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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
Louisiana lawmakers agree to add Caesars name to Superdome
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — New Orleans' iconic Superdome may soon bear the Caesars Entertainment name and logo, under a 20-year naming rights deal with the Saints that is nearing completion and won required legislativ…
Biden nominates Victoria Kennedy for Austria ambassadorship
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating Victoria Kennedy, an attorney and the widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, to serve as his ambassador to Austria. He's naming a top political fundraiser — Comcast executive…
Seemingly safe GOP incumbents under attack from right wing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford would seem to have all the conservative credentials he'd need to coast to reelection in deep-red Oklahoma.
Belgium's royals lead a day of mourning for flood victims
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's king and queen visited the flood-stricken town of Verviers to lead the nation in a minute of silence Tuesday to remember those who died, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a second…
Louisiana Senate backs transgender sports ban veto override
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Republican state senators Tuesday narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school s…
The Latest: Australia state declares emergency over COVID-19
SYDNEY — An Australian state government on Friday declared an emergency due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney.
GOP's vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican politicians are under increasing pressure to speak out to persuade COVID-19 vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as
Former 'Bridgegate' villain seeks political resurrection
RAMSEY, N.J. (AP) — Bridget Kelly wants to talk about “Bridgegate.”
Biden admin stepping up community grants from COVID bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is beginning to make $3 billion in economic development grants available to communities — a tenfold increase in the program paid for by
Big infrastructure bill in peril; GOP threatens filibuster
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
The Latest: Australia state declares emergency over COVID-19
SYDNEY — An Australian state government on Friday declared an emergency due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney.
The Latest: SKorea to extend distancing rules in Seoul area
SEOUL, South Korea __ South Korea says it’ll extend the toughest distancing rules imposed on the greater Seoul area for another two weeks, as it’s battling its worst coronavirus outbreak.
The Latest: Chicago students, teachers to wear masks indoors
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools has announced its students, teachers and staff will be required to wear masks indoors when they return to classrooms in August.
Dems renew questions about FBI background check of Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are raising new concerns about the thoroughness of the FBI's background investigation of
Garland vows crackdown on gun trafficking as violence surges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Thursday that the Justice Department would crack down on gun trafficking corridors as part of a comprehensive approach to combat surging gun violence that al…