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Reunion site named after hero of Virginia Beach shooting
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — The post office where survivors reunited after a mass shooting in a Virginia Beach government office building now is named after the man who gave his own life for his co-workers. A plaque was unveiled Friday honoring Ryan Keith Cox at the post office that now bears his name, The...
Longtime former Harrisburg mayor dies at 70
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed, who served for almost three decades but was later sentenced to probation for accumulating Wild West artifacts he bought with public money for a museum that was never built, has died. He was 70. A statement from the family reported by PennLive.com...
Venezuela's Guaidó visits a politically agitated Spain
MADRID (AP) — Juan Guaidó, the man who one year ago launched a bid to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, on Saturday paid a visit to Spain, where a thriving community of Venezuelans and a storm among Spanish political parties awaited him. Venezuela's main opposition leader is on an...
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING (AP) — China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks, reported...
New virus mutes Lunar New Year celebrations worldwide
BEIJING (AP) — A new virus that started in China and is popping up around Asia and the world hung over the first day of the Year of the Rat. Lunar New Year festivities were canceled across mainland China on Saturday and scaled back in the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, where residents also endured...
Borough of Mount Carbon might vanish from the map
MOUNT CARBON, Pa. (AP) — In November, when election results came in, John Raess found himself mayor of Mount Carbon by way of two write-in votes and councilman by way of five. But when he showed up for the reorganization meeting at the firehouse this month, no one else did, dashing hopes that the tiny...
Study: Fewer vacation rental units available on Oahu
HONOLULU (AP) — A study shows the number of residential vacation rentals on Oahu has decreased by more than 13% since legislation was enforced against illegal short-term rentals, a Hawaii tourism agency said. The Hawaii Tourism Authority released the latest monthly study this week, Honolulu Star-Advertiser...
Oklahoma leaders hope to push for more LGBTQ rights in 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Leaders in conservative Oklahoma say they are looking for more legislative progress for LGBTQ people this year after notable strides in 2019. Tulsa and Oklahoma City updated their personnel policies to ban discrimination against city employees based on gender identity or expression,...
Trial expected this year for Michigan farmer suing city
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal trial is expected to begin later this year in the case of a Michigan apple orchard owner who sued the city of East Lansing after he was not allowed to participate at the city's farmers market because he doesn't allow gay couples to marry at his orchard. The trial will...
Mayor: Detroit home values projected to rise average of 20%
DETROIT (AP) — Home values were projected to increase by an average of 20% across most Detroit neighborhoods, according to Mayor Mike Duggan. Residential assessments for 2020 also show that property values are up 30% in several parts of the city. The city said the figures are based on two years of actual...
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