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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…
UK mourns 'fallen' front-line workers, expands virus testing
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. held a minute's silence Tuesday for all front-line workers who have died from the coronavirus, as the government extended its testing program and concerns mounted about the rising death toll …
I. Coast opposition leader sentenced to 20 years in absentia
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition politician Guillaume Soro vowed to press ahead with his presidential candidacy in the October election after being sentenced Tuesday in absentia to 20 years in pri…
AP source: Hillary Clinton to endorse Biden later Tuesday
Hillary Clinton, the first woman to become a major party's presidential nominee, will endorse Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, according to a Democrat who requested anonymity to discuss the plan.
Appeals court seems to favor House in McGahn subpoena fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., seemed inclined Tuesday to revive a demand from the House of Representatives that former White House counsel Don McGahn show up for testimony linked …
Sanders advisers form Super PAC to back Biden, push him left
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top advisers to Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign are forming an outside political group to support the candidate who beat him in the Democratic primary, Joe Biden, hoping to push the former v…
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2020 GOP convention host city accepts grant amid virus fears
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina city slated to host the Republican National Convention voted Monday to accept a federal grant for security-related costs, despite concerns the event may not proceed as plan…
State's virus advisory committee deliberates in private
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An advisory commission to the governor on economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is not subject to the state's
Minnesota's coronavirus death toll tops 300; new cases spike
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's coronavirus death toll topped 300 people Tuesday as 15 new deaths raised the statewide total to 301, while the state reported its highest daily total of new cases yet.
Battered by floods, U.S. river communities try new remedies
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — Hollywood Beach Road was once such prime real estate that the neighborhood had its own airstrip, enabling well-heeled residents to zip back and forth between homes in nearby St. Louis and weekend…
Virus, stalled economy raise Democratic hopes to take Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bullock was the lame-duck governor of solidly red Montana, fresh off a failed Democratic presidential bid, when he pivoted and announced he’d challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines for his s…
Trade groups: Louisiana businesses champing at COVID-19 bit
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana business owners are impatient to open back up after more than a month shut down because of
Louisiana lawmakers approve emergency summer elections plan
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana voters will have more early voting time and expanded mail-in balloting options in the July and August elections because of the
House won't resume as planned next week due to virus risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing fierce blowback, House Democratic leadership announced Tuesday the House will not resume session next week as planned because of risks associated with the
Senate urges Whitmer to allow elective medical procedures
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republicans who control the Michigan Senate urged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday to lift her five-week-old ban on nonessential medical and dental procedures, saying the decision to resume sh…