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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…
Top military leaders remind troops of limits of free speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid worry about renewed violence on Inauguration Day, the military's top leaders issued a written reminder to all service members Tuesday that the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week was…
EXPLAINER: Who's been charged in the deadly Capitol siege?
Prosecutors have brought dozens of cases after the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, and they promise more charges are to come as investigators work to identify members of the pro-Trump mob.
Racist slurs interrupt funeral for Phoenix civil rights icon
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Police Department is investigating after a virtual funeral for civil rights icon and city leader Calvin Coolidge Goode was interrupted Tuesday by hackers yelling racist slurs.
Governor: Kansas officials must 'set example' after DC riot
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly told fellow Kansas residents Tuesday night that her usual yearly call for bipartisanship is not enough in light of last week's mob violence in Washington and said the state's le…
Rural Nevada GOP official's letter draws calls for FBI probe
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s two U.S. senators have joined calls for an investigation of comments by the Republican Party chairman in rural Nye County that they warn could incite violence and insurrection against elec…
Boston Mayor Walsh gives likely final State of City address
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh painted a picture of a city battered by the pandemic, but also resilient and prepared to emerge stronger as he delivered what is likely his last State of the City address Tues…
Nevada lawmaker resigns amid campaign finance investigation
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada lawmaker resigned amid an investigation involving the use of campaign contributions that prompted law enforcement to raid his home in May.
Feds: Man arrested near US Capitol had truckload of weapons
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EXPLAINER: How Trump's 2nd impeachment will unfold
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for his encouragement of supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, a vote that would make him the first American president to be impeached tw…
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the U.S. Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.
Wisconsin state superintendent candidate remains on ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A candidate for Wisconsin state superintendent whose candidacy was challenged because she used the title “Dr.” in front of her name on nomination papers will remain on the ballot, the Wisconsin…
Trump's Republican wall eroding ahead of impeachment vote
Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were “very fine people” on both sides of a white supremacist rally. They stayed in line when Trump was caught pressuring a foreign lea…
World warily watches America's postelection aftershocks
PARIS (AP) — For America's allies and rivals alike, the chaos unfolding during Donald Trump's final days as president is the logical result of four years of global instability brought on by the man who promised to …
No. 3 House GOP leader backs Trump impeachment as tide grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to
Supreme Court clears way for first federal execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court clears way for first federal execution of a female death-row inmate in almost seven decades.