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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…
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 3rd Add,400
Maxwell +- Merrill +- Murphy +- Payne +-
Report: Pot arrests still fall heavily on Hispanics, Blacks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of felony marijuana arrests in California continued to decline in 2019 in the age of legalization, but another trend remained unchanged: those arrests fell disproportionately on Hispan…
New Mexico sheriff in obstruction case loses certification
ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico sheriff accused of showing up under the influence of alcohol to a SWAT standoff and trying to order officers away is no longer a licensed law enforcement officer in the state.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 8th Add,400
Steinman +- Steinman +- Steyer +- Thistle +-
Officials: Pentagon eyes new way to bar Confederate flag
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense leaders, who for weeks have been tied in knots over the incendiary issue of banning the Confederate flag, are weighing a new policy that would bar its display at department facilities with…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 4th Add,400
Delaney +- Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +-
Some California hospitals are overwhelmed by virus cases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Teams of military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus c…
Military sends help to overwhelmed California hospitals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Teams of military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus c…
Ex-New Mexico officer facing murder charge over chokehold
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A former police officer in New Mexico was charged Thursday with second-degree murder after authorities said he killed a Latino detainee he had placed in a chokehold.
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 2nd Add,400
Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 1st Add,400
Comley +- De La Fuent +- Ely +- Horn +-
Virginia lawmakers weigh in with unemployment concerns
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dozens of Democratic Virginia lawmakers called for reforms at the state agency tasked with handling unemployment benefits, saying in a letter Thursday that they were concerned about its ability…
Pompeo says US should limit which human rights it defends
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo argued Thursday for a more limited U.S. view of global human rights advocacy based on the principals laid out by America's Founding Fathers, a suggestion critics ass…
Michigan agency orders hearing for bar tied to outbreak
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan liquor regulators on Thursday ordered an East Lansing bar to answer questions about a coronavirus outbreak that infected 186 people and was a factor in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's decisio…
NASA's Hubble successor delayed again by virus, other issues
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The launch of NASA’s successor to the Hubble Space Telescope faces seven more months of delay, this time because of the pandemic and technical issues.