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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…
Indiana governor drops mask violator penalty after criticism
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor dropped a planned criminal penalty from the
Norman council member targeted for recall resigns post
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A Norman city councilwoman targeted for recall by a group of citizens upset about her vote on police funding announced she's stepping down from her post.
Trump, GOP ally vow Confederate base names won't change
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and a top Senate Republican are pushing Congress to preserve the names of military bases that honor Confederate generals, even though the House and Senate have overwhelmingl…
More military bases increase health protections due to virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has increased health protection requirements in at least 21 bases in recent weeks, particularly across Texas and Florida, as the COVID-19 rate continues to spike among service me…
Cuomo: Probe NY's 'illegal' ejection from travel program
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for federal probes into New York's ejection from trusted traveler security programs Friday, claiming it was an illegal act of political abuse by Trump administration off…
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…
Arizona has 89 new virus deaths, but hospitalizations drop
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials reported 89 additional deaths from the coronavirus Friday as a rise in fatalities that began early in July shows no sign of easing.
GOP lawmakers promote potential replacement for Householder
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio House lawmakers on Friday moved to address the power vacuum created by the arrest of current Republican Speaker Larry Householder amid a $60 million federal bribery probe.
Montana care home sees 15th death; more virus tests pending
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A senior home in Montana that has been pummeled by
Paulette Wilson, Windrush generation campaigner, dies at 64
LONDON (AP) — Paulette Wilson, a grandmother who campaigned for justice for people wrongly targeted by a British government crackdown on immigrants from Commonwealth countries that became known as the Windrush scan…
Ex-justice levels bias accusation at state's chief justice
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Black woman who is a former justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has released a sworn affidavit that accuses the court’s chief justice, Thomas Saylor, of complaining to another judge a…
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen again leaves prison after judge rules reincarceration was retaliation for critical book
OTISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen again leaves prison after judge rules reincarceration was retaliation for critical book.
Pennsylvania sees another day of more than 1,000 infections
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania produced another day of more than 1,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, fueled by positive tests in Philadelphia and the Pittsburgh area as the state fights to tamp down …
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was released Friday
In VP search, Biden has a known quantity in Susan Rice
WASHINGTON (AP) — As then-Vice President Joe Biden left the West Wing each evening to head home, he often popped his head into national security adviser Susan Rice’s nearby suite of offices to check in — sometimes …