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Sheriff’s race Q&A part 2: candidates confront criticism
EPHRATA — As the race for Grant County sheriff heads toward the Nov. 3 general election, candidates Joey Kriete an…
AP sources: White House to propose roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address virus threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: White House to propose roughly $850 billion emergency economic stimulus to address virus threat.
Virtual rallies, line spacing: Illinois votes amid pandemic
CHICAGO (AP) — Presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders rallied voters via telephone and live stream and election workers were offering hand sanitizer at polling places on Tuesday as Illinois' primary got…
Senate votes to extend, not tweak, 3 surveillance powers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has voted to extend, rather than tweak, three surveillance powers that federal law enforcement officials use to fight terrorists, passing the bill back to an absent House and throw…
5 questions heading into Tuesday's Democratic primaries
Four states had been scheduled to hold Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday amid
EU battles to forge common front as virus eats at unity
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders are set to hold their second summit in two weeks on Tuesday, a fresh attempt to forge a joint response to the novel coronavirus as Europe takes over from China as the front-li…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 7th Add,400
NORTHEAST Sestak +- Sloan +- Steinman +- Steinman +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 5th Add,400
NORTHEAST Others +- Total Write +-
A somber Trump urges Americans to follow virus guidelines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Racing to stall an expected surge of coronavirus cases, the White House released a series of sweeping guidelines that for the next 15 days will temporarily rewrite the norms of American society.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 6 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Trump +- Weld +- Ardini +- Boddie +-
Louisiana to close bars, limit eateries; virus deaths at 3
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An 84-year-old New Orleans man has become the third person in Louisiana to die from the new coronavirus, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Monday as he discussed new statewide restrictions to …
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 2nd Add,400
NORTHEAST Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +- Bullock +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 6th Add,400
NORTHEAST Kraus +- Krichevsky +- Moroz +- Patrick +-
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Dick Durbin (i), Uncontested
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Bennet +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 4th Add,400
NORTHEAST Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +- Greenstein +-