Kwanza Hall wins runoff election to briefly fill seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis

ATLATNA (AP) — Kwanza Hall wins runoff election to briefly fill seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis.

Arizona courts must work out changes under new marijuana law

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters' passage of a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana leaves the state court system with having to work out how some changes will be handled.

GOP objects to Biden nominees, a sign of what's to come

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect

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Cautious optimism, uncertainty as state virus cases decline

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A top Michigan health official said Tuesday she was cautiously optimistic that more residents took steps to combat the surging coronavirus last month, citing declining case rates, but warned t…

New Mexico jail seeks to return stolen money to inmates

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials are seeking to return funds that were stolen from inmates’ accounts at the Bernalillo County jail over several years.

Hall wins runoff to briefly fill seat of late Rep John Lewis

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall won a special runoff election Tuesday for a brief term in Congress and will succeed the late civil rights legend John Lewis.

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California county to pay $10M after shooting, paralyzing man

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was having a mental health crisis when a deputy shot him, paralyz…

Arizona courts must work out changes under new marijuana law

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters' passage of a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana leaves the state court system with having to work out how some changes will be handled.

New Mexico jail seeks to return stolen money to inmates

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials are seeking to return funds that were stolen from inmates’ accounts at the Bernalillo County jail over several years.

California faces possible COVID-19 hospital crisis, lockdown

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A staggering rise in coronavirus cases could overwhelm California's health system within weeks and “drastic" action such as a widespread stay-at-home order may be needed to combat the thre…

Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House on Tuesday evening.

Virus measures agreed upon by ACLU, Colorado county sheriff

DENVER (AP) — The ACLU of Colorado and a county sheriff’s office have reached an agreement Tuesday to implement measures at the county’s jail to better protect inmates from the coronavirus pandemic.

Winter's dry start prompts low California water allocation

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's water managers on Tuesday preliminarily allocated just 10% of requested water supplies to agencies that together serve more than 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of f…