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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
Snowden and his wife seek to be Russian-US dual nationals
MOSCOW (AP) — Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden said Monday that he and his wife intend to apply for Russian citizenship without renouncing their U.S. citizenship.
2020 Watch: Will loser of the election accept the result?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into the final week of
Small fire burns tents in squalid Greek island refugee camp
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A small brush fire that started at an overcrowded refugee center on Greece's eastern Aegean island of Samos has burned about 15 tents but caused no injuries, Greek authorities said Monday.
French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher
PARIS (AP) — French schools held a nationwide minute of silence Monday in honor of a teacher who was beheaded for opening a class debate on free speech by showing students caricatures of the prophet of Islam.
West Virginia law students will man voter hotline on Tuesday
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Students at the West Virginia University College of Law will help staff an election protection hotline this Election Day.
WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19
GENEVA (AP) — World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. A top WHO official focusing on…
Expect a lot more of the same if Trump wins a second term
Expect to see a lot more of the same if there's a second Trump administration.
Kansas political parties fail to disclose details on mailers
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Both the Kansas Republican and Democratic parties have failed to disclose which candidates they are targeting with campaign mailers this election cycle.
French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure
PARIS (AP) — The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France’s Muslims are feeling squeezed.
Barrett to join Supreme Court arguments for the first time
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett is expected to join her Supreme Court colleagues on Monday to hear arguments for the first time.
N. Carolina elections office previews Election Day count
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's elections office is predicting that at the end of Election Day it will be able to tally and report at least 97% of all ballots cast.
Video altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state
It's an awkward moment when a presidential candidate greets the audience at a rally and names the wrong state.
Election win by Georgia's governing party triggers protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's ruling party won the ex-Soviet nation's highly contested parliamentary election, according to preliminary results announced Sunday that the opposition refused to recognize as valid…
Tennessee Dems lawsuit seeks release of absentee ballot info
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against Tennessee elections officials seeking the release of absentee ballot information.
US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms
What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say.