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Preliminary primary results set stage for November races across Columbia Basin
EPHRATA — Initial results from Washington's Aug. 5 primary election show several closely watched races beginning t…
US regulators seek advice on thorny issues as vaccines near
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientific advisers told U.S. regulators Thursday they’re concerned that allowing emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine could damage confidence in the shots and make it harder to ever find out how w…
Galvin, Young accuse each of other of lying during debate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The debate between the candidates for Alaska’s sole seat in Congress became contentious Thursday, with challenger Alyse Galvin saying she’s tired of U.S. Rep. Don Young misrepresenting her …
Judge urges US to help find parents deported without kids
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday urged the Trump administration to do more to help court-appointed researchers find hundreds of parents who were separated from their children after they crossed the U.S.…
Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame
Ohio in play: Trump, Pence, Harris head to bellwether state
CIRCLEVILLE,, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump will campaign Saturday in central Ohio while Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris will head to Cleveland, as the traditional bellwether state ap…
Arizona courts ready for late Election Day legal wrangling
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top judge has ordered the state trial courts in all 15 counties to remain open until polls close on Election Day to accept last-minute filings in possible election-related cases.
2nd group of judges blocks Trump order on House seats count
For the second time in two months, a panel of federal judges on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted during the process of divvying up congress…
Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US
From tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico to storm-battered Louisiana, census workers who go door to door were unable to reach all the households they needed for a complete tally of the U.S. population, a count t…
Analysis: Debate is brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second and final
AP Explains: What's next for Trump's Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is speeding toward confirmation, with a majority of the Senate supporting her and a final vote expected Monday. The Senate Judiciary Committee
Commission nominates 6 for Arizona appeals court
PHOENIX (AP) — Three judges and three other attorneys have been nominated for appointment by Gov. Doug Ducey to fill a state Court of Appeals opening.
Galvin, Young accuse each of other of lying during debate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The debate between the candidates for Alaska’s sole seat in Congress became contentious Thursday, with challenger Alyse Galvin saying she’s tired of U.S. Rep. Don Young misrepresenting her …
Analysis: Debate is brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race
WASHINGTON (AP) — The second and final presidential debate, it turns out, was actually a debate — a brief interlude of normalcy in an otherwise highly abnormal year, and a reprieve for voters turned off by the cand…
Lawsuit: New Mexico county failed to monitor suicidal inmate
SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico county that held an inmate struggling with drug addiction failed to properly monitor him before he took his own life, according to a federal lawsuit.
Arizona courts ready for late Election Day legal wrangling
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top judge has ordered the state trial courts in all 15 counties to remain open until polls close on Election Day to accept last-minute filings in possible election-related cases.