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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…
ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge's blockade
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records, a news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of officers.
Coroner who handled Vegas mass shooting aftermath to retire
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas public official who led the identification of victims after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history is retiring after nearly three decades of government service.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Val Demings has already been vice president.
NY mail-in voting deluge fuels uncounted ballots, confusion
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s quest to keep voters safe from COVID-19 by letting them vote by mail in the June primary has led to big delays in tabulating results, concerns about disenfranchisement — and questions…
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…
100 Days: Trump faces headwinds as Election Day draws near
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a peril…
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 plays on fears in play for the suburbs
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump this week sent a message to “The Suburban Housewives of America," and in a single tweet summed up his strategy for shoring up support in communities critical to his ree…
House approves version of police accountability bill
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its version of the police accountability bill late Friday night on a vote of 93 in favor to 66 against.
Louisiana municipalities being reimbursed for virus spending
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration will send millions of dollars to Louisiana's local government agencies in August to reimburse their coronavirus spending, but that reimbursement money i…
Car drives through crowd, protester shot in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A car drove through a crowd and a protester was shot in the suburban Denver suburb of Aurora during demonstrations against racial injustice.
Mnuchin: Virus aid package soon, $1,200 checks by August
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next
Virginia panel recommends Lee statue removal at U.S. Capitol
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia panel has recommended that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue in the U.S. Capitol be replaced with another yet-to-be named Virginian amid national discussions about removing con…
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in his hometown
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble man who sprang from his family’s farm with a…
Hunger organization pushes out Yoho after Capitol incident
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan Christian organization that seeks to end hunger said Saturday it asked for and received the resignation of Rep. Ted Yoho from its board of directors following what it called his “ver…