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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…
Rural Northern California counties seek to reopen economy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials from six rural Northern California counties and 14 small cities in them have urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to let them reopen their economies, marking the most significant pushback yet…
Erdogan: Turkey working on plan to ease virus restrictions
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his government is working on a detailed plan to ease coronavirus restrictions, but warned that weekend lockdowns would most likely continue u…
North Carolina session to begin with COVID-19 aid consensus
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina legislative session anticipated months ago to repeat the acrimony from last year’s budget impasse between Republicans and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper begins Tuesday with expecta…
New York officials make unprecedented decision to cancel state's June 23 presidential primary due to virus concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — New York officials make unprecedented decision to cancel state's June 23 presidential primary due to virus concerns.
Wedding license office reopens in 'marriage capital' Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas returned to the wedding business Monday, nearly six weeks after the Marriage License Bureau was closed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
New Mexico mayor defies governor's lockdown order
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of a small New Mexico city promised a confrontation Monday between his small police force and State Police as he seeks to lift a COVID-19 lockdown order that shuttered nonessential…
Louisiana governor readies to release virus reopening plans
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's coronavirus restrictions lifted slightly Monday as nonemergency medical services resumed, and Gov. John Bel Edwards readied to announce the details of his “very gradual effort” t…
Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns.
Supreme Court throws out New York gun case and avoids major ruling on gun rights, but new cases loom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court throws out New York gun case and avoids major ruling on gun rights, but new cases loom.
Federal trial opens over Florida's felon voting law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A high-stakes federal trial opened Monday that could allow hundreds of thousands of felons to regain the right to vote in Florida, a battleground state that is expected to hold considerable…
Missouri lawmakers head to Capitol to pass budget
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A top Missouri House lawmaker on Monday moved to trim $700 million from the state's proposed budget as revenues drop because of the coronavirus.
Turk evacuated from Sweden for coronavirus treatment
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has dispatched an air ambulance and repatriated a Turkish citizen who tested positive for the coronavirus in Sweden but allegedly failed to receive any treatment there.
AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests
Notre Dame Cathedral worksite refitted for virus safety
PARIS (AP) — Workers are refitting the construction site at fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to protect staff from the virus and allow cleanup efforts at the Paris landmark to resume.
US review: Airstrike in Somalia killed, injured civilians
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American military airstrike in Somalia more than a year ago killed two civilians and injured three others, U.S. Africa Command acknowledged in a new report on Monday.