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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…
Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the c…
Voters struggling with witness rules in early voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the pandemic prompts a surge in voting by mail, voters in a handful of states, including the presidential battlegrounds of North Carolina and Wisconsin, are facing a requirement that already…
Turkmenistan creates new parliament chamber
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's authoritarian president, who has an unchallenged hold on power, on Friday signed a constitutional change to expand the country’s parliament to two chambers.
Turkey seeks arrest of Kurdish politicians over 2014 riots
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants Friday for 82 people, including pro-Kurdish former lawmakers, as part of an investigation into deadly riots that were sparked by anger over the go…
Local lockdowns imposed in several cities as UK cases rise
LONDON (AP) — Cities around the U.K. imposed new coronavirus restrictions Friday as they raced to slow the spread of COVID-19 — with London at risk of following soon.
Republican duo reshapes Montana politics in Trump's style
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Steve Daines is the affable one, the smiler, a consummate salesman who parlayed his corporate success into a meteoric rise through Montana politics and a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Court revives House's challenge of Trump wall funding
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived a House challenge of President Donald Trump’s use of Defense Department money to build a border wall after Democrats refused to provide funding he requested.
1,500 mail ballots arrived too late to count in Kansas
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — More than 1,500 Kansans did not have their votes counted in the August primary because their mail ballots arrived too late, but many of them were uncounted because voters didn’t mail them …
2 charged for handling of virus outbreak at veterans home
BOSTON (AP) — Two former administrators of a Massachusetts veterans home where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been charged for their handling of the outbreak, the state's attorney general sa…
North Dakota rescinds quarantine orders as cases rise
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — While North Dakota battles one of the highest per-capita rates of COVID-19 spread in the nation, state officials rescinded an order just a day after it was issued that would have enforced quar…
The Latest: Abbas asks for launch of 'genuine peace process'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT):
Obama endorses Warnock in crowded Georgia Senate race
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama endorsed the Rev. Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s special U.S. Senate election on Friday, providing a boost as the candidate looks to consolidate support in order to win a …
Absentee ballot lawsuit will not be heard before election
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal appeals court will not hear an Alaska absentee ballot lawsuit before the Nov. 3 general election.
Watchdog: State Dept lied about rescinding woman's award
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department’s internal watchdog has determined that the agency lied about the reasons it rescinded a prestigious award to a Finnish journalist, finding she was denied the honor because of…
Biden's push for unity faces test with Supreme Court fight
From the opening of his third presidential bid, Joe Biden has argued that he is in a unique position to mend a fractured nation and work — even with Republicans — to “unify the country” into some semblance of conse…