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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’…
High court blocks referendum on Arkansas eye surgery law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a referendum on a law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform that had sparked an unusually heated and expensive campaign.
Expert: Utah coronavirus spike driven by schools reopening
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A spike in COVID-19 cases in Utah will continue if schools continue resisting state health department guidelines, an infectious disease expert warned Thursday.
Kemp's chief of staff to leave for Loeffler-boosting PAC
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's chief of staff is leaving to work for a political action committee supporting U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler in her special election bid.
New Mexico's utility regulation committee ousts chairwoman
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's utility regulation committee ousted its Navajo chairwoman for what she claims is retribution for pushing for more broadband access in rural communities.
Coloradans will vote on a 22-week abortion ban in November
DENVER (AP) — Despite past failed attempts to ban or limit abortions in Colorado, anti-abortion advocates have another chance to win over voters with a November ballot measure that would ban the procedure after 22 …
AP FACT CHECK: Biden distorts Trump's words on virus 'hoax'
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is presenting a distorted account of President Donald Trump's words on the coronavirus, wrongly suggesting Trump branded the virus a hoax.
Governor's curtailment order to address pandemic shortfall
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday signed a curtailment order to address a projected revenue shortfall caused by the pandemic.
Pennsylvania Democrats notch key election-related court wins
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of victories Thursday in the presidential battleground state, relaxing deadlines in its fledgling mail-in voting law, approving…
Wyoming coronavirus count surges, student tests positive
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A student at a Wyoming junior high school tested positive for the coronavirus while the number of known cases in the state lurched upward by over 100, officials said Thursday.
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Audio arguments, with a side of fish
WASHINGTON (AP) — A flurry of election-related cases are already working their way through courts, but Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn't seem overly concerned about election cases landing in his lap.
Pennsylvania court gives Democrats wins in mail-in vote case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Thursday handed victories to the Democratic Party in an election-related lawsuit that sought favorable fixes to glitches and gray areas in the battleground sta…
European court: Finland failed to seize school shooter's gun
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A European court ruled Thursday that Finnish authorities failed to perform their duty of diligence by not confiscating a 22-year-old man's gun before he had the chance to shoot and kill 10 p…
Colorado officer who pointed gun at doctor suspended 1 week
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado police officer has been suspended for one week for a well-publicized incident in which the white officer pulled a gun on an Indian American doctor who was trying to park at a refugee…
Cummings wrote of 'pure pain' from Trump tweets on Baltimore
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings felt “pure pain” from President Donald Trump’s tweets about Baltimore, and the Maryland Democrat wrote “I could feel the attack to my core,” in a memoir that…
Paraguayan ex-politician, husband plead guilty in conspiracy
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A former member of Paraguay’s Congress and her husband have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, U.S. authorities announced.