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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…
Albuquerque measure would end military surplus for police
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two Albuquerque city councilors want to end the city’s participation in a federal program in which surplus military equipment is transferred to municipal police departments.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 8th Add,400
Steinman +- Steyer +- Thistle +- Torgesen +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 11 Takes,450
State Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 7th Add,400
Rice +- Sestak +- Sloan +- Steinman +-
North Dakota's all-mail primary a test of Burgum's big bucks
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials will tabulate results Tuesday from an election conducted exclusively by mail, a test of whether Gov. Doug Burgum's pockets are deep enough to decide an unusually rough p…
Honolulu police suspends vascular neck restraints
HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu Police Department is temporarily stopping officers from using a type of neck restraint.
3 more charged in San Francisco City Hall corruption case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three more people — two of them former city officials — have been charged in a San Francisco corruption case centering around former public works director Mohammed Nuru, federal prosecutors ann…
Alaska ferry crew, passengers must undergo COVID-19 testing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Forty-one crew members and passengers of an Alaska state ferry will undergo testing for COVID-19 before disembarking the Tustumena in Homer later Monday after another crew member tested pos…
Democrats Markey, Kennedy spar in latest televised debate
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and his Democratic primary challenger, U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, sharpened their elbows as they faced off for a televised debate Monday evening.
California deal for protective masks wins federal approval
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Millions of protective masks will soon be on their way to California after the manufacturer paid by the state to make them finally won U.S. federal certification, the governor's office ann…
California legislative leaders back state 'sleeper hold' ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's Assembly speaker and other key lawmakers on Monday backed making it illegal statewide for police to use a type of neck hold that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, a propo…
Governor: Kansas counties shouldn't feel push to ease rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties “shouldn't feel pressure” to loosen restrictions if they aren't seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases or new hospitalizations, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday, with cases increa…
Colorado abortion limits measure qualifies for Nov. 3 ballot
DENVER (AP) — Backers of a proposed initiative to ban abortions at 22 weeks in Colorado have collected enough signatures to put the measure on the November ballot, the secretary of state’s office said Monday.
North Korea says it’ll cut off all communication channels with South Korea in anger over activists’ leafleting campaign.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it’ll cut off all communication channels with South Korea in anger over activists’ leafleting campaign.
Report: FBI found weapons, booby traps after arrest of 3 men
LAS VEGAS (AP) — FBI agents found rags, gasoline, aerosol cans and weapons along with booby traps, fireworks and handwritten notes of military and survival tactics while serving search warrants on three Nevada men …