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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…
Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn back in race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Democratic candidate for the Kansas House who admitted
Nebraska elections head: Gambling measure won't make ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s top elections official said Tuesday that he won’t put three measures to legalize casino gambling on the November ballot, arguing that the language they used was misleading and confusin…
AP Exclusive: Inmate beaten to death at federal lockup
The killing of an inmate who was beaten to death at a federal lockup in Indiana is under investigation by the FBI, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press about an attack that revives questions abou…
Ranked voting in presidential election put on ice in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Ranked choice voting won’t be used in the presidential race this November in Maine after a judge allowed a Republican-led referendum that would let voters decide whether to use the voting sys…
Kremlin brushes off allegations in Navalny's poisoning
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin brushed off allegations Tuesday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an intentional poisoning orchestrated by authorities and said there were no grounds for a cr…
No bipartisan fix to Pennsylvania's mail-in voting in sight
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bipartisan fix to glitches in Pennsylvania's new mail-in voting law remained just a glimmer Tuesday ahead of November's presidential election, as Republican state Senate leaders introduced …
Kansas governor renominates lawyer for appeals court spot
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly renominated a federal public defender for a spot on Kansas' second-highest court despite his initial rejection by the Republican-led state Senate, saying he is undoubtedly…
West misses deadline for presidential ballot in home Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Rapper and music producer Kanye West has missed a deadline to submit signatures to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of Wyoming.
6th Circuit: OK to ration hepatitis C treatment to prisoners
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a split decision, a panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Tennessee's rationing of life-saving hepatitis C drugs to prisoners as constitutional.
NC political donor who's going to prison defiant in letter
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An insurance company founder and big political donor heading to prison after being convicted of attempting to bribe North Carolina’s top elected regulator of the industry remains confident he'l…
Tennessee faces lawsuit for letting counties require masks
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is facing a lawsuit over Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to let counties issue certain orders to curb the
Teen from video of 2019 Washington protest to address RNC
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kentucky teenager known for video of his interaction with a Native American man during dueling demonstrations at the Lincoln Memorial last year is among Tuesday's speakers at the virtual Republi…
Marchers going to DC for MLK event shot at in Pennsylvania
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — At least one person was wounded when a shooting broke out as demonstrators marched from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C., in response to the police killing of George Floyd, police said.
Mladic lawyers call on UN judges to overturn his convictions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers for Ratko Mladic called on U.N. judges Tuesday to overturn his convictions for crimes including genocide committed as commander of Bosnian Serb forces throughout the 1992-95 Bo…
Lawsuit seeks repeal of Wisconsin governor's mask mandate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's statewide mask mandate should be immediately ended because Gov. Tony Evers didn't have the legal authority to order it, three western Wisconsin residents represented by a conservati…