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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,…
2 Arizona residents facing charges after fight at protest
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Sierra Vista say charges have been filed against two Hereford residents after protests last month in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
SC high court rejects governor's private school aid plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday a program created by Gov. Henry McMaster to allocate $32 million in federal pandemic aid to private and religious schools is unconstitutional b…
Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Trading barbs through plexiglass shields, Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris turned the only vice presidential debate of 2020 into a dissection of the Trump administration’s hand…
Gilchrist asks GOP leaders for mask mandate in Legislature
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II called Wednesday for Republican legislative leaders to enact and enforce a mask requirement inside the House and Senate chambers at all times, saying he fears for …
California's unemployment backlog shrinks to 1.3 million
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California embattled unemployment benefits agency said Wednesday it has cleared about 246,000 of its more than 1.6 million backlogged claims following a two-week “reset” where it stopped t…
Republicans see 'grim' Senate map and edge away from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vulnerable Republicans are increasingly taking careful, but clear, steps to distance themselves from President Donald Trump, one sign of a new wave of GOP anxiety that the president's crisis-to-cr…
Lawsuit: San Francisco police illegally spied on protesters
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses San Francisco police of illegally tapping hundreds of surveillance cameras to spy on police-brutality protesters.
Talks to update Pennsylvania's mail-in voting law show life
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Closed-door talks on updating Pennsylvania's fledgling mail-in voting law showed signs of life Wednesday amid warnings that doing nothing will risk a dragged-out vote count in the high-stakes…
Former de Blasio aide Maya Wiley announces run for NYC mayor
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Wiley, a civil rights lawyer, former aide to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and MSNBC legal analyst, is announcing her candidacy to succeed de Blasio in 2021.
Eric Trump event venue in Nevada fined over COVID-19 rules
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada winery that hosted President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, for a campaign rally and an event equipment firm have been fined a combined $14,500 after state inspectors reported violations …
Cunningham inches back into public as Army confirms probe
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham inched back into the public sphere on Wednesday, a day after The Associated Press reported the Democratic contender had an intimate encounter…
VP Debate Takeaways: Pandemic looms over a more civil fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — In normal times, vice presidential debates don't matter much. But in an election year as wild as 2020, everything is magnified.
Tech worker pleads guilty in death of Utah college student
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to strangling a Utah college student whose disappearance over a year ago sparked a search that ended with the discovery of her charred remains in his …
Fly on Pence's head generates buzz in VP debate
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Trump hails experimental treatment for his virus recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19 and suggested his diagnosis could be a “blessing in disguise" in the nation's ba…