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Preliminary primary results set stage for November races across Columbia Basin
EPHRATA — Initial results from Washington's Aug. 5 primary election show several closely watched races beginning t…
Biden looks to restore, expand Obama administration policies
Stop and reverse. Restore and expand.
Election officials: Early voting turnout passes 2M in NY
NEW YORK (AP) — At least 2.2 million people have cast in-person ballots in New York ahead of Election Day, election officials announced Sunday, the state's ninth and final day of early voting.
6 questions going into the presidential election
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AP Explains: The election result may be delayed. That's OK.
Patience, America.
Trump threatens to fire Fauci in rift with disease expert
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting that he will fire
Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh region drags on into 6th week
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered a sixth week Sunday with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blaming each other for new attacks.
Ex-South Korean President Lee back to prison after ruling
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was sent back to prison on Monday, four days after the country’s top court upheld his 17-year prison term for corruption crimes.
Moldovans vote for president, pro-EU or pro-Russia visions
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Voters in Moldova cast ballots Sunday in a presidential election that is perceived as a referendum on two divergent visions for the future of the small Eastern European nation.
Races for governor take top billing in Missouri, Montana
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson steadfastly refused to mandate mask-wearing even as the coronavirus spread across his state this year, telling a group of cattlemen in July, “You don’t need government to …
Experts: Police brutality, racism pushing Black anxiety
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — The events of 2020 already had Eddie Hall on edge.
Mississippi board says county can move Confederate statue
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A state board in Mississippi has unanimously approved a permit for a Confederate monument to be moved from a county courthouse to a cemetery.
AP PHOTOS: As virus cases grow, voting reaches home stretch
Election Day is Nov. 3, but the nation has been teeming with voting activity for weeks as the 2020 campaign barrels down the home stretch.
Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject Houston votes
DALLAS (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Sunday denied a Republican-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area.
Algeria votes on new constitution amid opposition boycott
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians voted Sunday on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits, promises new freedoms and is aimed at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters who pushed…
Trump decries FBI probe of supporters surrounding Biden bus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested the FBI should stop investigating an incident in which his supporters were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel …