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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…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 11 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
Los Angeles Apparel ordered closed amid virus outbreak
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Apparel, one of the largest garment makers in the city, was ordered to remain closed after four employees died and more than 300 tested positive for the coronavirus, Los Angeles Count…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 6th Add,400
NORTHEAST Koos +- Kraus +- Krichevsky +- Moroz +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 8th Add,400
NORTHEAST Steinman +- Steinman +- Steyer +- Thistle +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Uncommitted +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 3rd Add,400
NORTHEAST Bullock +- Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 4th Add,400
NORTHEAST Delaney +- Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 2nd Add,400
NORTHEAST Bennet +- Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 11 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
Hawaii lawmakers close legislative session upended by virus
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers on Friday wrapped up a legislative session upended by the coronavirus pandemic that forced weekslong breaks in proceedings, the state Capitol building to close and some meetings to …
Roger Stone tells AP that President Donald Trump called to say he would commute his prison sentence in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone tells AP that President Donald Trump called to say he would commute his prison sentence in Russia probe.
US appeals to proceed with 1st federal execution in 17 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to proceed with the first federal execution in nearly two decades, the Justice Department plans to appeal a judge’s ruling that would halt authorities from carrying it out on Monday.
Utah prosecutor who cleared cops denounces violent protests
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man denounced subsequent protests that turned violent and resulted in another officer being injured.
Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's prison sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his longtime political confidant Roger Stone, intervening in extraordinary fashion in a criminal case that was central to the Russia investigati…
Cops fired over photos of chokehold used on Elijah McClain
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Three officers were fired Friday over photos showing police reenact a chokehold used on Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died last year after police stopped him on the street in a De…