BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis told an audience in Minnesota's Beltrami County that elected officials did the right thing when they voted to ban resettlement of refugees...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Republican women joined the race for the 2nd District congressional seat held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig on Thursday, a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a...

BOSTON (AP) — A proposed law in Massachusetts would bar employers from firing workers for using marijuana legally on their own time.

While recreational marijuana use is legal for adults in the state, workers can still be fired for using the drug, even if it's outside of work and its effects have worn off by the time they return to their jobs.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Angie Craig defeats Republican Jason Lewis to flip Minnesota's 2nd District seat .

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of University of Minnesota students will likely vote in the upcoming midterm election, a move that could impact key districts that may determine the makeup of Congress next year.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democrats are outraising their Republican opponents in competitive races for the U.S. House and Senate.

Minnesota has a wealth of costly and close elections for federal office this year as outside political groups target four of the state's eight congressional districts and a surprise Senate election.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Minnesota Attorney General candidate Doug Wardlow told a group of supporters that he would fire "42 Democratic attorneys right off the bat" and replace them with Republicans if he wins in November, according to a recording that Minnesota Public Radio News obtained.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, a Minnesota Republican, is striking back after a comment surfaced Friday from a 2012 radio show in which he claimed black people have an "entitlement mentality."

The comment, which also alluded to what Lewis called a "race war," was reported Friday by CNN, which obtained five months of audio from "The Jason Lewis Show."

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — The mother of a man who overdosed in West Virginia is suing a pain management clinic that federal prosecutors say was run as a pill mill.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that Inez Lewis filed her lawsuit on June 29, four months after 12 people involved in the Hope Clinic were indicted.

BOSTON (AP) — A proposed "millionaire tax" ballot question may not be dead in Massachusetts, after all.

A day after the state's highest court struck down the question, a state senator said he'll revive it by filing a proposed legislative amendment to the state constitution in January.

Democratic Sen. Jason Lewis said his proposal would be identical to the ballot question but — because it would be a legislative proposal — would not be subject to the same constitutional challenges.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Idaho law enforcement officials have called off the search for four hunters missing since their vehicle crashed into the fast-moving Selway River more than a week ago.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Rescuers have recovered a sport utility vehicle from the upper Selway River in the Idaho backcountry, but Idaho County Sheriff Doug Giddings says none of the four hunters missing since the crash earlier this week were inside.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis plans to hold his first town halls in Minnesota this weekend despite what his office says was a threat.

Lewis spokeswoman Carter Moelk says his office reported "a concerning call" to U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday. Moelk says Capitol Police "reported that they considered this to be a threat."

No details were given. A Capitol Police spokeswoman says the department does not comment on active investigations.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — DFL convention delegates have endorsed congressional candidates Angie Craig and Dean Phillips in suburban Twin Cities districts. But no candidate secured the party's endorsement in northeastern Minnesota.

Craig won endorsement Saturday in her bid for a rematch with freshman Republican Jason Lewis, who narrowly defeated her in 2016. Phillips was endorsed to challenge incumbent Republican Erik Paulsen.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man has died in a fire at a vacant theater.

Dougherty County Coroner Michael Fowler tells WALB-TV he believes 41-year-old Michael Jason Lewis died Wednesday morning from smoke and soot inhalation. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

Albany Fire Department Interim Battalion Chief Wesley Wells said it's unlikely anyone inside would have survived the fire.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Economic development officials are considering asking Oregon lawmakers for funds for low-interest loans for small businesses impacted by the summer's harsh fire season during the upcoming short legislative session.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say that a New Jersey woman admitted to fatally beating her boyfriend with two metal frying pans because she was angry after they had an argument.

A police probable cause statement shows that Maleia Cole told police she was angry that Jason Lewis had walked out of the trailer where they lived after an argument.

Police say Cole followed him across the street and into at a nearby convenience store while beating him.

CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman accused of using two metal frying pans to fatally beat her boyfriend at a convenience store has been charged with murder.

Camden County prosecutors say federal marshals arrested Maleia Cole on Monday in Camden, two days after the charge was filed. It wasn't known Tuesday if the 33-year-old Camden resident has retained an attorney who could comment on the accusations.

Prosecutors say the attack occurred Sept. 2 in Woodlynne.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Jason Lewis is taking issue with protesters who showed up outside of his home.

The Wednesday morning protest at the first-term Republican congressman's suburban house was organized by Take Action Minnesota, a liberal advocacy group. Video footage posted on Lewis' Facebook page shows more than a dozen protesters chanting outside a home before delivering a large letter calling on Lewis to oppose cuts to Medicaid funding.

BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill are joining activists in other states pushing for taxes on sodas that they say will ease the rise in obesity-related diseases and bring in money for programs aimed at improving the health of children in Massachusetts.

Supporters of the tax say that too many children and families in Massachusetts are suffering from chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer and tooth decay.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of Minnesota's congressional delegation from both parties on Friday mostly supported President Donald's decision to launch a missile strike against Syria in response to this week's chemical attack, but they insisted the president needs to consult with Congress before any future escalation of the conflict.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC's "This Week" — U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley; Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz.; Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

ABC's "This Week" — U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley; Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz.; Dmitry Peskov, press secretary to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jason Lewis beats Democrat Angie Craig to keep retiring US Rep. John Kline's southern Minnesota seat in GOP hands .

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — Democrat Angie Craig was campaigning at events in the southern metro while supporters of Republican Jason Lewis knocked on doors and made phone calls to voters in the Second Congressional District.

Both candidates in a competitive race to replace retiring GOP Rep. John Kline are making their pitches to voters in the homestretch to Election Day. It's one of three closely watched congressional races in Minnesota attracting millions of dollars in outside spending.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing a Wisconsin woman at a San Diego hotel and dumping her body in the shower.

Jason Lewis was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the death of 26-year-old Jhordann Rust.

Rust checked into the hotel with her fiancé and got into an argument that led to her fiancé's arrest.

Prosecutors said Rust got locked out of her room and called her mother. While on the phone, authorities said the 41-year-old Lewis, who lived at the hotel, attacked Rust.