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Dent leads Garcia in 13th District race
MOSES LAKE — Incumbent Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, maintained a commanding lead in the race for Position 1 in Was…
Colorado officials say COVID-19 vaccine to arrive next week
DENVER (AP) — Colorado will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines next week if the federal approval process goes smoothly and supply chains function as expected, state health officials said Wednesday.
Kansas joins GOP effort to overturn presidential election
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general has brought the state into an effort by GOP officials across the nation to subvert the will of voters and reverse President Donald Trump’s election loss.
SC to prioritize elderly, food workers for COVID-19 vaccine
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Prisoners and poultry plant workers will follow soon after frontline healthcare employees in South Carolina's COVID-19 vaccine plan, Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday.
Louisiana forecasting panel delays income review until Jan.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will wait until mid-January to update its income projections to account for the latest effects of the coronavirus outbreak, delaying a traditional pre-holiday forecasting meeting a…
Despite critics, Baker, Cuomo honored for virus leadership
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — both praised and reviled for their coronavirus wins and missteps — were honored for their pandemic leadership at a virtual event Wedne…
Biden hails historic Pentagon pick, but some Dems in a bind
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced his choice for secretary of defense, calling retired Army Gen.
Greater Sacramento region moving into strict virus category
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The greater Sacramento region will be placed under California’s most restrictive coronavirus rules this week because capacity in hospital intensive care units has fallen below 15%.
West Virginia backs Texas effort to invalidate Biden's win
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — On the day West Virginia formally certified its November election results, state leaders backed an improbable lawsuit to invalidate presidential race results in four battleground states tha…
Wyoming official quits after calling COVID-19 communist plot
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming Department of Health official who falsely described the coronavirus and development of vaccines against it as a communist plot has resigned, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Veteran Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hanan Ashrawi, a veteran senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization, announced her resignation on Wednesday, saying the Palestinian political system needs “renewal and reinv…
Pennsylvania governor says he's tested positive for COVID-19
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday he has contracted COVID-19 and is isolating at home, revealing the diagnosis after several members of his security detail recently tested positive fo…
Michigan lawmaker disciplined for threatening Trump backers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Michigan House stripped a Democratic lawmaker of her committee assignments Wednesday after she threatened “Trumpers” in a social media video.
The Latest: Austin reveres idea of civilian military control
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Trump attorneys lose appeal to nullify Nevada election vote
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign has lost its legal bid to nullify President-elect Joe Biden’s 33,596-vote electoral win in Nevada.
Court again nixes SC gov's private school pandemic aid plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's highest court again rejected Gov. Henry McMaster's plan to use $32 million in federal coronavirus relief to provide tuition grants for private schools, ruling Wednesday that s…