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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…
Louisiana health dept. asks to redo Medicaid contract search
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's health department wants to seek new bids for multibillion-dollar Medicaid contracts managing the health care of 1.5 million people, trying to end a legal dispute that has dragged…
Homeowner accused in killing of code enforcement officer
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man is accused of shooting and killing a city code enforcement officer.
Panel grills commerce chief over Line 3 oil pipeline appeal
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A member of Gov. Tim Walz's cabinet faced sharp questioning at a confirmation hearing Friday for approving an appeal over a controversial pipeline project in a dispute that could cost him his job.
Kanye West fails to qualify on Ohio ballot in November
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kanye West won't appear on Ohio's ballot as an unaffiliated presidential candidate this November because of mismatched information on the rapper's signature-gathering documents, Ohio's electio…
AP Exclusive: Barr 'vehemently opposed' to pardoning Snowden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consi…
Attorney General Barr 'vehemently opposed' to any presidential pardon of Edward Snowden, which Trump said he'd consider
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Barr 'vehemently opposed' to any presidential pardon of Edward Snowden, which Trump said he'd consider.
Second Dem lawsuit claims USPS changes will harm mail voting
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic attorneys general in six more states and the District of Columbia sued the Postal Service on Friday over changes they say have undermined mail-in voting ahead of the November elect…
Michigan OK'd to give extra $300 weekly benefit to jobless
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan was approved Friday by the federal government to provide an additional $300 weekly benefit to 910,000 unemployed residents.
PIAA board to consider fate of fall sports
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports was expected to decide Friday whether to move forward with the fall season against the governor’s recommendation that all youth spor…
Greek officials say UAE warplanes to arrive for joint drills
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is sending warplanes to the southern Greek island of Crete for joint training with Greece's air force, officials in Athens said Friday as military tensions continued t…
After Trump praise, Pence decries QAnon 'conspiracy theory'
Vice President Mike Pence is dismissing QAnon as a “conspiracy theory,” drawing a line of distinction between himself and President Donald Trump, who earlier this week
Peace envoy, ex-Sen. George Mitchell diagnosed with leukemia
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell of Maine, a famed peace envoy in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, is starting treatment for leukemia at a Boston hospital on Friday, a day after his 87th birthd…
'Utility accountability' centerpiece of clean-energy outline
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday provided a substantive look at how he wants to make Illinois a completely renewable-energy state by 2050 with tighter controls on utility companies amid an infl…
An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny says German doctors gain access to him in Siberian hospital
MOSCOW (AP) — An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny says German doctors gain access to him in Siberian hospital.
Virus cases reported at 41 schools in Germany's capital
BERLIN (AP) — At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers have become infected with the coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital.