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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…

Updated 6 years ago
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12,260 of 12,260 precincts - 100 percent

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MI-House-13-nominated

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan wins Democratic primary after challenge from Detroit City Council president

DETROIT (AP) — Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan wins Democratic primary after challenge from Detroit City Council president.

Updated 6 years ago
MI-House-10-nominated

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Trump considering giving convention speech from White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering delivering his Republican convention acceptance speech from the White House after his initial plans to hold the event in two battlegroun…

Updated 6 years ago
NY-House-15-nominated

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Ukraine's leader asks Belarus to transfer detained Russians

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president asked the leader of Belarus on Wednesday to hand over some Russian security contractors detained on terrorism charges who also are accused of fighting alongside Russia-backe…

Updated 6 years ago
Bulgaria: PM Borissov offers to step down to save government

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Wednesday offered to step down if that would keep his troubled coalition government in place.

Updated 6 years ago
Croatia marks 1995 blitz; Serb politician there for 1st time

KNIN, Croatia (AP) — Croatia marked the 25th anniversary of a victorious military offensive against rebel Serbs with an ethnic Serb politician attending the annual ceremony for the first time Wednesday, an event se…

Updated 6 years ago
Cuomo takes over governors group as virus batters states

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The governor who in large measure has defined states' up-and-down fight against the coronavirus, including occasional combat with the White House, is poised to widen his national spotlight.

Updated 6 years ago
Suspect tells German court he fired fatal shot at politician

BERLIN (AP) — A far-right German extremist on trial for the murder of a regional politician whose death shocked Germany last year has acknowledged in court that he filed the fatal shot.

Updated 6 years ago
US sending highest official to Taiwan since ties cut in 1979

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services is scheduled to visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplomatic rela…

Updated 6 years ago
'Squad' member Tlaib leads in Michigan primary

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — "Squad” member Rashida Tlaib was trying to fend off a serious challenge for her House seat in Michigan's primary on Tuesday, in a rematch with the woman she narrowly defeated two years ago.

Updated 6 years ago
Tlaib leads primary opponent; Meijer wins GOP contest in 3rd

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s primary featured a serious challenge to an incumbent congresswoman and campaigns for two U.S. House seats where a Republican and a former GOP member are retiring.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: Democrats nominate Greene to challenge Biggs

PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on Arizona's primary election (all times local):