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In Grant County Judge debate, Bevier, Chadwick place emphasis on experience and constitutional interpretation
EPHRATA — The two candidates seeking Grant County Superior Court Judge Position 3 highlighted their legal experien…
Coronavirus outbreak prompts Kansas to stop prison releases
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas began releasing inmates this week as a way to check the spread of coronavirus in its prison system, but stopped when an outbreak mushroomed and created a danger of returning infected offe…
Health official says US missed some chances to slow virus
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation, a top health official said Friday.
Mississippi legislators assert control over virus money
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Friday and asserted their control in a power struggle with the governor over who has the authority to spend $1.25 billion the state is receivin…
Missouri senators set aside $20M for meat packing plants
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators on Friday parceled out millions of dollars in expected federal coronavirus stimulus funding to help the state cope with the pandemic, including $20 million for meatpacking pla…
Orange County beaches shut but some still surf, walk on sand
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Orange County beaches began closing Friday under a state order aimed at preventing the virus's spread but many people still headed to the shore to surf, walk and jog before local aut…
Accused embassy gunman said he feared Cuban organized crime
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Cuban man who sought asylum in the U.S. opened fire with an AK-47 at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, spraying the front of the building with nearly three dozen rounds because he wanted to “get …
Small town of Wickenburg defies Ducey's stay-at-home order
WICKENBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Warnings from police and Arizona health officials didn’t stop Debbie Thompson from serving food Friday inside her small-town Horseshoe Cafe.
Trump's new press secretary pledges not to lie from podium
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new spokeswoman, Kayleigh McEnany, vowed Friday not to lie to reporters from the podium as she made her debut at the first White House briefing by a press secretary in mor…
1,299 inmates test positive for virus at Tennessee prison
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will begin testing all of its state prison inmates and staff after 1,299 of 2,444 inmates tested positive for the coronavirus at a privately run prison, state and prison officials …
Biden flatly declares sexual assault 'never, never happened'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied all
Virginia governor to outline reopening guidelines on Monday
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said he'll present new guidelines next week for the state's eventual reopening, adding progress has been made in boosting testing and obtaining medical supplies amid…
Conservative author says email mix-up led to COVID-19 probe
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Petition seeks to put Medicaid expansion on Missouri ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters could get to decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage for thousands of low-income adults after a decade of repeated rejections by the state's Republican-led …
N.C. lawmakers need more time before COVID-19 relief deal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House and Senate leaders on Friday said they still had work to do before finalizing a two-bill package to address immediate COVID-19 needs, but had agreed on how much federal rel…
Ex-House member who resigned amid scandal returns in TV ad
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Katie Hill is back.