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Auditor candidates discuss election integrity, public confidence
EPHRATA — Three Republican candidates are running for the position of Grant County Auditor: incumbent Shannon Fals…
Los Angeles leaders seek to toughen mask enforcement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Faced with surging COVID-19 cases, the Los Angeles City Council moved Wednesday to ramp up enforcement of requirements that people wear masks in public to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Indiana's delegation split along party lines on impeachment
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s delegation on Wednesday voted along party lines as the U.S. House impeached President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
Immigration agency leader resigns, only weeks in office
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement resigned Wednesday, only weeks after taking over the agency that detains and deports immigrants and runs international criminal inves…
Pennsylvania's Republicans, Democrats split on impeachment
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Like they did in 2019, Pennsylvania's members of the U.S. House again split down party lines on Wednesday on impeaching President Donald Trump.
Chicago man facing charges resulting from Capitol breach.
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man was arrested Wednesday and accused of entering the U.S. Capitol during an attack by rioters that resulted in the death of a Capitol police officer and four others, according to U.S. Dis…
Leaders like UK’s Johnson who wooed Trump face tricky reset
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said a lot of nice things about Donald Trump over the years, from expressing admiration for the U.S. president to suggesting he might be worthy of the Nobel Pe…
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's State of the State
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Here is the text of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's State of the State address as prepared Wednesday:
Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection” over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunn…
'At 6 p.m., life stops': Europe uses curfews to fight virus
PARIS (AP) — As the wan winter sun sets over France's Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in.
SC governor defends COVID-19 response in State of the State
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster praised South Carolina for its efforts to fight
In reversal, US Rep. Tom Rice of SC votes to impeach Trump
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina was one of only 10 House Republican to join with Democrats on Wednesday in voting to
Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over mine spill
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice announced Wednesday it has settled with mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that resulted in rivers in three western stat…
NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
Amid Democratic wins, virus, Georgia GOP gov to talk economy
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp is expected in his annual State of the State address Thursday to begin sketching out reelection hopes on a strong economy, shadowed by Georgia's soaring COVID-19 death toll and histor…
US to block cotton from China region targeted in crackdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Uighur region of China in its most sweeping action yet to pressure the Communist Party over its ca…