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Auditor candidates discuss election integrity, public confidence
EPHRATA — Three Republican candidates are running for the position of Grant County Auditor: incumbent Shannon Fals…
EXPLAINER: How California could recall Gov. Gavin Newsom
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s Sept. 14 recall election could remove first-term Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.
After voters embraced mail ballots, GOP states tighten rules
A monthslong campaign by the Republican Party, fueled in part by the false narrative of widespread fraud in last year's presidential election, has led to a wave of new voting laws that will tighten access to the ba…
Ida deaths: Nursing home residents die after evacuation
INDEPENDENCE, La. (AP) — Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during
US to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires burn year-round
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a
Tens of thousands protest for gay marriage in Switzerland
BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands protested in Switzerland on Saturday for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the Alpine country.
EXPLAINER: Resistance leader’s death deepens Kashmir strife
NEW DELHI (AP) — The
The Latest: Iran president calls for election in Afghanistan
TEHRAN — Iran’s president is calling for elections in Afghanistan to determine the future of the country, where he hopes peace will return after Western troops have left and the Taliban have seized control.
Ethnic tensions flare up in Montenegro over church ceremony
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Protesters clashed with hundreds of riot police in the old capital of Montenegro on Saturday, setting up blockades of tires and large rocks ahead of the inauguration of the new head of …
Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of grace
Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal the United States was gone. From afar, U.S. g…
Legal shield for Purdue Pharma owners is at heart of appeals
The end of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case has left a
Biden blasts high court failure to block Texas abortion curb
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they can to “insulate…
First flames, then fees: Tahoe evacuees report price gouging
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — As fearful Lake Tahoe residents packed up belongings and fled a raging wildfire burning toward the California-Nevada border, some encountered an unexpected obstacle: price gouging.
'It looked apocalyptic': Crew describes Afghan departure
WASHINGTON (AP) — It looked like a zombie apocalypse.
The Latest: Some domestic flights resume at Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan — Some domestic flights have resumed at Afghanistan's international airport in Kabul, with the state-run Ariana Afghan Airline operating flights to three provinces.
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexu…