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Teen leading in Kansas race admits blackmail, revenge porn

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Nevada inmates at prison in Arizona test positive for virus

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event Trump National Golf Club, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in Bedminster, N.J., with members of the City of New York Police Department Benevolent Association. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump to NYC cops: You like ‘Sleepy’ or ‘Slow Joe?’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this combination photo, President Donald Trump, left, speaks at a news conference on Aug. 11, 2020, in Washington and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del. on Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Coronavirus upends conventions, changes TV coverage

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump watches, during an event Trump National Golf Club, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in Bedminster, N.J., with members of the City of New York Police Department Benevolent Association. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump gets endorsement of NYC police union

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

Navajo woman sues tribal government over canceled primary

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden signs a required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats boast convention ‘jam’ session for Biden

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Worshippers queue to pay respects to the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, in Tokyo. Japan marked the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2020, file photo, mail-in primary election ballots are processed at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf's top election official said Friday, Aug. 14, that the administration had to take action after receiving a blunt warning from the U.S. Postal Service that it may be unable to deliver some mail-in ballots in the November presidential election by the deadline in state law. That warning precipitated Thursday night's filing in the state Supreme Court asking for an order to extend the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received in the Nov. 3 election when Pennsylvania will be a premier presidential battleground. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press

Police: 2 arrested in eviction protest outside courthouse

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This image released by Fox shows Marge Simpson, a character on the animated television series &quot;The Simpsons.&quot; (FOX via AP)

Marge Simpson uses her voice to call out Trump adviser

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Two activists dressed up as U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin ride two atomic bomb models during a protest for a world without nuclear weapons in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, July 30, 2020. Several peace and disarmament organizations as well as environmental protection groups demonstrated on the Pariser Platz for a nuclear weapons-free world before the start of negotiations between the USA and Russia on further action in nuclear arms control. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)

CROSSTALK: U.S. should eyeball Russia reset button - now

By Edward Lozansky

Uprisings have ‘staying power’

By Zinat Mir Hashemi - Editor-in-Chief Nabard-e Khalq, Member and Central Committee, Organization of Iranian People’s Fedayee Guerrillas

An electoral official, right, tells a voter that the ballots haven't arrived at a voting center in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Puerto Rico's primaries were marred on Sunday by a lack of ballots in a majority of centers across the U.S. territory, forcing frustrated voters who braved a spike in COVID-19 cases to turn around and go back home. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Puerto Rico set for 2nd voting round after botched primaries

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Johnson is defending his committee's investigation into Ukraine and Joe Biden from criticism that his probe is politically motivated and advancing Russian interests. Johnson says in an interview with The Associated Press that he has never used Russian disinformation. (Toni Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Warning on Russia adds questions about Senate’s Biden probe

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during an event called &quot;Kids First: Getting America's Children Safely Back to School&quot; in the State Dining room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Both sides play the blame game as virus relief talks stall

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

An Israeli firefighter attempts to extinguish a fire caused by a incendiary balloon launched by Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, near Or HaNer Kibbutz, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Israeli military said it attacked a number of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to days of launches of explosives-laden balloons from Gaza into Israeli territory. Israel says it holds Gaza's Hamas rulers responsible for all fire emanating from the territory. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel strikes Gaza militant sites after incendiary balloons

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Facebook beefs up anti-misinfo efforts ahead of US election

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Ivory Coast soccer association election postponed

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Israel successfully tests advanced missile defense system

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