Lyon County settles lawsuit over false arrest at festival

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A rural Nevada fire captain is getting some compensation for a night in the country that turned into a nightmare.

Kanye West sues to get on Wisconsin presidential ballot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Rapper Kanye West filed a lawsuit Friday demanding election officials place him on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in November.

Biden, Harris prepare to travel more as campaign heats up

WASHINGTON (AP) — After spending a pandemic spring and summer tethered almost entirely to his Delaware home, Joe Biden plans to take his presidential campaign to battleground states after Labor Day in his bid to un…

Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The credibility of two of the nation’s leading public health agencies was under fire this week after controversial decisions that outside experts said smacked of political pressure from President …

Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death…

NC Republicans proposing $50 weekly jobless benefit increase

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans at the General Assembly said on Friday they're committed to raising state unemployment benefits for all beneficiaries by $50 a week when they reconvene.

McConnell campaign hires student from viral DC encounter

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has hired a Kentucky teenager known for his viral encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial last year.

Murphy signs bill to make November election mostly mail-only

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed into law legislation to conduct November's presidential election nearly entirely by mail.

Oklahoma governor extends emergency, ensures new voting rule

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt extended a statewide emergency declaration on Friday, ensuring Oklahoma voters can cast absentee ballots in November without having their ballots notarized or witnesse…

1-year-old boy becomes youngest COVID-19 death in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — A 1-year-old boy is now Georgia's youngest victim to die from COVID-19.

Indiana forecasts 10-fold jump for mail-in voting

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana election officials are bracing for perhaps 10 times more mail-in ballots for this fall’s election than four years ago.

Chicken plant in California to shut down over virus outbreak

LIVINGSTON, Calif. (AP) — A chicken processing plant in central California has been ordered to shut down after it became the site of one of the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, health offici…

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Kansas primary turnout high; mail ballots show party split

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas had a relatively high turnout in its primary election, and the voting methods most preferred by Republicans and Democrats appeared to reflect a partisan divide across the U.S. over the co…

GOP California senators vote remotely for first time

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For a few horrifying seconds, Scott Wilk thought everyone had heard him.