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Updated 6 hours, 35 minutes ago

Baumgartner, Conroy outline their top 5th Congressional District issues

RITZVILLE — Incumbent Republican Michael Baumgartner is being challenged for his position in the U.S. House of Rep…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Fracking debate causes tremors in battleground Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The notion of banning fracking is dividing the Democrats running for president and increasingly dividing Democrats in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, where fracking has v…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Warren's next challenge: Maintain post-debate momentum

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren enters the final stretch before Saturday's Nevada Democratic caucus with a new and enviable but nonetheless critical mission: capitalizing on a standout performance during Wednesd…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Trump savoring scrambled Dem race, Bloomberg's debate debut

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Relishing in Democrats' jumbled primary in the wake of a fractious debate, President Donald Trump offered stinging criticism of his rivals as he sought to take advantage of the moment.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Governor wants more contracts reviewed after nonprofit probe

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants state agencies to review contracts with additional private agencies after ordering an investigation last week into a nonprofit domestic abuse agency whose CE…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Bloomberg struggles to respond to politics of #MeToo era

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg's name last appeared on a ballot a decade before #MeToo transformed cultural mores surrounding sexual harassment and the treatment of women. As he campaigns for the presidency, the …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Warren says Bloomberg NDA refusal disqualifying

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on presidential campaign developments (all times local.):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
State mulls ending statute of limitations on sex abuse suits

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — One detailed how her father sexually abused her decades ago. Another recalled a priest fondling him as a teenager. And yet another remembered walking directly back to class after a priest raped …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to combat PFAS pollution

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans hastily put together a bill addressing PFAS contamination and pushed it through to the Senate early Friday, just moments before adjourning for the year.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Trump makes unconventional pick to oversee 'deep state'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made an unconventional pick to oversee America’s spy agencies: an unusually undiplomatic ambassador who has had little intelligence experience.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
$100M for rural roads part of $10B budget going to SC House

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's $10 billion

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Democrats try to blunt strong California showing for Sanders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the largest prize in the calculations of any Democratic presidential candidate, and Bernie Sanders has been working the state for months, worrying his rivals.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Intel officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials have warned lawmakers that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign to help President Donald Trump get reelected, according to three officials familiar with the c…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Sanders' 'summer camp' in Vermont becomes fodder in debate

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house?

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Kansas could release more evidence in fatal police shootings

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Wendy Couser, a former juvenile intake officer at the Newton Police Department, has always believed in the importance of consequences.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
State mulls ending statute of limitations on sex abuse suits

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — One detailed how her father sexually abused her decades ago. Another recalled a priest fondling him as a teenager. And yet another remembered walking directly back to class after a priest raped …