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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’…
Barr takes aim at prosecutors inside his own Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr is taking aim at his own Justice Department, criticizing prosecutors for behaving as “headhunters" in their pursuit of prominent targets and for using the weight of t…
2 Indiana college counties listed as moderate virus risk
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The counties that include Indiana and Ball State universities are listed as the highest-risk locations for coronavirus infections on the
US envoy to United Nations meets with Taiwan official in NY
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft had lunch Wednesday with Taiwan’s top official in New York, a meeting she called “historic” and a further step in the Trump administration’s campaign to strengthen …
'Not Plan A': Charities are stepping up to pay for elections
DENVER (AP) — As Congress balks, well-funded nonprofits are donating hundreds of millions of dollars to help state and local officials run elections during the pandemic — a sudden infusion of private cash in what w…
Ex-CEO pushes back on audit of hospital near Navajo Nation
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The former CEO of Rehoboth McKinley Christian hospital in Gallup on Wednesday challenged the findings of a
Defense condemns 'rush' to convict in four Nevada killings
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Public defenders say the state's “rush” to convict an immigrant of four capital killings in northern Nevada violates his Constitutional rights as they press for an indefinite trial delay due to CO…
Judge: Trump campaign can't join Navajo voting lawsuit
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by President Donald Trump's campaign to argue against a lawsuit seeking to ensure mail ballots from the Navajo Nation are counted even if they arrive lat…
Ethics complaint in House race won't be heard before Nov. 3
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for the state House has filed an ethics complaint against her incumbent rival, accusing the lawmaker of failing to disclose conflicts of interest in contracts between an…
Correction: Ethics Complaint-Legislature story
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — In a story September 15, 2020, about a New Mexico ethics complaint, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the ethics commission could not issue a ruling before the election. Public he…
New Mexico GOP wants ethics complaint tossed
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Republican leaders want a newly-formed ethics commission to dismiss a complaint filed against one of their members shortly before the election by her Democratic opponent.
The Latest: Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
SC's governor signs into law new COVID-19 election rules
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed into law Wednesday changes in South Carolina voting rules allowing anyone to cast an absentee ballot without a reason in November's general election t…
Trump says he can talk GOP into going for 'larger' virus aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump parachuted into the coronavirus aid debate Wednesday, upbraiding his Republican allies for proposing too small of a relief package and encouraging both parties in Congress t…
Texas reports 3,400 new COVID-19 cases, 135 deaths
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas health officials reported more than 3,400 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 135 new COVID-19 deaths.
Trump campaign in Arizona push with 4 visits this week
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is making it clear that Arizona is truly a battleground, with the president, vice president and his wife and the president’s daughter all scheduling stop…