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As Democrats lean left, will voters follow?

    WASHINGTON (AP) — What is happening to the Democrats?

Trump will sign border deal but will also declare emergency

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown.

Year after Parkland massacre, 17 victims remembered

    PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre a year ago renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists and at least temporarily ended the local sheriff's career.

Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials

    Virginia's lieutenant governor has denied newly publicized allegations that he sexually assaulted two women years ago and has vowed to continue serving in office. It's a scenario that already has played out in several other states, with differing conclusions.

Election panel won't probe Bosma's use of campaign funds

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A state election panel won't investigate Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma's use of campaign funds to collect information on a woman who says she performed oral sex on the married Republican lawmaker when she was a legislative intern in 1992.

Former Starbucks CEO Schultz blasts Trump in Purdue speech

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is blasting President Donald Trump as he considers an independent bid to replace him, telling students Thursday at Purdue University that Trump "must not serve a second term."

Fish pass mirror test, but does it mean they're self-aware?

    NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists report that a fish can pass a standard test of recognizing itself in a mirror — and they raise a question about what that means.
    Does this decades-old test, designed to show self-awareness in animals, really do that?

Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — With Virginia's top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial and sexual allegations and their tangled political implications.

Friday is deadline to declare candidacy for May primary

    Adams County Clerk Jim Voglewede announced noon Friday is the deadline for individuals to file a declaration of candidacy for the 2019 Primary Election.

Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne on lockdown

    Lutheran Hospital is currently on lockdown. Details have not been released in the incident, however, Fort Wayne police spokesperson, Michael Joyner, said there had been a "child custody issue."