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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…
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.
Court panel allows federal execution of Kansas girl's killer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal appeals court judges is letting the U.S. government proceed with the planned execution of a man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 10-year-old Kansas girl.
Medical marijuana OK'd for Nebraska ballot, lawsuit expected
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will get the chance to decide whether to legalize medical marijuana in November, the state's top election official announced Thursday, although his decision is certain to face an …
Arizona sending more than 150 Guard troops to Wisconsin
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is sending more than 150 members of the state National Guard to Wisconsin to help after widespread unrest over police shooting Jacob Blake, a Black man, on Sunday.
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…
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 …
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.
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…
The Latest: Virus test purchases may feature in Trump speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says the Trump administration has purchased 150 million new COVID-19 test kits to be distributed across the country.
State Senate meets without 10 GOP senators amid virus tests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — All but one of the Republicans in the California Senate were barred from the state Capitol on Thursday after they were exposed to the coronavirus, prompting unprecedented changes that will…
Judge orders ex-CIA officer detained in China spy case
HONOLULU (AP) — A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI accused of selling U.S. secrets to China must remain locked up because he's a “serious flight risk” in a case involving “espionage over many, m…
Polis signs order to diversify Colorado state government
DENVER (AP) — Amid the backdrop of the nation's reckoning over racial inequities, Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed an executive order he says is designed to diversify state government and create policies to prom…
Michigan officials decry robocall that dissuades mail voting
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state on Thursday were investigating what they called a racist robocall that falsely warns residents in majority-Black Detroit who vote by mail tha…
Pelosi, Meadows talk $2.2T virus aid, but no deal in sight
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows resumed talks Thursday over a stalled
Ashford won't run for Senate despite Democratic endorsement
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Brad Ashford reversed course Thursday and announced that he won't run as a write-in candidate for the U.S. Senate, just days after