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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…
AP FACT CHECK: What the Dems didn't say, and what Trump did
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention, omitting inconvenient truths such as Barack Obama's record of aggressive deportations and …
Comatose Russian dissident stable upon arrival in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, in a coma after a suspected poisoning, was flown from Siberia on Saturday to Berlin for treatment by specialists at the German capital’s main hospital.
AP PHOTOS: In Belarus, protesters show pride, worry, empathy
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Behind each protester in Belarus is a surprising story of awakening.
Schools, colleges debate course as Georgia virus cases fall
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia school district that had switched to all-online classes abruptly reversed course on Friday for most of its schools, while officials at one state university nervously eyed rising numbers of …
Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital
OMSK, Russia (AP) — Plane carrying sickened dissident Alexei Navalny leaves Russia for German hospital.
Court asked to reconsider ruling on Arkansas abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Abortion rights supporters asked a federal appeals court Friday to reconsider a ruling that would allow four restrictions on the procedure in Arkansas to take effect.
Pittsburgh mayor overhauls how police handle civil protests
Pittsburgh's mayor on Friday put new limits on dispatching police to civil protests, halted the practice of having plainclothes officers in unmarked cars jump out and arrest people and ordered officers to stop wear…
Wisconsin’s postal woes predate Trump administration shakeup
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the packages Susan Brown sent from her business in Fitchburg, Wisconsin took longer than usual to reach customers in New York City and parts of Michigan in late April, Brown figured the pa…
Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of 'Kamala'
CHICAGO (AP) — Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the name of “our current vice president"…
Pennsylvania school athletics board greenlights fall season
High school athletes across Pennsylvania will be taking the field this fall, after all.
Nuclear agency's new facility to be named after 1st leader
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons cache and key deterrence initiatives around the globe will name its new facility in Albuquerque after a retired Air Force gener…
Some VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen journalists with the U.S. government’s premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency’s new …
Federal judge won't force expanded Indiana mail-in voting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday rejected an attempt to force Indiana election officials to allow all voters to cast their ballots by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump says Democrats' convention was 'gloomiest' in history
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump sought to cast a more positive light on his presidency Friday after four days of bashing at the Democratic National Convention, saying that where Democratic presidential…
Michigan businesses fined for lax worker virus protections
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state on Friday fined six Michigan businesses thousands of dollars for allegedly not protecting workers from the coronavirus, in what was described as an initial round of citations as regu…