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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…
Hundreds in Topeka protest Gov. Kelly's stay-at-home order
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Gov. Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order for the state, many waving signs on sidewalks while others drove slowly around the Statehouse.
Mississippi city revises limit on drive-up church amid virus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city facing freedom-of-religion lawsuits and pressure from the U.S. attorney general has revised its policy that banned drive-up church services during the
Supreme Court sides with government in immigration case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is making it harder for noncitizens who are authorized to live permanently in the United States to argue they should be allowed to stay in the country if they've committed crimes.
AP-NORC poll: Few Americans trust Trump's info on pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has made himself the daily spokesman for the nation’s coronavirus response. Yet few Americans regularly look to or trust Trump as a source of information on the pandemic, ac…
Proposed voting law changes are back to being 1 ballot issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A package of proposed election law changes aimed at making voting in Ohio easier was restored as a single ballot issue Thursday rather than being split up, ending nearly two months of legal de…
Prosecutor who quit Roger Stone trial team has new job
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor on the
AP-NORC poll: Few Americans regularly look to or trust President Donald Trump as a source of information on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP-NORC poll: Few Americans regularly look to or trust President Donald Trump as a source of information on coronavirus.
Hungary seen wrongly holding asylum seekers in transit zones
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's practice of keeping asylum seekers in a closed transit zone on the border with Serbia qualifies as “unlawful detention,” according to an nonbinding opinion issued Thursday by a se…
Kansas official's comments on coronavirus raise eyebrows
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A city commissioner in Manhattan, Kansas, said he was frustrated with government stay-at-home orders when he commented at a commission meeting this week that he was close to hoping everyone w…
AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Last autumn, when schools were in session, sports stadiums full and no one had even heard of the COVID-19 disease, the Missouri health department made an eerily foreshadowing request.
Judges in MH17 trial allowed to consider anonymous testimony
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with murder for their alleged roles in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 will be allowed to conside…
Arizona death toll in coronavirus at 249, an increase of 20
PHOENIX (AP) — The number of deaths from the coronavirus outbreak in Arizona has jumped again with state officials reporting 20 additional fatalities, for a total of 249 reported as of Thursday.
Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus
BOSTON (AP) — The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said Thursday.
Walz expected to keep Minnesota schools closed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce that he's ordering Minnesota schools to stay closed through the rest of the year amid the COVID-19 crisis.
In Hawaii case, justices see broad reach of Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect ro…