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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
10 California counties see restrictions eased, risks remain
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten California counties were cleared to ease coronavirus restrictions Tuesday, including some in the Central Valley that saw major case spikes over the summer, but the state's top health official…
Kentucky reports 14 coronavirus-related deaths
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear reported 14 more coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday in Kentucky and expressed concerns about increased hospitalizations caused by a recent surge in the outbreak.
Louisiana appealing court's expanded mail-voting order
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials asked a federal appeals court to weigh in on a federal judge’s order expanding mail voting and early voting in the state — but stressed Tuesday that they are not trying to blo…
Walz: Minnesota will offer mail-in saliva tests for virus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota will expand its offering of saliva tests for the coronavirus into a statewide mail-in program that will be available free to all residents, Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday.
California GOP considers adding more disputed ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Republican Party no longer will label its ballot drop boxes as “official" to avoid confusion with those used by county registrars, but may expand their use even as state offic…
Tied to Trump fate, Ernst walks tightrope in dead heat Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joni Ernst burst onto national politics in 2014 as a gun-toting, hog-castrating, motorcycle-riding candidate who was going to shake up Washington.
Governor: Kansas won't jump into local COVID-19 hot spots
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that she doesn't plan to have the state health department use its power to manage disease outbreaks by shutting down businesses or imposing other restriction…
AP FACT CHECK: Sen. Graham and Biden on Obamacare, Barrett
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senator leading Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday launched into revisionist history on “Obamacare," implying it was designed to help Democratic states like California, New York and M…
AP Explains: Originalism, Barrett's judicial philosophy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, has made her judicial philosophy clear through opinions, speeches and other writings. She describes herself as an originali…
First lady unseen as Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his wife received their positive COVID-19 tests on the same day. He's already returned to campaigning, but there's been no public sighting yet of the first lady.
Supreme Court asked to extend Wisconsin absentee voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and their allies asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow for absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election to be counted — a …
New Mexico governor renews restrictions as virus cases rise
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Tuesday she will renew public health restrictions and warned that more stringent rules could be imposed because of a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Mail-in ballot requests pass 2.6M in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With three weeks to go before the Nov. 3 election, more than 2.6 million registered voters have applied for a mail-in ballot in Pennsylvania, a battleground state hotly contested by President…
Georgia House candidates clash over health care, COVID-19
ATLANTA (AP) — Candidates in two closely contested suburban Atlanta U.S. House districts continued to clash Tuesday over their views on health care, the pandemic response and the size of government.
Indiana virus hospitalizations jump as mask order step nears
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and rates of new infections continued sharp increases in statistics released Tuesday as the governor faces a deadline on whether to extend the statewide face …