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Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
Rutland Herald. June 14, 2021. Editorial: First in the nation Congratulations, Vermont. We did it. We moved the needle...

Last debate for NYC mayoral candidates; early voting ongoing

Jun. 16, 2021 08:36 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The candidates running in the Democratic primary to be New York City's next mayor made their pitches to voters in the final televised debate on...

UN envoy: Syrian people face ìmmense humanitarian suffering

By Edith M. Lederer May. 26, 2021 01:43 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Syria said Wednesday it’s “a tragic irony” that ordinary Syrians are facing “immense and growing humanitarian...

Democratic candidate for Governor of Virginia Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy answers a question during a debate held in Bristol, Va., on Thursday, May 6, 2021. (David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier via AP)
Democrats seek contrast with GOP's Youngkin in 3rd debate

By Sarah Rankin May. 20, 2021 09:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo, lobbyist Jean Kim speaks to reporters during a news conference in New York. Kim has accused mayoral candidate Scott Stringer of unwanted groping when she was working on his unsuccessful campaign for public advocate in 2001. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NYC mayoral race heats up with 6 weeks to go before primary

By Karen Matthews May. 13, 2021 01:34 AM EDT

This Jan. 10. 2021 image provided but the Youngkin for Governor campaign shows Glenn Youngkin in Richmond, Va. The GOP gubernatorial candidate will be chosen during the party's May 8 nominating convention. (Kate Magee Joyce/Youngkin for Governor Campaign via AP)
GOP seeks a candidate that can end its exile in Virginia

By Matthew Barakat And Bill Barrow May. 07, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

GOP candidates for governor make video pitches to delegates

By Matthew Barakat May. 02, 2021 01:35 PM EDT
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Virginia's Republican candidates for governor touted plans to reopen schools and lift pandemic restrictions as they made videotaped...

Texas congressional candidate Michael Wood, left, smiles as he listens to potential voter Yvette Williams outside an early voting location Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Mansfield, Texas. Wood is considered the anti-Trump Republican Texas congressional candidate that Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger has endorsed in the May 1st special election for the 6th Congressional District. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Texas voters head back to polls after congressman's death

By Paul J. Weber Apr. 30, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter looks on as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden leave the home of former President Jimmy Carter during a trip to mark Biden’s 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden and Carter, longtime allies, reconnect in Georgia

By Bill Barrow And Zeke Miller Apr. 29, 2021 02:35 PM EDT

Trump backs GOP's Susan Wright in Texas special election

Apr. 26, 2021 04:55 PM EDT
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday gave his endorsement in a Texas special congressional election to Republican Susan Wright, the...

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2021, file photo, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer speaks during a news conference in the San Pedro section of Los Angeles. Faulconer is one of the Republican candidates running to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, of California, in a likely recall election in fall 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
As California recall looks likely, hard work begins for GOP

By Kathleen Ronayne Apr. 20, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Michigan Senate backs health director appointed by Whitmer

By David Eggert Mar. 23, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Tuesday narrowly supported Elizabeth Hertel as state health director, backing a key figure in Gov. Gretchen...

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine during a news conference, at Catholic Health in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, March 12, 2021. (Don Heupel/Catholic Health via AP)
With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully

By Carolyn Thompson Mar. 14, 2021 08:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Conservative gathering to feature Trump's false fraud claims

By Jill Colvin And Steve Peoples Feb. 25, 2021 01:52 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 file photo, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during a panel discussion "The Post-2015 Goals: Inspiring a New Generation to Act", the fifth annual Associated Press debate, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 to head the World Trade Organization as it seeks to to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs. Okonjo-Iweala was appointed as director-general of the leading international trade body by representatives of the 164 member countries, according to a statement from the body. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
Okonjo-Iweala is 1st woman, African to lead world trade body

By David Mchugh Feb. 15, 2021 09:42 AM EST

Senate approves measure to limit governor's declarations

Feb. 04, 2021 04:22 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Senate has endorsed legislation that would limit emergency or disaster declarations by a governor and allow the...

Indiana lawmakers could seize sway over governor's orders

By Tom Davies Feb. 04, 2021 12:12 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana legislators would gain the authority to immediately overrule any public health emergency orders issued by the governor under a...

7 face off in primary for Wisconsin's school superintendent

By Scott Bauer Feb. 04, 2021 10:46 AM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The race to be Wisconsin's top education official is wide open for the first time in a dozen years and it's only the second time since the...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden swore on a “Masonic/Illuminati” Bible during his inauguration. It is a Douay-Rheims Bible, an English translation of a Latin Bible, which has been in the Biden family since the 1890s. Robert Miller, professor of biblical studies at The Catholic University of America, says, “Nothing even vaguely Masonic would have been anywhere near these Bibles. … Same thing for the ‘Illuminati,’ to the extent that such a thing existed: repeatedly condemned by the Popes and certainly coming nowhere into contact with Catholic Bibles.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2021 03:45 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, right, hugs Cindy McCain, left, after delivering his State of the State address on the opening day of the legislative session at the Capitol in Phoenix. The Arizona Republican Party is confronting its future this weekend after losing a second Senate seat and the presidential race. On the agenda for the state committee meeting Saturday: the reelection bid by its controversial chairwoman, who has been among the most prolific promoters of baseless election conspiracies, and the censure of some of the party's best-known figures: Cindy McCain, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Gov. Doug Ducey. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Arizona GOP plots its future after Trump's presidency

By Jonathan J. Cooper Jan. 22, 2021 04:08 PM EST