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Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of protests and outrage over the police shooting of a Black man in Wisconsin, civil rights advocates began highlighting the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the…

Sen. Paul complains about ‘angry mob’ encounter after RNC

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Rand Paul, who was surrounded by screaming protesters when he and his wife left President Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention speech at the White House, claimed without evidence on Friday that he had been “attacked by…

Trump lashes Biden, defies pandemic on White House stage

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden as a hapless career politician who will endanger Americans’ safety as he accepted his party’s renomination on the South Lawn of the White House. While the coronavirus kills 1,000 Americans each…

Election turnout could exceed 60 percent

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Despite a slowdown of many activities because of the COVID-19 pandemic, politics has a full head of steam as Pulaski countians gear up for the November 3 General Election.

 Center gets $7.8 million to expand broadband

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U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-05) announced a $7.8 million federal grant for The Center for Rural Development to help communities in Southern and Eastern Kentucky connect to the KentuckyWired Project. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded the competitive grant to…

Laura blasts Gulf Coast with wind, rain and wall of seawater

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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashore Thursday in Louisiana near…