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Ezell defeats US Rep. Palazzo in Mississippi GOP primary

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sheriff Mike Ezell has defeated six-term U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo in a Republican primary runoff in Mississippi. It's a rare defeat of a congressional incumbent in a Mississippi part...

Jun 28, 2022

Colorado GOP voters reject indicted clerk for election post

DENVER (AP) - Colorado Republicans have rejected an indicted county clerk as their nominee for secretary of state, choosing a former local official who ran on a platform of taking politics out of runn...

Jun 28, 2022

Matthews wins Democratic US Senate nod in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - State Rep. Krystle Matthews has won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina. Matthews, the second-place finisher in a June 14 prim...

Jun 28, 2022

Kathy Hochul is Democratic nominee for New York governor

NEW YORK (AP) - Kathy Hochul won the Democratic nomination for New York governor Tuesday, setting her on an expected path to win the governor's office in November. Hochul beat back primary challenges ...

Jun 28, 2022

AP sources: NFL insists on indefinite suspension for Watson

The NFL insisted on an indefinite suspension while Deshaun Watson's legal team argued there's no basis for that punishment as both sides presented their cases in front of a retired judge in Delaware o...

Jun 28, 2022

Lankford wins GOP primary in race for U.S. Senate seat

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - U.S. Sen. James Lankford won Tuesday's GOP primary outright in his race for reelection to another six-year term in the U.S. Senate. Lankford, 54, defeated Tulsa pastor Jackson Lah...

Jun 28, 2022

Stitt wins GOP nomination in Oklahoma governor’s race

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Gov. Kevin Stitt easily won the GOP primary on Tuesday in his race for reelection as Oklahoma governor, taking advantage of a massive fundraising edge to dispatch three fellow Rep...

Jun 28, 2022

Illinois Gov. Pritzker wins Dem nomination to seek 2nd term

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday easily won the Democratic nomination for governor. Pritzker defeated a much lesser-known rival, Beverly Miles, as the billionaire business owner s...

Jun 28, 2022

CTE diagnosed in ex-MLS player Vermillion, a 1st for league

BOSTON (AP) - Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time, saying Tuesday that defender Scott Vermillion suffered from the degenerati...

Jun 28, 2022

Jury is chosen to decide Florida school shooter's sentence

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A jury of seven men and five women was chosen Tuesday to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to death or get life in prison for his 2018...

Jun 28, 2022