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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election
EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…
LA to furlough 15,000 workers because of virus losses
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council declared a fiscal emergency on Wednesday, paving the way to furlough about 15,000 employees as the city struggles with an economic body blow from the coronavirus pand…
Arizona unemployment boss says extra $300 pay to end soon
PHOENIX (AP) — Unemployed Arizona residents who have been getting an extra $300 a week under a Trump administration coronavirus relief program are likely to lose that extra benefit in the coming weeks, the head of …
Confusion over eviction ban led to selective enforcement
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yochebed Israel was the kind of person Congress had in mind when it voted in March to impose a temporary moratorium on many evictions as the coronavirus spread.
Family of detained 'Hotel Rwanda' hero seeks Belgium's help
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A daughter of the man portrayed in the film “Hotel Rwanda" said Wednesday that his family has met with Belgian officials about contacting Paul Rusesabagina in jail after Rwandan authorities
Judge says owner of San Francisco Bay Area island broke law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a San Francisco Bay Area island violated the federal Clean Water Act when he destroyed marshland by building a levee and dumping dredged material while building duck-hunting p…
Official: Nevada 'COVID Trace' should pair with Google-Apple
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada coronavirus contact tracing application called “COVID Trace” launched last week should work well with a similar tool that
Census document says cutting steps risks errors in count
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — To meet an end-of-the-year deadline, some steps in the numbers-crunching phase of the
Advocates want COVID-19 health monitor for Louisiana prisons
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Advocates for Louisiana prisoners called Wednesday for the state to select an independent health monitor to track the safety of inmates in the coronavirus outbreak, urging Gov. John Bel Edwa…
Work starts to stop sewage flows into California from Mexico
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Work has begun to stop a decades-old problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump administration's…
Curfew ends in Wisconsin city ahead of visit from Joe Biden
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A curfew that was in place in Kenosha for more than a week after the police shooting of Jacob Blake was lifted Wednesday, another sign of increasing calm in the southeastern Wisconsin city that…
Second Trump appointee out at FDA amid credibility concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — A second Trump administration appointee has been ousted at the Food and Drug Administration in the wake of the agency's botched announcement about an experimental therapy for COVID-19, which medic…
Mother of unarmed Wyoming man shot by deputy files lawsuit
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The mother of an unarmed Wyoming man killed by a sheriff’s deputy after a traffic stop has filed a lawsuit alleging excessive use of force and failures in hiring and training the deputy.
CDC tells states: Be ready to distribute vaccines on Nov. 1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.
Virginia attorney general plans to run for reelection
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is running for reelection, forgoing a gubernatorial bid he'd previously announced.
Indiana overhauls county virus ratings for school decisions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s top health official announced Wednesday an overhaul of a new county-by-county rating system for coronavirus risks just before it was becoming public as a