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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,…
Trump, Biden teams debate next debate: Next week? Never?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of the final debates between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden was thrown into uncertainty Thursday as the campaigns offered dueling proposals for moving forward with a proces…
Correction: Marriage Ballot Question-Nevada story
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In a story October 7, 2020, about a Nevada ballot initiative on same-sex marriage, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of the deputy director of Battle Born Progress. Her nam…
'My goodness, I'll miss her': Breyer remembers peer Ginsburg
BOSTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will greatly miss his good friend and colleague, Justice
Law enforcement preps for potential election-related unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state law enforcement officials have begun expanded preparations for the possibility of widespread unrest at the polls on Election Day, a response to extraordinarily high tensions amon…
Uncertainty in Madrid as court nixes partial virus lockdown
MADRID (AP) — A Madrid court on Thursday struck down a national government order that imposed a partial lockdown in the Spanish capital and its suburbs, siding with regional officials who had resisted stricter meas…
Appointment to NC elections board withdrawn by governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has rescinded a Republican’s appointment to the State Board of Elections, and will now pick another person offered by the GOP for the recent vacancy.
The Latest: Biden's latest coronavirus test is negative
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Court blocks extension of Wisconsin absentee ballot deadline
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a decision to extend the deadline for counting absentee ballots by six days in battleground Wisconsin, in a win for Republicans who have fought attem…
DC faults White House over Rose Garden event, urges testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary step, the Washington, D.C., Department of Health has released an open letter appealing to all White House staff and anyone who attended a
Federal appeals court blocks extended deadline for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal appeals court blocks extended deadline for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin.
EU states accept plan as a basis to revamp asylum policy
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union interior ministers agreed Thursday that sweeping new proposals to revamp the bloc's failed asylum system should form the basis for negotiations on building a fresh policy for managing…
After 46 years, Cypriot ghost town's beach opens to public
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The pristine, azure waters lapping at the skirts of uninhabited Varosha contrast sharply with the dilapidated, crumbling buildings lining the beachfront of this abandoned suburb of Famagusta.
Lawyers: No state-level fix for SC ballots missing signature
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina election officials have no authority to create a process for voters to fix mail-in ballots missing a witness signature, a requirement reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court this w…
Biden campaign rejects Trump proposal to move date of 3rd debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden campaign rejects Trump proposal to move date of 3rd debate.
Greek court adjourns sentencing in Golden Dawn case
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court on Thursday adjourned the sentencing procedure for 18 former lawmakers of the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party and others convicted in the case, a day after the three-member …