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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…
Aurora officers fired for reenacting chokehold file appeals
DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado police officers fired for a photo reenacting a chokehold used on a Black man arrested last year appealed their terminations, officials said Thursday.
Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello revealed Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-ranking leader in the distressed South American nation …
Las Vegas police update policies to limit neck restraints
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Police Department announced Wednesday that it changed its use of force policy effective immediately to limit the use of a neck restraint technique unless in life-threatening situation…
Mexican president's US visit cordial, lacking in substance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador returned to Mexico on Thursday buoyed by a cordial first encounter with President Donald Trump that successfully distracted from multiple crises at home but …
Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for COVID-19, ‘feels strong’
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for COVID-19, ‘feels strong’.
Lawsuit: Lawmakers violate law with government day jobs
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine Nevada legislators who also work in state and local government jobs are violating a provision of the state constitution separating powers, a conservative think tank argued in a lawsuit filed T…
Cooper says reveal on N.C. schools plan to come next week
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decision on how North Carolina public schools will start the year teaching students during the
Supreme Court gives NY prosecutor a landmark legal victory
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation but sent a second request by Con…
Navajo Nation president vetoes items from federal virus aid
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The president of the Navajo Nation used line-item vetoes on two bills distributing funds from a federal coronavirus relief package.
Report blames prosecutor missteps in botched NYC convictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors withheld evidence, elicited false testimony and made other missteps that contributed to botched convictions for murder and other violent crimes in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s, a…
Kentucky Gov. Beshear issues face mask mandate in public
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentuckians will be required to wear face masks or coverings in public places beginning Friday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 50,000 in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has now recorded more than 50,000 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, state health officials reported Thursday.
CDC head sticking to school-opening guides Trump criticized
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials won't revise their coronavirus guidelines for reopening schools despite criticism from President Donald Trump, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
Colorado unveils coronavirus modeling tool for public
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday unveiled a coronavirus modeling tool that allows the public to input parameters such as age, a percentage of people wearing masks or social distancing to predic…
DC judge asks for full appeal review of Flynn dismissal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. District Court judge who oversaw the criminal case of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn has requested a full appeals court review after a three-judge…