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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…
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 4th Add,400
Sanford +- Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 11 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
Hospitality, retail, construction hardest hit Nevada jobless
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits in Nevada is closing in on 390,000 since casinos and other businesses were shuttered to prevent spread of the coronavirus, the U.S. Depar…
Bosnian Serbs under fire for mismanaging coronavirus crisis
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Authorities in Bosnia’s semi-autonomous Serb-run territory have conceded that a failure to enforce strict social distancing over Orthodox Easter has led to a sharp spike in newly…
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Top Russian diplomat dismisses Czech claims of poison plot
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top diplomat on Thursday angrily dismissed media reports alleging a Russian plot to poison the mayor of Prague and another official in the Czech capital amid a tug-of-war over a Soviet milita…
New Mexico AG seeks to stop 'defiant' city from reopening
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office is seeking to force the mayor of the small city of Grants to comply with a statewide health order and prevent allowing nonessential businesses from r…
Top diplomats discuss peace plans for eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — Top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed ways to advance the peace process for eastern Ukraine in Thursday's call, but failed to achieve any tangible progress.
Michigan sees 81K new unemployment claims, 1.2M over 6 weeks
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An additional 81,000 people filed initial claims for unemployment in Michigan last week, bringing the six-week total to more than 1.2 million amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden reaches deal to let Sanders keep hundreds of delegates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has agreed to let former primary rival Bernie Sanders keep hundreds of delegates he would otherwise forfeit by
Polish judge leaves office, hopes for judicial independence
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The retiring head of Poland's Supreme Court told her supporters Thursday that the fight for judicial independence will eventually win out over the right-wing government's push to take politica…
Anchorage Assembly passes homeless camp clearance resolution
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Anchorage Assembly has passed a resolution asking the mayor to move more aggressively to clear and clean up the city's homeless encampments.
US intel agencies: COVID-19 virus not man-made or altered, but still studying if outbreak began in China lab accident
WASHINGTON (AP) — US intel agencies: COVID-19 virus not man-made or altered, but still studying if outbreak began in China lab accident.
New Slovakian government wins mandatory confidence vote
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s new government, which was faced with the immediate policy challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Thursday.
US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that