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07.09.2022 / 19:09

West Virginia coal miners rescue couple stranded in broken-down electric car: 'You can't make this stuff up'

Coal miners push electric car to safety after its battery dies in West Virginia (photo credit: West Virginia State Sen. Randy Smith) A group of West Virginia coal miners rescued a couple after their electric vehicle died, pushing the car to a charging station at the coal mine. West Virginia State Sen.

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Incumbents face off in 2 primaries for New Jersey Senate seats

FILE - Voters prepare their ballots in voting booths during early voting for the California presidential primary election at an L.A. County vote center on March 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

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Indiana abortion clinics to reopen after judge blocks state ban

INDIANAPOLIS - After an Indiana judge on Thursday blocked the state's abortion ban from being enforced, phones starting ringing across Indiana abortion clinics, which are preparing to resume the procedure a week after the ban had gone into effect."People are getting the word that abortion is now legal again, and people are ready to get their health care that they deserve and that they desire," Dr. Katie McHugh, an abortion provider at Women's Med in Indianapolis, told The Associated Press.Owen County Judge Kelsey Hanlon issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, putting the new law on hold as abortion clinic operators argue in a lawsuit that it violates the state constitution.Indiana's seven abortion clinics were to lose their state licenses under the ban — which only permits abortions within its narrow exceptions to take place in hospitals or outpatient surgical centers.The ban was approved by the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature on Aug.

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Pennsylvania judge vows to move quickly on dispute over mail-in votes

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The judge in a case brought by Gov. Tom Wolf's administration against three counties that aren't reporting mail-in ballots lacking handwritten dates on their return envelopes told lawyers Friday she will rule as quickly as possible.Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer presided over an online conference in the litigation brought by the Department of State under Wolf, a Democrat, against three Republican-majority counties over about 800 mail-in ballots from the May primary.The counties argue the ballots shouldn't be counted because of the legal requirement for the exterior envelope dates, which are not used to determine if voters are eligible or if the ballots are received in time.Wolf sued Berks, Fayette and Lancaster counties a month ago, seeking a court order to compel them to "certify" the mail-in votes in question.

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds 2019 mail-in voting expansion

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A wide expansion of mail-in voting in Pennsylvania survived a legal challenge on Tuesday before the state Supreme Court in a case brought by some of the same Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation nearly three years ago.Millions of state voters have chosen to cast ballots by mail in recent elections, although Democrats have used it in far greater numbers and the law fell out of favor with Republicans as former President Donald Trump attacked it during his losing 2020 reelection campaign.The 5-2 ruling, with the two Republican justices both voting no, means expanded vote-by-mail will almost certainly be in place for marquee races in November for governor and U.S. Senate."We find no restriction in our Constitution on the General Assembly’s ability to create universal mail-in voting," wrote Justice Christine Donohue in the majority opinion.Widener Law Commonwealth professor Michael Dimino, who argued the case, declined immediate comment.A lower court panel with a majority of Republican judges had thrown out the law in January, a ruling put on hold while the state Supreme Court reviewed an appeal by the administration of Democratic Gov.

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Pennsylvania Senate GOP advances constitutional amendment on abortion

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2022/06/25: Abortion rights advocate Cate Tershak (left) speaks with anti-abortion demonstrators Elizabeth McNulty (center) and Mary Krolicki (right), both from Students for Life of America, as they hold a ra HARRISBURG, Pa. - Republican state senators outvoted impassioned Democratic opposition late Thursday to advance a proposal to add language to the Pennsylvania Constitution stating explicitly that the document does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions.The chamber's Rules Committee teed up the package of proposed amendments that would also require voters to show ID at polling places and have gubernatorial candidates choose their own running mates. A vote of the full Senate could occur Friday.The Democratic floor leader, Sen.

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2022 midterms: Results from Tuesday's key US House races and other things to know

LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. House battles took shape in heavily Democratic California that could tip the balance of power in Congress, while former Trump administration Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was in a tight match to claim the Republican nomination for a new House seat in Montana.In Mississippi, Republican U.S. Rep.

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Judge halts Pennsylvania bridge tolling plans, for now

Credit: PennDOT HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge has ordered a temporary halt to Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstates in Pennsylvania, siding Wednesday with Cumberland County and a handful of municipalities that are challenging the process as both illegal and unconstitutional.Commonwealth Court Judge Ellen Ceisler ordered the halt, saying the state Department of Transportation must stop all studies, right-of-way acquisitions, construction or work under any contracts, and put off any planned hearings, meetings or spending.Wolf’s push for tolling comes as states increasingly look to user fees to make up for declining gas tax revenue that is not keeping up with the demands of fixing highways and bridges.

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Another lawmaker joins GOP field for Pennsylvania governor

Credit: Pennsylvania State Senate HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Republican state senator from south central Pennsylvania said Saturday that he will run for governor, adding to the GOP's double-digits-deep primary field aiming to take on the presumed Democratic nominee, Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in next year's election.Sen. Scott Martin, of Lancaster County, announced it in a video on his campaign website.

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski announces reelection bid opposed by Trump

WASHINGTON - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run for reelection.Trump, who has focused his political efforts on punishing his political opponents, endorsed a leading opponent of Murkowski in June.

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York County raises objection to lawmaker's 2020 presidential election audit

HARRISBURG - Another Pennsylvania county targeted for an Arizona-style "forensic investigation" of the 2020 presidential election being pushed by former President Donald Trump is raising strong objections to a sweeping demand for access to its voting equipment and records.York County's three commissioners — two Republican and one Democrat — wrote this week to the Republican state lawmaker seeking the information and raised questions about the legality of his demand, the cost to the county and their lack of staff to complete the project.The commissioners also pointed to the likelihood that its voting machines would be decertified and rendered useless if they allow third-party access to the machines that is not authorized by the state or the

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Pennsylvania county won't offer up voting machines to election audit

HARRISBURG, Pa. - One of three counties targeted by a Pennsylvania state lawmaker for an Arizona-style "forensic investigation" of the state’s 2020 presidential election sought by former President Donald Trump will not allow third-party access to its voting machines.The three commissioners in rural Republican-controlled Tioga County announced the decision Tuesday, six days after receiving a sweeping, five-page request from Republican state Sen.

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Biden pushes $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan during Louisiana visit

LAKE CHARLES, La. - President Joe Biden visited the reliably Republican state of Louisiana on Thursday, speaking in front of a decades-old bridge in need of repair while pushing the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.Biden gave remarks in Lake Charles, a city along the Gulf Coast that was slammed by two hurricanes last year. The president touted his proposed infrastructure plans that would invest in roads and bridges and hundreds of billions of dollars more to upgrade the electrical grid, make the water system safer, rebuild homes and jump-start the manufacturing of electric vehicles.Behind him was the 70-year-old Calcasieu River Bridge that is 20 years past its designed lifespan.

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