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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…
Chilean suspect jailed in French murder case of Japanese
BESANCON, France (AP) — A Chilean man was order jailed in eastern France on Friday while he is investigated in the disappearance nearly four years ago of his ex-girlfriend, a Japanese student, in a case of suspecte…
Montana care home sees 15th death; more virus tests pending
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A senior home in Montana that has been pummeled by
At 88, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes 2nd comeback bid
PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio is trying to win back the sheriff’s post in metro Phoenix that he held for 24 years, facing his former second-in-command in the Aug. 4 Republican primary in what has become his second come…
Despite COVID crisis, Congress seeks to do its day job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as lawmakers stumble in their quest to pass another coronavirus response measure, both the House and Senate sought to return to some semblance of normal business this week, passing annual mus…
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…
Pence says schools reopenings 'best thing for our kids'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence kept up the Trump administration’s push for reopening schools and universities, insisting Friday that it can be done safely even amid
Reno schools to reconsider opening amid virus concerns
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reno-area school trustees are reconsidering plans to reopen Washoe County schools Aug. 12, after the county health officer raised concerns that in-school classes could further spread the coronavir…
Lawyer: All new DACA applications put in 'pending' bucket
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government said Friday that it’s putting new DACA applications in a “pending” bucket while officials decide whether to again try to end the program for young immigrants, keeping enrollment s…
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…
Navajo casino employees might stop receiving paychecks
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,000 people who work for the Navajo Nation's gambling enterprise have been told to prepare for the possibility they will not receive paychecks while on administrative leave.
Kansas Senate race ads approach $14M, two-thirds from PACs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' open Senate race has generated close to $14 million worth of ads, with two-thirds of the spending coming from political action committees as establishment Republicans fight to keep hard-…
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.
Arizona has 89 new virus deaths, hospitalizations drop
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Friday reported 89 additional deaths from the coronavirus as a rise in fatalities that began early in July shows no sign of easing.
DC orders two-week quarantine for travelers from hotspots
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to address newly rising infection numbers, Washington, D.C., is mandating that anyone arriving in the nation's capital after non-essential travel to a coronavirus hot spot area must self-q…
Groups push to remove proposed funding for nuclear testing
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Deep within a multibillion-dollar defense spending measure pending in Congress is an apology to New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and other states affected by radiation from nuclear testing over the…