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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…
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California reports 1st prison inmate death caused by virus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Califronia corrections officials announced Sunday the first prison inmate death from complications related to COVID-19.
‘Cartels are scrambling’: Virus snarls global drug trade
NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profit…
Experts worry politics will guide voters' virus precautions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Pr…
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In nod to normalcy, Pence celebrates Air Force Academy grads
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduating class on Saturday, telling the cadets that by set…
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
Luján keeps money edge in open US Senate race in New Mexico
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján continues to hold a comfortable fundraising edge over his GOP opponents in a race for open Senate seat in New Mexico, federal recor…
California reports 1st prison inmate death caused by virus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Califronia corrections officials announced Sunday the first prison inmate death from complications related to COVID-19.
South Carolina reports 1 more virus death, 136 new cases
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Health officials say 136 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in South Carolina, and another person with COVID-19 — the disease caused by the virus — has died.
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…
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…
California details nursing homes with coronavirus outbreaks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has for the first time released details about nursing homes facing coronavirus outbreaks, with three facilities in Los Angeles among the hardest-hit, as the numbers of COVID-19 cases a…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely blames governors for virus test
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is wrongly casting blame on governors and the Obama administration for shortages in
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