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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…
Florida sheriff race centers on school killing, old shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The race for sheriff in one of Florida's most populous counties centers on a high school massacre and a shooting decades earlier.
Floridians voting by mail in huge numbers compared to 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Catharine Skipp voted by mail for the first time ahead of Florida's primary on Tuesday because she has largely confined herself to home during the coronavirus pandemic. She also had another…
Tennessee governor signs COVID-19 liability measure into law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Lee has signed into law sweeping protections for businesses, schools and nursing homes against coronavirus lawsuits.
Dems put divides aside, rally behind Biden at convention
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention, declaring him “in over his head” and warning that the nat…
Many Hawaii students spend first day online as virus surges
HONOLULU (AP) — Anastasiya Kamaletdinova spent her first day of eighth grade at Honolulu's Kaimuki Middle School Monday on a computer in her bedroom.
Whitmer touts Biden for auto rescue, rips Trump on virus
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — “that woman from Michigan” — touted Joe Biden's work to rescue the auto industry and said he would rally the country to fight the coronavirus and not deny it like Presi…
Five takeaways from first night of the Democratic convention
In another profound way that the coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, the Democratic National Convention started Monday with no convening. Instead, Democrats opted for the first virtual convention as the…
Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic convention
Former First Lady's Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention, as broadcast Aug. 17, 2020:
Trump retweets purported audio of Biden call with Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has retweeted an audio recording that U.S. intelligence officials have described as being part of a Russian campaign to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden…
Arizona reports zero virus deaths for 1st time in 3 weeks
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials reported an additional 468 cases of the coronavirus and zero deaths on Monday, marking the first time in three weeks that the state hasn’t reported a death from the virus.
Ruling barring death penalty against immigrant reversed
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court ruling that barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against a Mexican immigrant charged with murder in a 2015 killing in metro Phoenix b…
Beshear raises concerns about tighter PPE, testing supplies
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor raised concerns Monday that supplies of testing materials and personal protective equipment are become tighter in the fight against COVID-19.
Pennsylvania aims to move election fight to state high court
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is asking the state's highest court to use its extraordinary authority to take over another election-related lawsuit with critical questions that it says must be settled as soon …
Jill Biden's path from reluctant politico to possible FLOTUS
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jill Biden is a prankster.
Sanders calls for party unity to prevent 'authoritarianism'
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is imploring his supporters to vote for Joe Biden, suggesting that without a unified Democratic Party, years of gains by the progressive movement could be lost and that t…