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Grant County Republican Party to stage debate in Ephrata
EPHRATA — Grant County voters will have an opportunity this evening to hear directly from candidates seeking two o…
Trump, Biden win primaries in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden won their respective primary elections Tuesday in West Virginia.
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Low-key primaries still see problems in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Low-key state primaries in South Carolina still saw long lines at a few precincts and dozens of problems as poll workers, many of them new hires because of COVID-19, pulled up the wrong ballot…
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Legislature closes Capitol to public for budget rewrite
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Capitol will be off limits to the public as a health precaution against the coronavirus as the Legislature gathers next week to plug a hole in the state budget, lawmakers decided Tue…
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Lines form in Vegas area after Nevada shifts to mail voting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Voters were waiting in lines for at least an hour at polls in Las Vegas and Reno on Tuesday despite Nevada officials encouraging people to cast their primary ballots by mail because of the coronavi…
Capito headlines U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Shelley Moore Capito hoped on Tuesday to move a step closer toward becoming the first West Virginia Republican to be reelected to the U.S. Senate in more than a century.
2 North Texas counties to remove Confederate monuments
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Officials in two North Texas counties voted Tuesday to remove Confederate monuments from their courthouse grounds.
San Diego City Council declines calls to cut police funding
The San Diego City Council declined calls to
Cooper unveils criminal justice panel to address racial bias
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Calling George Floyd's death a “defining moment” for justice reform, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the creation of a panel on Tuesday to recommend ways to reform police, prosecutor a…
The Latest: Lines form at primary polls in Reno, Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on Nevada's mail-in primary election (all times local):
Voters try to beat the heat in West Virginia primary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sweating it out on the state's hottest day of the year, voters on Tuesday were choosing presidential, gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and U.S. House candidates in West Virginia's Democratic and …
Tennessee GOP remains resistant to removing Confederate bust
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Hospitals raise concern over rise in Montgomery virus cases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Hospital officials in Alabama’s capital on Tuesday raised concern about a rapid rise in virus cases in Montgomery County.