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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…
Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71, president says in statement.
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Trump, the president’s younger brother, dead at 71, president says in statement.
New voting laws revive fights over 'ballot harvesting'
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As
'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours before
Partner of dead Belarus protester believes police shot him
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The partner of a man who died in the protests engulfing Belarus says she does not believe the official account that Alexander Taraikovsky was killed when an explosive device that he intended t…
Delaware thrust into unlikely starring role in 2020 campaign
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware isn't a swing state. It has three electoral votes. Driving its entire length, from Pennsylvania to Maryland, takes only a little more than an hour and a half.
Hawaii top court considers freeing inmates after outbreak
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii Supreme Court heard arguments over whether to allow some inmates in the state's prison and jail systems to be released to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
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.
Delaware DOT head leaving; Carney picks deputy as successor
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s transportation secretary is leaving the post this fall to lead a nonprofit group. Her deputy is Gov. John Carney’s choice to succeed her.
Official: Crime measure lacked signatures to get on ballot
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's top election official says supporters of an initiative measure to make criminal sentencing changes didn't submit enough valid voter signatures to qualify the proposal for the state's Novemb…
Pence visits West Virginia governor's Greenbrier resort
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence visited West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's resort, The Greenbrier, on Saturday to congratulate the governor, a fellow Republican, on his response to the c…
Voting in Alaska will look different amid pandemic
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Voting in Alaska will look a bit different amid the coronavirus pandemic, with sanitizing and masking stations expected at polling sites and markings to promote social distancing during Tuesda…
Vermont AG sides with defendants in drug case near border
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Attorney General is siding with defendants in a drug case whose vehicle was searched by federal agents near the Canadian border and are now being prosecuted in state court.
Protests in Belarus focus on spot where demonstrator died
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators in Belarus gathered Saturday at the spot in the capital where a protester died in clashes with police, calling for authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to re…
Delaware thrust into unlikely starring role in 2020 campaign
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Delaware isn't a swing state. It has three electoral votes. Driving its entire length, from Pennsylvania to Maryland, takes only a little more than an hour and a half.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump skews record on Biden-Harris, economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted the