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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…
Russian doctors say they found no indication opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian doctors say they found no indication opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned.
Russia's Navalny in coma, allegedly poisoned by toxic tea
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, lay in a coma Friday at a Siberian hospital, the victim of what his allies said appeared to be a poisoning engineere…
Louisiana civil service leader defends state worker raises
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's civil service director Thursday sought to discourage state senators from criticizing $57 million in state worker pay raises handed out during the
At least 5 people killed in Northern California wildfires
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least five lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.
Businesswoman becomes new member of Arizona Board of Regents
PHOENIX (AP) — Cecilia Mata, a native of Panama who came to the United States in 2000 and started a global security business five years later, is joining the Arizona Board of Regents.
The Latest: Biden vows to unite an America mired in crises
Joe Biden is vowing to unite an America torn by crisis and contempt.
Texas joins states applying for Trump's unemployment boost
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas on Thursday joined the growing list of states that will pursue President Donald Trump’s plan to offer a stripped-down boost in unemployment benefits to millions of Americans amid the coro…
In moving speech, boy says Biden helped him overcome stutter
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even in a week filled with emotional endorsements of Joe Biden, Brayden Harrington's stands out.
Stitt consolidates locations of 2 separate state agencies
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Thursday plans to consolidate the location of two separate state agencies.
Mexico's graft scandal sparks tit-for-tat video leaks
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s insistence on a public airing of a rapidly widening corruption scandal could complicate the investigation, and it is drawing questions about whethe…
Pelosi endorses Kennedy over Markey in US Senate primary
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III on Thursday in his bid to oust Sen. Edward Markey in the Massachusetts Democratic primary, backing a young challenger against a …
Whitmer: $600M Flint water deal a step toward making amends
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A $600 million deal between the state of Michigan and Flint residents who were harmed by
For Joe Biden, long path to a potentially crucial presidency
Throughout his third quest for the presidency, Joe Biden has offered himself to a wounded, meandering nation as balm — and as a bridge.
Barr: Feds to appeal ruling, seek death for Boston bomber
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General William Barr said …
Cooney has more cash left as Gianforte spends in gov's race
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Democrat Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney has more money in the bank than his opponent heading into the final months of Montana's governor's race. But he has been far outspent to date as Republican Greg Gi…