closed consulate in Chengdu; closing ordered by China after US shut Chinese Consulate in Houston
CHENGDU, China (AP) — U.S. confirms it has closed consulate in Chengdu; closing ordered by China after US shut Chinese Consulate in Houston.
Head of worst-hit Italy region is probed for COVID supplies
ROME (AP) — The governor of Lombardy, Italy’s hardest-hit region in the pandemic, acknowledged Saturday that he is being investigated by Milan prosecutors over a lucrative contract to obtain protective medical gown…
Pence, Gov. Baker meet on Nantucket to talk virus response
BOSTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence met briefly Saturday with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker while he visited the famous island getaway of Nantucket to headline a $25,000-ticket fundraiser for President Donal…
Little time, big agenda when California lawmakers return
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are returning to work Monday for a furious five-week sprint that will include contentious debates about police brutality, unemployment benefits, hospital mergers and a…
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald…
Trump coming to North Carolina to see work on virus vaccine
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming to North Carolina to visit a biotech facility involved in work to create a COVID-19 vaccine.
Analysis: Virus heightens GOP divisions in Louisiana House
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republicans in the Louisiana House started the term divided over leadership, and the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating, rather than soothing, those divisions.