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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…
Countdown for complex power-sharing talks in North Macedonia
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s newly elected lawmakers took their seats Tuesday for the first time since the country’s July 15 elections, wearing masks and maintaining social distancing due to the…
County pledges probe into health worker's coronavirus death
Officials in a Maryland county say they “will spare no time or expense” investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker who died of COVID-19 after relatives and coworkers bel…
Judge rules disputed ballots must be counted in NY primary
A federal judge sided with the challenger in a tight New York City Democratic congressional primary and ruled that at least 1,000 disputed ballots should be counted.
European Union trust regulators investigate Google's plan to buy Fitbit over competition concerns
LONDON (AP) — European Union trust regulators investigate Google's plan to buy Fitbit over competition concerns.
The Latest: Kansas polls open; Senate primary tops ballot
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on Kansas' primary election (all times local):
The Latest: Missouri polls open
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the Missouri primary election (all times local):
UK lawmakers urge sanctions over Hong Kong police violence
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers urged the U.K. government Tuesday to sanction Hong Kong's leader for allowing “excessive police violence” against humanitarian workers who tried to help people injured during pro-dem…
Ex-teacher hopes to free Belarus from president's iron fist
BREST, Belarus (AP) — A 37-year-old former English teacher without political experience seems an unlikely challenger to the authoritarian president of Belarus who has been the ex-Soviet nation's only leader for mor…
Parrish named acting secretary of N.C. technology agency
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A deputy within North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's agency managing information technology for state government is now the department's acting secretary.
Cooper, Forest lawyers argue over governor's COVID-19 powers
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest are heading to court over whether some of Cooper's COVID-19 executive orders should be blocked because other elected…
Newhouse stops in Moses Lake before election
MOSES LAKE — Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, stopped in Moses Lake on Monday to visit the newly opened headquarters of the Grant County Republican Party, locat…
House committees subpoena top Pompeo aides over IG firing
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying that the Trump administration is stonewalling their investigation into the firing of the State Department's…
House panel calls new postal chief to explain mail delays
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a September hearing to examine operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that are causing delays in mail deli…
Arizona voters will find COVID-19 precautions at polls
PHOENIX (AP) — Voters going to the polls Tuesday for Arizona’s primaries will find larger venues to allow for social distancing and poll workers wearing masks as the tradition of casting a ballot adjusts to the cor…
Nevada Legislature passes pandemic eviction protections
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers passed a bill on Monday to provide renters additional means to fight evictions outside traditional court hearings once the state's eviction moratorium is lifted on Sept. 1.