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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…
Some Californians defy stay-at-home order during hot weekend
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lingering heat wave lured people to California beaches, rivers and trails again Sunday, prompting warnings from officials that defiance of stay-at-home orders could reverse progress and bring t…
Disinfectant riff is latest of many Trump science clashes
WASHINGTON (AP) — What President Donald Trump says and does often flies in the face of mainstream science. Coronavirus and the idea of injecting disinfectants is only the latest episode.
Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Cases of the new
Spain lets children play as US states move at various speeds
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Spain let children go outside and play Sunday for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically worked to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies, while governors in the …
Belarus holds day of civic labor despite rising virus cases
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — More than 2 million Belarusians, including doctors and nurses, took part in a government-decreed national day of civic labor Saturday despite worries about the country's sharply rising coronav…
Four GOP governor candidates to appear on primary ballot
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican voters will have a fourth gubernatorial hopeful to choose from in the June primary after former state House Speaker Greg Hughes qualified for a spot on the ballot.
Social distancing urged as sunny weekend tempts Californians
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spring heat wave drove an uptick of people to California beaches, golf courses and trails on Saturday as authorities warned people not to swarm them for fear of igniting a deadly coronavirus su…
For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn't even time for goodbye
DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) — After two weeks alone in a hotel room in the Virginia suburbs, 40 minutes outside Washington, Kelsea Mensh was ready to go home.
Virus creates unprecedented Maryland congressional election
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Ballots cast in person in Maryland's special congressional election between Democrat Kweisi Mfume and Republican Kimberly Klacik will be quarantined for about 24 hours after poll close before …
COVID diaries Colorado: A day in the coronavirus pandemic
A teacher greets her students. An imam counsels his congregants. A firefighter reports for duty. New parents take their baby home from the hospital.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's wayward claims on virus tests, cures
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is exaggerating the availability of coronavirus tests in the U.S. as he urges governors to consider lifting stay-at-home orders and help get the economy moving again.
DeSantis: parts of Florida 'on the other side' of outbreak
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asserted on Sunday that parts of the state are now “on the other side” of the coronavirus outbreak, and said he would soon announce whether he would lift edicts th…
Alabama clothing plant gets deep clean amid virus concerns
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A clothing manufacturing plant in Alabama was undergoing a deep cleaning after two employees tested positive for the new coronavirus, and a top executive said the plant is scheduled to reope…
Four GOP governor candidates to appear on primary ballot
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican voters will have a fourth gubernatorial hopeful to choose from in the June primary after former state House Speaker Greg Hughes qualified for a spot on the ballot.
Maryland county asks judge to toss suit over virus in jail
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — One of Maryland's largest counties on Sunday asked a federal judge to throw out a civil rights group's lawsuit that claims its jail has failed to stop an “uncontrolled” coronavirus outbreak or…