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Ballots due today; officials urge voters to use drop boxes or hand-cancel mailed ballots
EPHRATA — Today is the final day for residents to return their ballots for the 2026 General Election, and election…
In winter's quiet, Belarus opposition prepares new protests
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Winter's cold and harsh police actions in Belarus have put a chill on the protests against President Alexander Lukashenko that gripped the Eastern European nation for months. But opposition for…
Calendar timing means virus deaths won't be seen in census
The human loss from the coronavirus will not be reflected in the 2020 census because of a matter of timing, which could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one.
Trump impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency, speed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's historic second
Activists complain of weakened voting security standard
BOSTON (AP) — Leaders of the federal agency overseeing election administration have quietly weakened a key element of proposed security standards for voting systems, raising concern among voting-integrity experts t…
EXPLAINER: How Trump's second impeachment trial will work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's historic second
Virus outbreaks stoke tensions in some state capitols
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — After only their first few weeks of work, tensions already are high among lawmakers meeting in-person at some state capitols — not because of testy debates over taxes, guns or abortion, b…
Longtime Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz dies at 100
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union and forging …
Biden's dilemma in virus aid fight: Go big or go bipartisan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s push for a
California revises indoor church guidelines after ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office on Saturday issued revised guidelines for indoor church services after the Supreme Court lifted the state's ban on indoor worship during the coronavirus pa…
Biden gives Calif. woman pep talk in weekly address revival
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden gave a pep talk to a California woman who was laid off because of the coronavirus pandemic, during a conversation the White House said is part of an effort to help him en…
5 key questions for Trump's Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arguments begin Tuesday in the
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this small city tucked into the Appalachian Mountains — you have your choice.
Weary postal workers hope Biden will bring new tone, change
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service's stretch of challenges didn't end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole d…
Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, once foes, talk Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — When he was Donald Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen was hellbent on silencing Stormy Daniels, even arranging a hush-money payment to the porn actress that landed him in federal prison.
Immigrants, activists worry Biden won't end Trump barriers
HOUSTON (AP) — For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.