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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…
Primary voters use unprecedented number of absentee ballots
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine officials called on the state's voters to use absentee ballots as much as possible during this week's primary, and they have responded in overwhelming fashion.
North Macedonia: Ballot boxes carried to quarantined homes
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Election officials in North Macedonia carried ballot boxes to the homes of voters suffering from COVID-19 or in quarantine Monday, at the start of three days of voting in a general el…
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100,000 mail-in votes went uncounted in California's primary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 100,000 mail-in ballots were rejected by California election officials during the March presidential primary, according to data obtained by The Associated Press that highlights a glarin…
Judge orders new delay in federal executions, hours before 1st scheduled lethal injection; appeal expected
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge orders new delay in federal executions, hours before 1st scheduled lethal injection; appeal expected.
Moscow police detain people protesting ex-reporter's jailing
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow police on Monday detained more than a dozen journalists protesting the arrest and jailing of a former colleague on treason charges.
US grapples with pandemic as its origins are traced in China
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) — The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new c…
Kosovo president visits prosecutors who indicted him
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Kosovo’s president visited prosecutors at The Hague on Monday who have charged him with criminal responsibility for crimes including nearly 100 murders during and after his nation's ba…
4 Azerbaijani troops die in clashes with Armenia
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan blamed each other Monday for skirmishes on their volatile border that has left four Azerbaijani soldiers dead and several troops wounded on both sides.
Funeral for Seoul mayor held as allegation details emerge
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mourners wept and deeply bowed before the coffin of Seoul’s mayor during his funeral Monday, while a lawyer came forward with details about sexual harassment allegations against the late p…
2020 Watch: How many more Americans will die from COVID-19?
Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Trump's reelection operation hires 1,500 field staffers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s campaign say they have now hired 1,500 field staffers, aiming to convert their financial advantage over Democrats into votes in Novem…
Trump, Biden try to outdo each other on tough talk on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — China has fast become a top election issue as President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden engage in a verbal brawl over who's better at playing the tough guy against Beijing.
Activists seek to decriminalize 'magic' mushrooms in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) — The posters started blanketing light posts just a few weeks after the city entered what would be a monthslong stay-at-home order. Vividly colored and bearing a three-headed mushroom, they asked Wa…
New British-French deal to fight "vile people smuggling"
PARIS (AP) — France and Britain signed an agreement Sunday to share intelligence in their joint fight against the human traffickers who are illegally smuggling migrants across the English Channel.