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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…
Delaware GOP challenges universal vote-by-mail for November
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Republican Party filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that a new law allowing universal voting by mail in this year’s general election is unconstitutional.
Iowa says it will fix error that backdated COVID-19 results
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is correcting
Democrats use Trump's 'It is what it is' to make their case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats working to depict President Donald Trump as an ineffective and negligent leader are summing up their case by quoting the president’s own words on coronavirus deaths: “It is what it is.”
Barr, federal authorities tout Operation Legend
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal task force designed to help local law enforcement agencies reduce violent crime has already made more than 1,000 arrests in the cities where it has been deployed since it began in …
Nebraska to send early ballot application to all voters
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will send early ballot applications to all registered voters whose counties haven't already done so, the state's top election official said Wednesday.
State launches outdoors campaign as COVID deaths, cases rise
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Compliance with the state’s virus restrictions has improved since officials stepped up enforcement in recent weeks, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.
Arkansas asks $300-a-week COVID-19 jobless benefit extension
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is seeking $300 in additional weekly federal unemployment benefits, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday as the state reported 729 new confirmed coronavirus cases.
Trump, Pence campaign events signal lax approach to virus
DES MOINES (AP) — Sitting and standing shoulder to shoulder, some without face masks, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump jammed into an airplane hangar for an Arizona campaign event this week, ignorin…
Whitmer assessing if businesses can open after long closures
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that her administration is assessing the risk of reopening Michigan businesses that have been closed for five months under her orders to curb the spread of…
New election ordered in race marred by voter fraud charges
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a new election will be held in November for a disputed Paterson City Council seat, just weeks after the race's apparent winner and a sitting councilman were charged with…
Greek national security adviser resigns over Turkey remarks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' top national security adviser stepped down Wednesday after suggesting that Greece conceded ground to Turkey in the neighbors' ongoing face-off over of…
COVID-19 infects more Georgia students; Kemp defends schools
ATLANTA (AP) — A north Georgia school system that refused to provide its latest update on the coronavirus to a local newspaper now reports that 85 of its students are being quarantined.
Reno pastor and school board member talks healthcare at DNC
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dr. Angie Taylor — a Reno pastor and school board trustee — addressed the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday evening as part of a round-robin discussion on healthcare and the 2020 election.
Guatemalan man seeking asylum drowns along US-Mexico border
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Guatemalan man who had been living in a makeshift migrant camp while waiting to petition the U.S. government for asylum drowned in the Rio Grande near Brownsville, Texas, aid workers said Wed…
North Carolina judges hear arguments on ex-offender voting
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…