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Updated 21 minutes ago

Falstad, Homesley outline approaches to election security, public trust

EPHRATA — As Election Day approaches, questions about election integrity, ballot security and public trust remain …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Migrant detention center to open after conditions stir anger

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A year after asylum-seekers and other migrants overwhelmed U.S. immigration authorities at the southern border, the Border Patrol is opening a processing facility in Texas that officials say c…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Wisconsin lawmakers eyeing changes to human resources office

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The office that investigates sexual harassment complaints against Wisconsin lawmakers would report its findings directly to legislative leaders, not to nonpartisan clerks of the state Senate an…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Nebraska won't confirm involvement in multi-state Juul probe

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities refused to say Tuesday whether they're involved in a new, multi-state investigation into the marketing and sales practices of e-cigarette maker Juul.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Refugee resettlement resolution advances in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers once again showed their displeasure with Gov. Bill Lee's decision to keep accepting refugees by advancing a resolution Tuesday that criticized the Republican's actions as…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Democrats warm up for big debate, unloading on Sanders

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders' Democratic rivals prepared to unleash a new wave of attacks against the party's presidential front-runner in a high-stakes debate Tuesday night, perhaps their final prime-tim…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Arkansas man charged with trying to blow up car at Pentagon

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — An Arkansas man was arrested on charges he tried to blow up a car at a Pentagon parking lot, federal officials said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Wisconsin Legislature changing internal complaint process

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The office that investigates sexual harassment complaints against Wisconsin lawmakers would report its findings directly to legislative leaders, not to nonpartisan clerks of the state Senate an…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
'Momma on a mission' backs Walz's call for farm safety money

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday proposed reimbursing farmers who retrofit their tractors with rollover protection or install safety equipment in their grain bins in an effort to reduce farm accident…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
AP sources: AG Barr names new director to run federal prison system long plagued by violence and staffing shortages

WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: AG Barr names new director to run federal prison system long plagued by violence and staffing shortages.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Opponents fault Trump proposal to cut environmental reviews

WASHINGTON (AP) — Describing windows rattled by industrial blasts and windowsills covered in toxic ash, an African American resident of Texas’ oil hub joined Democratic lawmakers, state officials and others Tuesday…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Italy sees virus cases rise 45%; 11 dead

ROME (AP) — Italy reported a 45% one-day increase in people infected with the coronavirus as other countries in Europe recorded their first cases Tuesday, producing evidence that travelers are carrying the virus fr…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Slovakia's parliament rejects women's rights treaty

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's lawmakers voted Tuesday to reject an international treaty on women's rights.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Facts muddled in New Hampshire debate over destroying guns

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A discussion about destroying guns provoked strong emotions Tuesday at a public hearing where both sides stumbled over the facts.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Some doctors worried by Indiana 'surprise' billing proposal

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some Indiana doctors are raising fears about possible loss of emergency services under a plan to limit

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Trump says without evidence Dems leak intel to hurt Sanders

NEW DELHI (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Democrats who don't want Bernie Sanders to win their party's presidential nomination tried to hurt the senator's chances by leaking information abou…