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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…
Georgia's Ossoff quarantines after wife positive for virus
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Senate candidate
White House sends reinforcements to aid Colorado senator
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — As Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner's reelection campaign moves into general election mode, he is getting an assist from the White House.
San Francisco bus driver hit with bat over mask requirement
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco bus driver was beaten with a bat by a passenger who refused to wear a face mask, police said.
State pension fund ends fiscal year with $8.5B
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's public pension fund ended the just completed fiscal year with nearly $8.5 billion in assets under managament despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, accordin…
California, Florida, Texas lose House seats with Trump order
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If President Donald Trump succeeds in getting immigrants in the country illegally excluded from being counted in the redrawing of U.S. House districts, California, Florida and Texas would end u…
US agency vows steps to address COVID-19 inequalities
NEW YORK (AP) — If Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are hospitalized and killed by the coronavirus at far higher rates than others, shouldn't the government count them as high risk for serious illness?
Kentucky reports more than 800 new coronavirus cases
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's surging coronavirus outbreak continued Saturday with more than 800 new cases reported as the state struggles to slow the escalation.
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…
Trump talks up his rule-cutting, but courts saying otherwise
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is positioning himself as a champion regulation-cutter in the leadup to the Nov. 3 election, but in between his showy red-tape-cutting events, his deregulatory agenda is tak…
Georgia replaces cash public schools gave to private schools
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Department of Education will give money to public school districts to help repay amounts that those districts have given to private schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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…
In a future bomber force, old and ugly beats new and snazzy
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. (AP) — In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. strategic bombers, older and uglier sometimes beats newer and snazzier.
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