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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…
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.
Leaders disagree on when Georgia lawmakers should return
ATLANTA (AP) — With Georgia's legislative session suspended because of fears of transmitting the new coronavirus, the two Republicans who must agree on when to return continue to eye different dates.
Ducey appoints 3 to Maricopa County Superior Court
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed three new judges to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
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 …
Suburban Denver Walmart shuttered after 3 coronavirus deaths
DENVER (AP) — Health officials have ordered the closure of a Walmart in suburban Denver as three people connected to the store died after being infected with the coronavirus and at least six employees tested positi…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's errant virus theories, testing boast
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President Donald Trump’s musings ab…
UK govt under fire over virus advice as deaths pass 20,000
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government on Saturday defended the independence of the scientists advising it on the coronavirus after it emerged that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial chief aide had attended m…
Pandemic complicates counting of refugees in census
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The care packages, left outside closed apartment doors to curb the coronavirus, offer newly arrived refugee families a few items to ease their transition to life in the United States — canned…
Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression — a menu of nationally scaled projects that were one part make work and many parts la…
In Trump's shadow, Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — They long for what's being lost: the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings, to chat across the aisle, to speak from the House and Senate floor for all of America, and histor…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's baseless theories on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President Donald Trump’s musings ab…
Polish government gets pushback on postal presidential vote
WARSAW (AP) — The Polish government’s determination to move forward with a scheduled presidential election next month by making it an all-postal vote has sparked anxiety and anger amid the coronavirus pandemic, wit…
Ducey appoints Bailey to fill state Court of Appeals vacancy
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Doug Ducey has become the Arizona governor to appoint the most judges in the state court system.
Utah halts malaria-drug buy, looks ahead to reopen dining
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah halted plans Friday to buy 200,000 treatments of malaria drugs that have been widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors.
Doctors struggle to stay true to science but not cross Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s becoming a kind of daily ritual: President Donald Trump and a phalanx of doctors file into the White House briefing room each evening to discuss the coronavirus, producing a display of rhetor…