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Saturday, August 15, 2020

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Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines

By Luke Broadwater, Hailey Fuchs and Nick Corasaniti

The agency suggested allowing at least 15 days to request a ballot, fueling further criticism that it was making it harder to vote during the pandemic.

State and Local Budget Pain Looms Over Economy's Future

By Jeanna Smialek, Alan Rappeport and Emily Cochrane

Providing more aid to struggling governments has become one of the biggest issues tangling up the debate over another pandemic rescue package.

Taking Hard Line, Greece Turns Back Migrants by Abandoning Them at Sea

By Patrick Kingsley and Karam Shoumali

Many Greeks have grown frustrated as tens of thousands of asylum seekers languished on Greek islands. Now, evidence shows, a new conservative government has a new method of keeping them out.

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Somalia's Army Told Her to Sew a Skirt. Now She's One of Its Top Officers.

By Abdi Latif Dahir

Lt. Col. Iman Elman, who was born in Somalia but raised in Canada in a family of peace activists, sees herself as continuing that tradition from a different platform.