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Homesley, Falstad share plans for growing county, auditors office
EPHRATA — As Grant County continues to grow, the county auditor's office is tasked with keeping pace with increasi…
5 Phoenix-area polling places moved because of coronavirus
PHOENIX (AP) — Five Phoenix-area polling places for next week's Arizona presidential primary will be moved from senior living facilities to other locations to protect vulnerable residents from potential exposure to…
US officials say US troops killed, injured in Iraq attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday.
What SD lawmakers have on the budget negotiating table
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — As the South Dakota Legislature enters its final day to finalize a budget on Thursday, lawmakers are squabbling over how to spend $13 million in unexpected one-time funds.
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BULLETIN (AP) — Darrell Issa, GOP, nominated U.S. House, District
Sanders isn't dropping out, but where does he go from here?
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Bernie Sanders is vowing to press ahead with his presidential campaign at least long enough to debate Joe Biden this weekend, even while acknowledging his deficit in the Democratic race may b…
Analysis: Facing virus outbreak, Trump's tactics fall short
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Analysis: Sanders may have learned wrong lessons from 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders pledged to harness the energy from his first campaign to turn out more voters in 2020. He would build a coalition of black, young and working-class voters who were energized by his …
US report finds widespread forced Uighur labor in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers pushed Wednesday for a ban on imports from a vast area of northwestern China because of the widespread use of forced labor in a region where the communist government has detained mo…
Louisiana declares public health emergency for coronavirus
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a public health emergency in Louisiana on Wednesday as the number of new coronavirus cases in the state continued to grow.
Lawyers: Chelsea Manning attempts suicide in Va. jail
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chelsea Manning's legal team said Wednesday that the former intelligence analyst tried to take her own life Wednesday, but was transported to a hospital where she is recovering.
Opposition's street protests losing appeal in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — When a re-energized opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela from a world tour that saw him meet President Donald Trump, he turned to a well-worn page in the opposition's playbo…
Georgia county punished for ditching voting machines
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's State Election Board voted on Wednesday to punish election officials in one county for their decision not to use the state's new voting machines for the presidential primary, and it ord…
Mississippi reports 1st case of coronavirus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi health officials Wednesday announced that the state had its first presumptive positive case of coronavirus as organizers in Jackson announced that they were canceling an upcoming p…
White House: Trump cancels planned travel to Colorado, Nevada 'out of an abundance of caution' amid virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Trump cancels planned travel to Colorado, Nevada 'out of an abundance of caution' amid virus outbreak.
Indiana lawmakers back banning local rental regulations
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed blocking Indiana cities from regulating rental properties, a move that