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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,…
Louisiana opens early voting Friday in presidential election
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s early voting period for the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional election opens Friday, with a federal judge forcing the state to add a few extra days and longer hours because o…
Battleground North Carolina begins in-person early voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Early in-person voting begins Thursday in North Carolina, where the historically popular form of casting ballots has been upstaged so far this fall by people seeking to vote by mail due to the …
Judge won't force New Mexico to send kids back to school
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health and school officials can continue to restrict in-person learning for the vast majority of young children based on county-wide coronavirus outbreaks after a federal judge deni…
Close congressional race in southern New Mexico draws eyes
RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Pockets in the Sierra Blanca mountain range are packed with tourists searching for an outdoor getaway of fishing, hunting, and eventually skiing. But this year the pandemic and New Mexico healt…
Dueling town halls for Trump, Biden after debate plan nixed
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town hall meetings instead of meeting face-to-face for their second debate as originally planned.
Vandals damage 8 cactuses at Tucson's Saguaro National Park
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Eight cactuses at Saguaro National Park’s west district in Tucson have been slashed or cut down in an act of vandalism, according to park rangers.
Thursday marks last day to register to vote in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Thursday marks the last day for Arizonans to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election.
Cooper, Forest spar over COVID, economy at governor's debate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest traded jabs over reopening the economy and dealing with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic during North Carolina's lone guberna…
California utility begins turning off power to more than 50,000 customers to prevent wildfires sparked by equipment
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California utility begins turning off power to more than 50,000 customers to prevent wildfires sparked by equipment.
California man convicted of mailing bombs that injured 2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Oakland man was convicted of mailing bombs that exploded and injured two people in a botched revenge plot, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Michigan woman living in Illinois travels 300 miles to vote
DETROIT (AP) — A 94-year-old woman who has been caring for a sister in Illinois traveled nearly 300 miles to Detroit to cast an absentee ballot in the fall election.
Barrett deflects senators' questions on climate change
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into.
California GOP says it won't remove unofficial ballot boxes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official t…
Arizona lawmaker released from hospital after COVID-19 fight
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker who was critically ill with COVID-19 has been released from a hospital, his wife announced Wednesday.
Bars in state's most populous, western counties stay shut
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — While bars in much of Texas were allowed to reopen Wednesday, county judges in most of the state’s most populous counties are keeping taps closed.