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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…
Longtime observers see violent change in Park Police tactics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Few have watched how the U.S. Park Police deals with protesters for as long and as closely as Ellen Thomas, an anti-nuclear activist who anchored a continuous sit-in vigil day and night on the pav…
When protesters cry 'defund the police,' what does it mean?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters are pushing to “defund the police" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their chant has become a rallying cry — and a stick for President …
McEnany's mission: Stand by, defend, punch back for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kayleigh McEnany is standing with President Donald Trump.
Biden to meet with George Floyd's family before funeral
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to travel to Houston to meet with the family of George Floyd and will provide a video message for Floyd's funeral service.
Virus, racial unrest force Trump campaign to recalibrate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than five months before voters will decide his fate, President Donald Trump is confronting a vastly different political reality than he once envisioned. For starters, if the election were hel…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump exaggerations on blacks' economic gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is exaggerating economic gains for African Americans during his administration.
Trump tweets support for West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump is giving his support to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in Tuesday's primary.
Biden to meet with George Floyd's family before funeral
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to travel to Houston to meet with the family of George Floyd and will provide a video message for Floyd's funeral service.
Analysis: Will Louisiana see spike as virus rules loosen?
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana reached a coronavirus testing benchmark in the latest full month of test administration and has made a sizable dent in its virus tracking goals, as Gov. John Bel Edwards' administr…
Democrats' legislation would overhaul police accountability
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are proposing to overhaul legal protections for police, create a national database of excessive-force episodes and ban police choke holds in legislation coming Monday in response to the
Brazil expunges virus death toll as data befuddles experts
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in La…
Spain PM: pandemic increased mortality among non-virus ill
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s prime minister acknowledged Sunday that the country’s COVID-19 outbreak not only directly killed thousands through fatal infections but also likely increased mortality among those wh…
Watery end for statue of slave trader in UK city of Bristol
LONDON (AP) — For someone who died nearly three centuries ago, Edward Colston has become a symbol for the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain.
Istanbul residents ignore virus rules on first weekend out
ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul residents flocked to the city’s shores and parks on the first weekend with no coronavirus lockdown, prompting a reprimand from the country's health minister who warned that the COVID-19 pan…
Statehouse seats at play in Nevada's largely mail-in primary
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republicans are closely watching the outcome of Tuesday’s primary in Nevada’s 4th and 31st Assembly districts, which they hope to flip as the party looks to try and regain the majorities in…