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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…
Protesters head to Capitol as more restrictions take effect
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protesters began gathering outside the state Capitol on Monday to demand that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen Pennsylvania's economy even as new social-distancing mandates took effect at stores and othe…
High court declines to hear Nebraska, Missouri death cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is passing for now on deciding whether juries must find all facts necessary to impose a death sentence or whether judges can play a role, an issue Nebraska and Missouri death row…
Belarus reopens schools as leader rejects 'coronapsychosis'
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Schools reopened Monday in Belarus following an extended spring break, but authorities allowed parents to keep their children at home even though the government has steered clear of closures a…
Congressional Black Caucus PAC backs Biden's White House bid
DETROIT (AP) — The Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsed
Federal judge delays filing deadline for Michigan candidates
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan candidates will have 17 additional days to collect voter signatures to qualify for the ballot because of the state's order to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judg…
2020 Watch: Why is Trump going to war with governors?
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Analysis: La. governor warns reopening doesn't mean normal
As he sets the stage for the gradual reopening of sectors of Louisiana's shuttered economy, Gov. John Bel Edwards is trying to prepare people for an uncomfortable reality: Life isn't returning to normal anytime soo…
A few hundred protest COVID-19 orders at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A few hundred conservative activists, some waving flags supporting President Donald Trump, demonstrated on the steps of the Texas Capitol building on Saturday to call for an end to social restr…
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Utah coronavirus cases rise; rally protests restrictions
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least 27 people in Utah have died and 3,069 have tested positive for the coronavirus, state health officials reported Sunday, a day after about a thousand people violated a Salt Lake City h…
Arizona cities retrenching to cope with coronavirus outbreak
Arizona cities are tightening their belts and revising previously rosy budget forecasts as the coronavirus outbreak's financial impact takes hold in metropolitan areas and mostly rural counties alike.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misdirection on virus testing, deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely assigning blame to governors and the Obama administration for shortages in
Lockdown politics increasingly pit economic, health concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Mass virus test in nursing home seeks to combat loneliness
AMMERSCHWIR, France (AP) — Some were born in this warren of small rooms in what used to be a hospital, dating to the 17th century. Many are likely to die here. And all are currently confined to their rooms, denied …
Illinois matches highest single-day virus death tally at 125
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Saturday announced that the death toll from the coronavirus in the state had climbed by 125, matching the highest total for a single day.