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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…
Lawsuit: Teen burned when pinned on hot sidewalk by officers
PHOENIX (AP) — A 17-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns on her arms last summer when Phoenix police officers pinned her on a sidewalk on a day when temperatures reached 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celsius), a…
Ohio House speaker calls on indicted predecessor to resign
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The GOP speaker of the Ohio House on Tuesday called for his predecessor, a fellow Republican under federal indictment in a $60 million bribery scheme, to resign his seat and leave the General …
Louisiana: 11K people seek state shelter after Laura's ruin
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Growing numbers of Louisiana residents are turning to the state to find a place to stay after Hurricane Laura ravaged the state's southwestern region, wrecking homes, ripping away roofs and …
US says it won't join global effort to find COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by mult…
Cooper orders gyms partially open, keeps bars closed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Starting Friday, North Carolina will reopen more businesses under a so-called Phase 2.5.
Florida cuts ties with Quest over delay of 75K COVID tests
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida health officials severed ties with Quest Diagnostics, one of the country's largest health testing providers, after the company failed to submit timely results of 75,000 COVID-19 tes…
Task force makes 28 nursing home recommendations to Whitmer
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan should modify a system in which nursing home residents infected with the coronavirus can be treated and isolated in those facilities and take steps to improve life for all long-term c…
Warren, Haaland to headline Nebraska Democratic fundraiser
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico are set to headline the Nebraska Democratic Party's annual fundraiser this year, party leaders announced Tuesday.
Wolf renews coronavirus disaster declaration in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that he has renewed a 90-day disaster declaration, now for a second time, after he originally signed it in early March following the confirmation of the first …
Zumwalt named director of Oklahoma unemployment agency
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission on Tuesday announced that interim director Shelley Zumwalt has been named executive director of the agency.
Bill to allow police to live outside St. Louis advances
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A panel of Missouri senators on Tuesday advanced a bill that would temporarily end a decades-long requirement that St. Louis police live in the city.
Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence 'domestic terrorism'
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the viole…
Recount gives Georgia state Senate seat to Bo Hatchett
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Republican candidate for a northeast Georgia state Senate seat is still ahead after a recount, meaning he has won his party's nomination.
Michigan House OKs spending on jobless benefits, flood costs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Tuesday began approving a budget bill that would authorize the federal government's supplemental $300-a-week unemployment benefit during the coronavirus pandemic and prov…
North Carolina judge backs education spending plan
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge agreed Tuesday to sign an order that calls for $427 million in additional education spending this year to carry out longstanding court rulings on public school funding.