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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…
Wisconsin's Democratic governor endorses Biden for president
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday endorsed Joe Biden for president, a move that comes after the first-term Democrat
Michigan lawmaker positive for virus; Legislature canceled
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Lansing-area lawmaker has tested positive for the coronavirus through screening required by his service in the Michigan Army National Guard, prompting the cancellation of the legislative ses…
Wisconsin's Democratic governor endorses Biden
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Monday endorsed Joe Biden for president, a move that comes after Evers declined to endorse anyone in the primary and just two weeks before the start of t…
France won't ratify Hong Kong's extradition agreement
PARIS (AP) — France has decided not to ratify an extradition agreement with Hong Kong after China's central government in Beijing imposed a new national security law on the city.
Amid a financial scandal, former Spanish King Juan Carlos I says he is leaving Spain to live in another country
MADRID (AP) — Amid a financial scandal, former Spanish King Juan Carlos I says he is leaving Spain to live in another country.
NJ's virus expenses nearly triple to $573M through July
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s expenses responding to the coronavirus crisis have nearly tripled since May, climbing from $197 million to $573 million, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
Wisconsin election head: 'Don't wait' on mailing ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In the face of warnings about slow mail delivery and record-high requests for absentee ballots, the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday urged voters not to wait to return their…
Review of primary prompts elections agency to seek changes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state elections agency is asking lawmakers to require counties to distribute mail-in ballots earlier for the 2020 General Election and beyond, based on its review of how the gr…
NY gives child abuse survivors more time to file suits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — People who were sexually abused as children will have more time to file legal claims under a new state law against individuals and public and private institutions after concerns that the pandemi…
Iowa governor has stopped AG from joining anti-Trump suits
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Republican governor has rejected two-thirds of the Democratic state attorney general's requests to join multistate lawsuits, under an unusual compromise that has allowed her to repeat…
Nevada lawmakers OK mailing voters ballots, Trump slams move
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada state lawmakers passed a bill Sunday that would add the state to a growing list of U.S. states that will mail active voters ballots ahead of the November election amid the coronaviru…
Lawmaker arrest spotlights UK Parliament’s sex abuse problem
LONDON (AP) — The weekend arrest of a British lawmaker accused of rape and the sexual assault conviction of a former legislator last week are increasing pressure on Britain’s political leaders to confront a politic…
Michigan lawmaker positive for virus before Guard training
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Lansing-area state lawmaker has tested positive for the coronavirus through screening required by his service in the Michigan Army National Guard.
U.S. Marines ID all 9 people killed in sea-tank sinking
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps has identified all nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast.
Poland's top court confirms Duda's election for president
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Supreme Court of Poland on Monday upheld the reelection of President Andrzej Duda after deciding that complaints about the validity of the country's presidential election were insufficient…