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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…
Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge census
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Out on her first day of knocking on doors in the San Francisco Bay Area, the census taker had limited success getting people to answer the questions on the 2020 census.
Judge: N.C. county can't ban all protests around courthouse
GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) — Officials in a central North Carolina county can't bar all protests around the local courthouse, including near where a Confederate monument stands, a federal judge has ruled.
Democrats tap array of faith leaders to speak at convention
The Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., who
Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris eligibility
NEW YORK (AP) — Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that
AP FACT CHECK: Harris meets constitutional requirements
CHICAGO (AP) — False claims that Kamala Harris is not legally eligible to serve as U.S. vice president or president have been circulating in social media posts since 2019, when she first launched her Democratic pri…
The Ultimate Recovery: Cycles of pain anchor Biden's moment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A young lawyer bounds across a parking lot in New Castle, Delaware, a blur of long sideburns, wide lapels and self-assurance. He throws open a door to a beauty salon, and the ladies inside whoop w…
'Get a grip': UK government urged to fix England exam chaos
LONDON (AP) — The British government was urged Sunday to “get a grip” over how grades are being awarded to school students in England, who were unable to take exams earlier this summer because of the coronavirus pa…
Q&A: What's happening at the US Postal Service, and why?
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New Zealand delays election after virus outbreak in Auckland
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand's elections by four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland.
Democrats in conservative SC now see opportunity for gains
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — There's an unusual feeling emerging among Democrats in South Carolina: energy.
'Do something': Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours before
Vote by mail in Florida primary already far exceeds 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will elect at least two new members of Congress this year, and the Republican primaries in two districts will likely decide who they will be.
White House's Meadows says he accepts Harris eligible for VP
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday he accepts that
Leader of Belarus rejects calls to rerun presidential vote
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The embattled president of Belarus tried to put on a show of strength Sunday, holding a rally with tens of thousands of supporters and rejecting any possibility of repeating the vote that gave…
Biden ally Clyburn brings civil rights legacy to DNC
WASHINGTON (AP) — In October 1960, a young James Clyburn gathered with other students and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as frustrations mounted over civil rights protests in what was becoming a tumultuous, danger…