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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…
Minnesota students resume studies via distance learning
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota students began learning from home Monday, a new normal that may last the rest of the school year as the state tries to slow the spread of COVID-19.
California prepares for expected surge of coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians endured a weekend of stepped-up restrictions aimed at keeping them home as much as possible while health officials got ready for a week with a possible dramatic surge in coronavirus …
Trump makes Kansas disaster declaration amid stay home order
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As a statewide stay-at-home order took effect Monday, President Donald Trump issued a major disaster declaration for Kansas.
Kansas Democrats voting by mail only in presidential primary
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Democrats have scrapped plans for polling sites for their May 2 presidential primary and are using only mail-in ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Applications open for student member of higher ed panel
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is seeking applicants for a college student to serve on the panel.
Dem leader 12th Missouri COVID-19 death; case growth slows
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The death of a Democratic Party leader in western Missouri who died after contracting COVID-19 pushed the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the state to 12 and the total confirmed case…
Kansas stay-at-home rule allows religious worship, gun sales
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — All 2.9 million Kansas residents were under
2020 Watch: Will Trump lead by addition or subtraction?
NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Blissful ignorance? Submariners likely unaware of pandemic
LE PECQ, France (AP) — Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing.
Guaido urges unity government backed by loans to fight virus
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó called Saturday night for the creation of a "national emergency government" of diverse political leanings to fight the spread of the coronavirus with the assist…
Former Utah House speaker, auto exec Bob Garff dies of COVID
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former speaker of the Utah House, auto executive and philanthropist Robert Garff died Sunday because of complications of COVID-19, his daughter and the automotive group said.
Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing the nation for a
Counties without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report a single positive test result for COVID-19 infections, an …
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died F…
Online map can help Hoosiers find food assistance
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An interactive online statewide map can help Indiana residents seeking food assistance find what they need.