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Audit finds issues with assessor's office
August 3, 2018 3 a.m.

Audit finds issues with assessor's office

EPHRATA — A pair of state audits has found continued problems in the Grant County Assessor’s Office and in the way the county keeps its books.

July 23, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 97.

June 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Lynn: Kaepernick fits Chargers style but no workouts planned

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Colin Kaepernick is on the Los Angeles Chargers' workout list, but that doesn't mean he will be coming in anytime soon or at all.

July 13, 2020 2:27 a.m.

Trump's reelection operation hires 1,500 field staffers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee and President Donald Trump’s campaign say they have now hired 1,500 field staffers, aiming to convert their financial advantage over Democrats into votes in November.

July 14, 2020 11:27 p.m.

In defeat, Sessions still says Trump right for the nation

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions took the stage Tuesday night near the Alabama gulf coast with the same certitude he’d displayed on another, bigger stage across town almost five years ago. Donald Trump’s vision, the former attorney general declared anew, is right for America.

July 15, 2020 12:03 a.m.

In defeat, Sessions still says Trump right for the nation

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Jeff Sessions took the stage with the same sense of conviction he had displayed in giddier times at a Mobile stadium almost five years ago, declaring once more that Donald Trump’s vision was right for America.

July 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pence casts Biden as socialist bent on ruining America

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence stepped up attacks on Joe Biden with an aggressive speech Friday in the birthplace of the Republican Party, casting the election in under four months as a choice “between freedom and opportunity and socialism and decline.”

July 22, 2020 12:27 p.m.

Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, who led an eclectic life as a civil rights leader, onetime purveyor of illegal liquor in Chicago, history-making Black mayor in deeply segregated Mississippi and contrarian with connections to prominent national Democrats and Republicans, died Wednesday. He was 97.

July 17, 2020 12:27 p.m.

Pence turns up heat on Biden with Wisconsin speech

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence stepped up attacks on Joe Biden with an aggressive speech Friday in the birthplace of the Republican Party, casting the election in under four months as a choice “between freedom and opportunity and socialism and decline.”

July 17, 2020 3:03 p.m.

Pence casts Biden as socialist bent on ruining America

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence stepped up attacks on Joe Biden with an aggressive speech Friday in the birthplace of the Republican Party, casting the election in under four months as a choice “between freedom and opportunity and socialism and decline.”

July 3, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.

July 1, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.

July 2, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.

June 30, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Rudolfo Anaya, ‘godfather’ of Chicano literature, dies at 82

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Rudolfo Anaya, a writer who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement with his novel “Bless Me, Ultima,” a book celebrated by Latinos, has died at 82.

Ephrata boys, girls rout Othello
December 30, 2016 midnight

Ephrata boys, girls rout Othello

OTHELLO — Othello is a good team and the last thing Ephrata wanted was to let them hang around long enough to get hot. The Tigers (6-3, 4-3) went on a 11-4 run to open the third quarter to run away from the Huskies 66-42 in their final Central Washington Athletic Conference boys game of 2016.

July 31, 2020 12:27 p.m.

House Democrats subpoena Pompeo for documents on Biden's son

WASHINGTON (AP) —

July 31, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Criminal case opened against FIFA president Gianni Infantino

GENEVA (AP) — A criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino was opened by a Swiss special prosecutor on Thursday, plunging the soccer body into a new scandal and potentially threatening the tenure of the man who was brought in to restore its tarnished reputation.

August 4, 2020 2:06 p.m.

Trump encourages mail voting in key battleground Florida

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump now is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail after months of criticizing the practice, and only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law.

August 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Kansas Senate race tests GOP leaders' power to block Kobach

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Establishment Republicans sought Tuesday to thwart polarizing conservative Kris Kobach's bid for Kansas' open Senate seat, a task complicated by President Donald Trump's refusal to endorse their favored candidate in the primary.

July 30, 2020 7:03 a.m.

Trump floats election 'delay' amid claim of voting fraud

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is for the first time floating a “delay” to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes unsubstantiated allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud.