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Updated 3 days, 20 hours ago

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…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released

WASHINGTON (AP) — The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up without charg…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Raging pandemic prompts LA County stay-home order

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic has prompted Los Angeles County to impose a lockdown to prevent the caseload from spiraling into a hospital crisis but the order stops short of a full business shu…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Hawaii Supreme Court dismisses election challenge suit

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit contesting the state's presidential election filed by a woman who said she ran for president as an independent yet she wasn't on the ballot.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Hawaii's Kauai mandates quarantine regardless of virus test

HONOLULU (AP) — Travelers to the Hawaiian island of Kauai will have to spend 14 days in quarantine regardless of whether they obtain a negative COVID-19 test, Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Friday.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
New Mexico counties in the 'red,' virus spread remains high

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, but nearly every county remained deep in the …

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Hawaii extends limited access to state courthouses

HONOLULU (AP) — The chief justice of Hawaii Supreme Court has extended an order which limits access to state courthouses to official business through the end of the year but allowing the chief judges of circuits to…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Arizona uses federal COVID-19 money to reduce state spending

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has funneled nearly $400 million of federal coronavirus relief funds to state agencies to help pay for operations, allowing them to return some of their original budget alloca…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
N Ireland police to pay damages to journalists over arrests

LONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland have agreed to pay damages to two journalists who were arrested on suspicion of stealing confidential documents after working on a documentary about an unsolved mass killing…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Ohio elections chief certifies 2020 general election results

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's elections chief certified results on Friday of a 2020 election that he said was almost flawlessly executed despite the pandemic, raising concern that President Donald Trump's allegation…

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
New Mexico's daily count of COVID-19 cases trending down

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month.

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
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Iowa: Hold Constitutional Convention (To propose amendments)

Updated 5 years, 11 months ago
Louisiana congressional runoff election becomes GOP slugfest

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) —