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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…
Nebraska state banking director set to retire next month
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's top banking and finance regulator is set to retire next month after five and a half years of service, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Thursday.
Eversource defends storm response to skeptical legislators
Top officials from Eversource on Thursday defended the utility's electricity restoration efforts after Tropical Storm Isaias hit Connecticut earlier this month, but some state legislators remained unimpressed, ques…
Report: Hawaii auditors stonewalled in contact tracing probe
HONOLULU (AP) — A report from Hawaii's state auditor’s office says Department of Health officials stonewalled them while attempting to get answers about the government's coronavirus contact tracing program.
Protesters hit California streets over Wisconsin shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Protests have been held in California's capital and in Los Angeles over the shooting of a Black Wisconsin man, and there were scattered reports of vandalism.
Wolf, Republicans at odds over Pennsylvania election law
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican state lawmakers remained at odds Thursday over how to update Pennsylvania's voting laws to handle an expected avalanche of mail-in ballots in November's president…
GOP convention takeaways: What virus? Fear motivates
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump refused to allow
The Latest: GOP convention wraps up with opera, fireworks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Convention — the first political convention ever held at the White House — has ended with opera and fireworks.
Australia open to taking gunman back from New Zealand
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said Friday he was open to allowing an Australian white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques to serve his life sentence in his …
Judge voids 50,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa county
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge ordered an Iowa county Thursday to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots, agreeing with President Donald Trump's campaign that its elections commissioner overstepped his …
Judge urged to keep Montana political spending rule
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys for Montana's governor urged a federal judge Thursday to uphold an executive order that requires companies to report political contributions if they want to bid on large state contrac…
Who's in power? Convention lineup has clues to Trump's favor
WASHINGTON (AP) — If speaking time at the Republican convention is a measure of President Donald Trump’s favor, his family wins by a mile. They're followed by a slate of Cabinet members and aides who serve at Trump…
50,000 allowed back home as gains made on California fires
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 50,000 people forced to flee their homes were allowed to return by Thursday night as firefighters made progress in their effort to put out massive and deadly wildfires in Northern Cal…
What virus? At GOP's convention, pandemic is largely ignored
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a stunning scene in a country where parents and children have been laid to rest without their loved ones present, schools have gone to online-only learning and businesses have shut their do…
4 sentenced for hurting officer, civilian with chlorine bomb
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — Four men who set off a chlorine bomb that injured a suburban Denver police officer and a civilian have been sentenced.
AP Analysis: Trump wields fear in pitch for 4 more years
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he laid out his case for reelection, President Donald Trump deployed a powerful, and familiar, political tactic: fear.