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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…
McConnell warns White House against COVID relief deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill took a modest step forward on Tuesday, though time is running out and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump's most p…
Senate Republicans try to ignore Trump's attacks on Fauci
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pre-election broadsides against
Indiana governor candidates debating amid virus illness jump
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The three
Becerra wants judge to make GOP give details on ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Democratic attorney general sued the state Republican Party on Tuesday, asking a judge to make them hand over the names and contact information of every voter who used one of …
Navy jet crashes in California, but pilot ejects safely
CHINA LAKE, Calif. (AP) — A Navy fighter jet crashed Tuesday in the Mojave Desert, but its pilot safely ejected, the Navy said.
Michigan election head: Drop off absentee ballot, don't mail
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's top elections official said Tuesday that the presidential battleground state's 1.5 million people with absentee ballots still in-hand should put them in a drop box or take them to t…
After improvement, virus cases worsening in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The
Tough virus rules imposed on Manchester after talks collapse
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed strict coronavirus restrictions on England's second-largest urban area Tuesday, after talks with officials in Greater Manchester collapsed over how much fi…
Trump pressures Barr to investigate Bidens as election nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr to immediately launch an investigation of Democrat Joe Biden and his son Hunter, effectively demanding that the Justice De…
Arkansas lawmakers test positive for virus, governor exposed
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Three Arkansas lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, legislative leaders said Tuesday, and the state’s governor said he’s scaling back his public events and meetings after bei…
Melania Trump nixes campaign trip due to cough from COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump’s return to the campaign trail will have to wait.
San Francisco set to let people sue over racist 911 calls
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fed up with white people calling 911 about people of color selling water bottles, barbecuing or otherwise going about their lives, San Francisco leaders are set to approve hate crime legislatio…
Mississippi expands curbside voting, sets absentee 'cure'
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is expanding access to curbside voting for people with symptoms of COVID-19 and setting a new process to let voters correct, or “cure,” minor discrepancies with signatures on absen…
Reps. DeLauro, Hayes face aggressive Republican challengers
Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Jahana Hayes, the most senior and junior members of Connecticut's all-Democratic delegation to the U.S. House, are facing not only anonymous internet antagonists, but also aggressive Republic…
North Carolina unemployment rate rises to 7.3% in September
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment rate rose in September, state officials announced on Tuesday, as the number of additional jobs filled didn't keep pace with people returning to the workforce as pa…