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Veteran on UP Honor Flight reflects on love, loss and service

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amongst the stories veterans carried on the 29th Upper Peninsula Honor Flight was one of young love and endurance. Arthur “Art” Davey and his daughter, Gina Trainor, attended Mission XXIX of the UP Honor Flight on Wednesday. Davey is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force ...

Supreme Court rejects mail ballot restrictions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same ...

EPA repeals climate rules for power plants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from ...

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McConnell returning WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is returning to vote in the Senate. The 94-year-old senator has not been to the U.S. Capitol since June 14, when he was hospitalized for a fall in his home. His three-month absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as the Kentucky senator initially remained quiet for weeks about his condition. The 84-year-old senator eventually disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” due to a fall and had also been treated for mild pneumonia in the ...

Trump Jr.'s wedding extras funded by Russian oligarch

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that ...