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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…
Authorities say Trump's ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say Trump's ex-political adviser Steve Bannon was arrested in connection with an online fundraising scheme.
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…
Toxic tea: Multiple Russians hit by suspected poisonings
MOSCOW (AP) — When Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny
Congressman seeks to end park's designation as Lee memorial
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia congressman is pursuing legislation to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's name from the official designation at the historic mansion where he lived before the Civil…
Strike at Belarus' state TV erodes government control
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — In a new challenge to Belarus' authoritarian ruler, hundreds of employees of state television have gone on strike amid a rising tide of protests, calling for his resignation after a vote the o…
'Best that we can do': DNC viewers adjust to virtual format
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Nick Zingarelli relished
Spain: Migrant dies after group tries to cross Melilla fence
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities said that an African man died and 11 other people sustained minor injuries Thursday when around 300 migrants attempted to jump over a series of fences that separate the Spanish enc…
US won't seek death penalty against pair of IS militants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages, removing a…
Clinton urges Democrats to vote in 'overwhelming' numbers
CHICAGO (AP) — Hillary Clinton urged Democrats to vote in “overwhelming" numbers in remarks Wednesday night to the Democratic National Convention that at times reflected her bitter loss to Donald Trump four years a…
Cuomo brushes back AP report of care home death undercount
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo responded Wednesday to an Associated Press
Pompeo pledges support for Iraq, targets pro-Iran militias
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged that the Trump administration will continue to support Iraq as it confronts the threat posed by the Islamic State group, but he also called for the Baghdad g…
Source: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
Michigan will pay $600 million to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by
N.C. judges listen to challenge over restoring voting rights
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted felons urged North Carolina judges on Wednesday to block a state law that keeps felons from voting until their full sentences — not just prison time — are complete, argu…
Florida modeled a smooth mail election. Yes, Florida.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The votes were swiftly counted, winners were declared, and by about 10 o'clock that night most of the results of Tuesday's primary election — one with large numbers of mailed votes — were k…
Democratic convention takeaways: Make history, pound Trump
There has been one persistent theme in the Democratic National Convention so far: to portray President Donald Trump in highly personal ways as one unsuited for the White House both in skills and temperament. And no…