The Latest: Rep. Hayes tests positive for new coronavirus
NewWATERBURY, Conn. — Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut has tested positive for the new coronavirus and will quarantine for 14 days, she announced…
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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she doesn’t support taking up Supreme Court nomination so close to the election
NewWASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she doesn’t support taking up Supreme Court nomination so close to the…
Continue ReadingSouthern California wildfire grows, burns nature center
NewLOS ANGELES (AP) — The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles is approaching 156 square miles,…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Beta churns slowly toward Texas and Louisiana
HOUSTON (AP) — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Beta is slowly churning through the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas and Louisiana, stirring worries that…
Continue ReadingApache Junction police: Man accused in fatal attack on woman
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Apache Junction say a man has been arrested after a woman was fatally attacked while walking to her car…
Continue ReadingPogacar riding to victory at COVID-defying Tour de France
PARIS (AP) — Riding high on a performance for the ages, 21-year-old Tour de France rookie Tadej Pogacar was cruising into Paris with the race…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s Fulton County works to avoid another vote debacle
ATLANTA (AP) — Voting problems in Georgia’s Fulton County, which is home to Atlanta, have become a national flashpoint in recent elections in…
Continue ReadingSen. Graham’s challenge: Fill a court seat and save his own
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Few members of the Republican Party have taken a political journey as long as Lindsey Graham’s. He’s gone from…
Continue ReadingLaw and order vs. health care as Dems, GOP vie for suburbs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Contested congressional seats in the nation’s suburbs are becoming battlefields, and each party is wielding what it hopes…
Continue ReadingDouglas statue comes down, but Lincoln had racist views, too
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials plan to remove a state Capitol statue of Stephen A. Douglas as part of a national reckoning on race…
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