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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…
Colorado spending $2M to provide internet access to students
DENVER (AP) — Colorado will spend $2 million in federal pandemic relief funding to provide internet access to students who lack service as part of an overall effort to close the digital divide in both rural and urb…
State, city collaborate to deter poll problems in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — The state will work with Detroit election officials to ensure that problems encountered during the recent primary are not repeated to catastrophic effect during the Nov. 3 general election, the city …
Former Italian premier Berlusconi tests positive for COVID
ROME (AP) — Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for COVID-19 after a precautionary check and will quarantine at home, his press office said on Wednesday.
Second Trump appointee out at FDA amid credibility concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) — A second Trump administration appointee has been ousted at the Food and Drug Administration in the wake of the agency's botched announcement about an experimental therapy for COVID-19, which medic…
'Skeptical': Ernst suggests COVID numbers are inflated
WASHINGTON (AP) — Echoing a discredited conspiracy theory, vulnerable Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is suggesting government statistics on coronavirus infections and deaths have been inflated.
Indiana alters student count to maintain school funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana State Board of Education approved a method to maintain funding for schools reopening virtually this fall after warnings of possible cuts from lawmakers last month.
New casino could be built near Penn State's flagship campus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A casino could be built near Penn State University’s flagship campus after Pennsylvania found another taker Wednesday for a mini-casino license, auctioning it for $10 million to a Philadelphi…
A recount and a tie and a drawing: election finally settled
HOLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A drawing settled a tie in a small-town election in western Michigan.
Biden raises over $360 million in August, shattering record
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden raised $364 million in August, a record sum that will give him ample resources to compete in the final two months of the campaign against President Donald…
Progressive party says NY making it harder to stay on ballot
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The head of a progressive political party in New York is urging voters to cast votes on the party's line at a time when a new state law is jeopardizing the future of minor parties.
Lebanese PM-designate wants reform-minded Cabinet
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister-designate said Wednesday he wants to swiftly form a government of specialists committed to enacting urgent reforms in the crisis-stricken country that can regain the trust of …
Ex-NC Rep. Goodwin, who made history with childbirth, dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina Rep. Melanie Wade Goodwin, who was the state's first lawmaker to give birth while holding office, has died at age 50, her husband announced Wednesday.
New US sanctions on international tribunal prosecutor, aide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the
Democrats seek to flip suburban St. Louis seat in Congress
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Democratic groups are hoping to flip a Republican-held suburban St. Louis congressional district, with two of them spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on new TV ads to support the challen…
NC governor's race sets pace for Democrats in the South
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Joe Biden may have one of his best chances for a Southern victory in North Carolina, where he stands to benefit from a mild-mannered Democratic governor praised for his balanced approach to con…