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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,…
Road, logging restrictions to end in largest national forest
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The federal government announced plans Wednesday to lift restrictions on logging and building roads in a pristine rainforest in Alaska that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon. Conse…
Justice Dept. charges 8 in Chinese harassment plot in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing into returning …
Arizona Democrats target once-solidly red 6th District
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats are targeting one of four solidly Republican U.S. House districts with a polished candidate who has a big fundraising edge against a wounded GOP incumbent with a slimmer-than-normal…
Poles join strike as protests against abortion ruling expand
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — People across Poland stayed off their jobs and huge crowds poured onto the streets for a seventh straight day of protests Wednesday, enraged over a top court ruling that bans abortions in case…
Even in death, pot candidate upends Minnesota US House race
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adam Weeks was never going to win Minnesota’s 2nd District seat in Congress, but the deceased Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate has had an outsized effect on the race.
In Florida's Old South, a new political battleground emerges
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The farther north you go in Florida, the saying goes, the deeper South you'll get. For generations, the Old South flourished in Duval County, a sprawling metropolis on the state's northern…
Masks mandatory, 250-person cap for Pence rally in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The lease holder at a Reno airport hangar where Vice President Mike Pence plans a rally has signed an agreement that requires the Republican National Committee to adhere to all Nevada COVID-19 res…
Pennsylvanians urged to drop off mail-in ballots in person
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With six days until Election Day, Pennsylvania's top elections official on Wednesday urged voters in the presidential battleground state who have one of the roughly 1 million mail-in ballots …
Perdue, Ossoff set to meet in 2nd Georgia Senate debate
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff are set to meet in Savannah for their second debate Wednesday night in a bitter race in which both sides have flooded the …
Biden vows not to make 'false promises' about pandemic
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joe Biden vowed Wednesday not to campaign “on the false promises of being able to end this pandemic by flipping a switch,” pledging instead to prioritize science, while President Donald Trump used …
Remote learning fails many New Mexico students, report says
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — As many as four in five New Mexico public school students are
Kansas has record COVID spike, nearly 3,400 cases in 2 days
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas doesn't appear to be containing the coronavirus, reporting nearly 3,400 new cases Wednesday over just two days and a record seven-day rolling average for new COVID-19-related hospitalizat…
Algeria's president transferred to Germany for treatment
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was transferred to Germany for specialist medical treatment Wednesday, a day after his country's presidency announced he had been hospitalized but not…
Police: 7 taken to hospitals after Trump Omaha airport rally
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — At least seven people were taken to hospitals after an Omaha airport rally for President Donald Trump that drew thousands, many of whom were left stranded miles from their parked cars in freezing…
The Latest: Trump on Philly violence: 'Can't let that go on'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on