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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…
Nevada church appeals virus attendance cap to Supreme Court
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Leaders of a rural Nevada church are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the state’s 50-person cap on religious gatherings while an appellate court considers their claim that COVID-19 restric…
Bolivian president has COVID-19 as virus hits region's elite
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s interim president and Venezuela’s No. 2 leader announced Thursday that they have been infected with the new coronavirus, just days after Brazil’s leader tested positive as the pande…
Mississippi governor vetoes criminal justice bills
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has vetoed two criminal justice bills, one of which would have given thousands of offenders the chance at parole from the crowded prison system.
California scrambles for more firefighters amid pandemic
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California enters wildfire season, the state is scrambling to find sufficient firefighters amid the coronavirus outbreak that has depleted the ranks of inmates who usually handle some o…
Kennedy, Markey working to get back out on campaign trail
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III took to the campaign trail Thursday to press for a post-COVID-19 recovery package.
Aurora officers fired for reenacting chokehold file appeals
DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado police officers fired for a photo reenacting a chokehold used on a Black man arrested last year appealed their terminations, officials said Thursday.
Venezuela socialist party boss announces he has COVID-19
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello revealed Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest-ranking leader in the distressed South American nation …
Las Vegas police update policies to limit neck restraints
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Police Department announced Wednesday that it changed its use of force policy effective immediately to limit the use of a neck restraint technique unless in life-threatening situation…
Mexican president's US visit cordial, lacking in substance
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador returned to Mexico on Thursday buoyed by a cordial first encounter with President Donald Trump that successfully distracted from multiple crises at home but …
Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for COVID-19, ‘feels strong’
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she has tested positive for COVID-19, ‘feels strong’.
Lawsuit: Lawmakers violate law with government day jobs
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine Nevada legislators who also work in state and local government jobs are violating a provision of the state constitution separating powers, a conservative think tank argued in a lawsuit filed T…
Cooper says reveal on N.C. schools plan to come next week
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A decision on how North Carolina public schools will start the year teaching students during the
Supreme Court gives NY prosecutor a landmark legal victory
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. can obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns for a criminal investigation but sent a second request by Con…
Navajo Nation president vetoes items from federal virus aid
GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — The president of the Navajo Nation used line-item vetoes on two bills distributing funds from a federal coronavirus relief package.
Report blames prosecutor missteps in botched NYC convictions
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors withheld evidence, elicited false testimony and made other missteps that contributed to botched convictions for murder and other violent crimes in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s, a…