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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…
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has assumed his sixth term following an unexpected inauguration ceremony
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has assumed his sixth term following an unexpected inauguration ceremony.
Newhouse announces virtual info nights for military service academies
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, has announced four events where young men and women hoping to enroll in a U.S. military service academy can get information about the application and congressional nomination process.
World powers clash, virus stirs anger at virtual UN meeting
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kept apart by a devastating pandemic and dispersed across the globe, world leaders convened electronically Tuesday for an unprecedented high-level meeting, where the U.N. chief exhorted them t…
Bulgaria: On Independence Day, thousands urge govt to resign
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in cities across Bulgaria on Tuesday, Independence Day, calling on the prime minister and the chief prosecutor to step down over allegations they allow…
Few resources, old-growth forest allowed for fire's growth
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented run through Southern California mountains and eventually find fuel in ol…
Wyoming cuts to impede access to corrections information
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — News reporters on urgent deadlines will need to file a time-consuming public records request in order for the Wyoming Department of Corrections to answer any of their questions after the agenc…
2 Marines accused in drug overdose case of fellow Marine
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Marines were arrested Tuesday on a federal grand jury indictment that alleges the lance corporals were involved in selling drugs to Marines, including to a fellow Marine who died from an o…
Supreme Court vacancy looms large in 2nd NC Senate debate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Questions about the potential successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg hung heavy over Tuesday night’s second debate in a U.S. Senate race in North Carolina whose outcome could decide the chamber’s con…
California accepts petition to protect western Joshua tree
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The western Joshua tree will be considered for protection under the California Endangered Species Act because of threats from climate change and habitat destruction, the state Fish and Gam…
‘Bidin’ his time': Joe Biden battles being chronically late
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden was running late. Again.
New Jersey lawmakers advance budget hiking taxes on wealthy
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a $32.7 billion budget that hikes income taxes on millionaires and businesses.
Pennsylvania launches new virus exposure notification app
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's new coronavirus exposure notification app became available in app stores Tuesday and could soon be compatible with those of three neighboring states, including New York.
Lawsuit filed over Arkansas absentee ballot rejections
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday asks a federal judge to require Arkansas election officials to give absentee voters a chance to correct their ballots before they're rejected due to signature issues.
North Carolina board agrees to more absentee ballot changes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina election officials agreed Tuesday that mail-in absentee ballots returned this fall with deficient information can be fixed without forcing the voter to fill out a new blank ball…
Some Dems, not yet Biden, talk of expanding Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect that President Donald Trump and