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No-confidence vote in Grant County sheriff’s administration drew support from majority of participants
EPHRATA — Newly-released public records show that 31 members of the Grant County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sheriffs’…
Hawaii high court mulls e-signatures in impeachment petition
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu officials arbitrarily rejected electronic signatures in an impeachment petition, a lawyer for a businessman who wants the city's embattled prosecutor impeached argued before the state Supre…
Alaska Supreme Court rejects appeal to reprint 800K ballots
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska elections officials succeeded in two court challenges Friday, surviving efforts from a nonpartisan candidate seeking to force the state to reprint 800,000 ballots after the design of…
Dems drop Pompeo contempt threat after records turned over
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee has dropped a threat of contempt against Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after the State Department turned over 16,000 pages of records related to a Senate inves…
Rural, Native American schools seek more in-person learning
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Colton Holian’s dog didn’t eat his homework, the Wi-Fi did.
Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
Stopgap bill to prevent shutdown held up over farm funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to fashion a temporary spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month ran aground Friday amid a fight over farm bailout funding that's a key priority of Presid…
US House hopeful pleads for ballot reprint from Alaska court
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An attorney told the Alaska Supreme Court on Friday that 800,000 ballots must be reprinted to avoid a “hanging chad” situation after the state changed the ballot design.
Texas reports 3,978 new coronavirus cases, 123 more deaths
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than 3,978 new cases were reported Friday of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as well as 123 new COVID-19 deaths, according to Texas health officials.
Alaska Supreme Court hears case on state ballot change
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge decided Friday not to force the state of Alaska to reprint 800,000 ballots after a candidate complained about how some candidates were listed.
State attorneys defend law allowing universal voting by mail
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for the Delaware Department of Elections are asking a Chancery Court judge to reject the state Republican Party’s challenge to a new law allowing universal voting by mail in the Novembe…
Bergdahl lawyers say judge's job application posed conflict
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A new motion filed in the case of former U.S Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is asking the highest appeals court for the U.S. military to overturn his conviction, citing an alleged conflict of intere…
Trump looks to keep a changing Arizona in his column
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Six days before the 2016 election, a confident Hillary Clinton landed in Phoenix in an audacious play to flip a longtime Republican stronghold into the Democratic column.
Wyoming begins early voting for Nov. 3 general election
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — General election voting is underway in Wyoming.
US sends troops, armored vehicles to Syria to counter Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has deployed additional troops and armored vehicles into eastern Syria after a number of clashes with Russian forces, including a recent vehicle collision that injured four American servi…
Judge declines to force Alaska to reprint 800K ballots
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge decided Friday not to force the state of Alaska to reprint 800,000 ballots after a candidate complained about how some candidates were listed.