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Raap, Durfee advance to general election in Grant County Commissioner race
EPHRATA— With only about 150 ballots left to count in Grant County as of Aug. 13, Kelly Raap and Shannon Durfee ap…
US defense chief visits North Africa, World War II cemetery
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with Tunisia's president Wednesday, kicking off a North African tour amid growing concern about lawlessness in Libya.
9 discarded ballots weren't fraud, state election chief says
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It appears that an election worker’s decision to throw out nine military ballots in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, amounted to a mistake and not “intentional fraud,” the state’s top elections of…
Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 4 days
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, with statements from both sides indica…
Debate commission considering 'changes' to structure, format of debates after chaotic first Trump-Biden contest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Debate commission considering 'changes' to structure, format of debates after chaotic first Trump-Biden contest.
The Latest: Commission to make changes in wake of 1st debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the
UK lawmakers grumble but renew sweeping govt COVID-19 powers
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers voted Wednesday to renew the government’s sweeping powers to impose emergency restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic, though many slammed the way Prime Minister Boris Johnson’…
Lawmaker, others sue over protest arrest after 2018 election
A Georgia state lawmaker and nine others arrested while protesting at the state Capitol in the wake of the 2018 midterm elections have filed a lawsuit seeking to prohibit further enforcement of the law cited in the…
Lawmakers to vote on ballot processing and other bills
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday for the second special legislative session during the pandemic to vote on a series of bills, including a proposal that could allow l…
W.Va. official refutes Trump claim about ballot fraud
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's secretary of state on Wednesday refuted President Donald Trump’s claim that a postal worker in the state was “selling ballots," while two U.S. senators expressed full confid…
Los Angeles County authorities say a man has been arrested in the ambush shooting of 2 deputies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County authorities say a man has been arrested in the ambush shooting of 2 deputies.
European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS (AP) — Democratic standards are facing “important challenges” in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive commissio…
US imposes sanctions on Cuba's Raul Castro's son-in-law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is targeting the son-in-law of retired Cuban leader Raul Castro with sanctions as it steps up its campaign against the communist island’s government ahead of the U.S. pres…
Indiana school coronavirus tracker expected to be released
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials are expected to release to the public a new online tool Wednesday designed to help
North Dakota tries ad campaign, not mask rule, to stem virus
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — COVID-19 can't hurt me because I'm young and healthy. I'm so over it. Nobody tells me what to do.
GOP loses bid to suspend Wisconsin absentee ballot ruling
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined a request by Republicans to