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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election
EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…
2 days later, Rhode Island primary results to be released
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The votes are all in. They just need to be counted and released.
Pentagon watchdog: More child sex assault reforms are needed
For the second time this year, an independent federal review has faulted the U.S. Department of Defense for how it has responded when children on military bases sexually assault each other.
Whitmer: Trump is 'biggest threat' to America, cost lives
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump following revelations that he had purposely downplayed the deadly coronavirus, calling it “devastating” new…
Easing of Louisiana virus restrictions to be detailed Friday
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will ease public gathering restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of
Customers vent about high electricity rates in Connecticut
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Electricity customers Thursday lashed out again against Connecticut's largest utility for large increases in their bills — some hundreds of dollars higher — following a rate increase earli…
EU prolongs sanctions against scores for undermining Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday extended for six months its sanctions against scores of people and organizations accused of undermining the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Republicans, Democrats deeply divided over pandemic response
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Deep political divisions over responses to the coronavirus pandemic were on display Thursday when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told a congressional committee that New Mexico needed further f…
Officials: Keep vote helpers out of Wisconsin nursing homes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission shouldn't allow special voting deputies to enter nursing homes to help residents cast absentee ballots in November because the risk they could spread COVID-19…
Phones, offices busy as absentee balloting starts in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Absentee voting began across Alabama on Wednesday with phones ringing constantly and a steady stream of voters at some county offices as the state predicted a absentee turnout that could far…
Anti-Trump Republicans in divided Ohio seek votes for Biden
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A group of anti-Trump Republicans in Ohio, including former officeholders, party officials and military veterans, said Thursday that they're working to build support for Democratic presidentia…
Despite judge's order, plans being made for census layoffs
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even though a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to halt winding down the 2020 census for the time being, supervisors in at least one California office have been instructed to make pl…
Shaheen proposes 'Clean Elections Agreement'
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is asking her Republican challenger to discourage outside spending from “dark money” groups as part of what she’s calling a “Clean Elections Agreement.”
House committee to hold 1st hearing on repeal of bailout law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House lawmakers planned a Thursday hearing to begin repealing and replacing a nuclear plant bailout law now at the center of a $60 million federal bribery probe that led to the ouster of the f…
USGA to create campus at Pinehurst; No. 2 gets 4 more Opens
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The United States Golf Association announced Wednesday it will move its equipment testing center and other offices to North Carolina as part of a $36 million investment within the iconic golfin…
Algerian lawmakers OK constitution change before referendum
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a revision of the North African nation's constitution aimed at building a “new Algeria," a promise of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune …