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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…
Few new restrictions as Georgia's shelter-at-home order ends
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will allow his statewide shelter-in-place order to expire at midnight Thursday but is extending his emergency powers to June 12 and telling the elderly and medically fragile t…
SEALs tried to locate US citizen taken by Afghan militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the days following the capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan earlier this year, Navy commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of a Taliban-linked militant network, T…
Military sexual assault reports rise, in Air Force above all
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the military increased slightly last year, with the Air Force showing the biggest jump of all the services at 9%, according to a Defense Department report release…
Pelosi: States, cities seek $1T to avoid layoffs from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that state and local governments are seeking up to $1 trillion for
New Mexico Supreme Court orders mayor to keep health orders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court ordered he mayor of the small city of Grants on Thursday to comply with a health order and stop nonessential businesses from reopening.
Serbia opposition stage curfew protest against government
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A group of Serbian opposition leaders on Thursday staged a protest during an evening curfew to voice their criticism of the populist government's measures against the new coronavirus.
South Carolina House and Senate to return on May 12
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Legislature plans to return in less than two weeks as lawmakers face a deadline to pass key bills before they are required to adjourn.
Most California Health Corps volunteers not eligible to join
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For days after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the all-volunteer California Health Corps, he provided updates on how many retired medical workers had signed up and marveled at the numbers — 34…
'Everyone's watching': Biden's VP audition process begins
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wore a T-shirt on television emblazoned with the words “that woman from Michigan,” a cheeky reference to President Donald Trump's dismissal of her. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuch…
Navajo death row inmate loses appeal to probe racial bias
PHOENIX (AP) — The only Native American on federal death row lost a bid Thursday to look into potential racial bias in his case.
Kentucky faces budget shortfalls as its economy staggers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Economic wreckage from the
Grim count: US virus toll passes Trump's 60,000 marker
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump likes to talk about the most, the best, the thing that nobody has ever seen.
Trump praise of 'tormented' Flynn raises pardon speculation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump voiced strong support Thursday for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, raising speculation that a pardon may be coming after Flynn's lawyers disclosed intern…
Johnson: UK 'past the peak' of outbreak but must be cautious
LONDON (AP) — Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, as he promised to reveal a “road map” out of national lockdown — but not yet.
Germany relaxes lockdown for playgrounds, churches and zoos
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities agreed Thursday to reopen playgrounds, churches and cultural institutions such as museums and zoos that have been shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, but they postponed a…