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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…
Trump faces rare rebuke from GOP for floating election delay
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump repeatedly tests the Republican Party's limits on issues including race, trade and immigration. Now he has struck a boundary.
FBI: Review of surveillance applications found minor errors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Thursday that it found mostly minor errors during a review of more than two dozen applications for national security surveillance warrants, suggesting the problems were less serious t…
Hospitalizations up again in Georgia as some schools reopen
ATLANTA (AP) — The number of Georgians hospitalized with COVID-19 set another record Tuesday, while deaths and new confirmed cases of the respiratory illness remained at high levels.
Full appeals court agrees to wade into Michael Flynn case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The entire Washington-based federal appeals court is stepping into the legal dispute over former
Gov. Jim Justice appoints new parkways leader
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday named Raleigh County Commission administrator Jeffrey Miller as the new leader of the state parkways authority.
Board approves plan to delay Hawaii school year start
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Board of Education approved Thursday an agreement to delay the start of public schools.
Hawaii governor uses line-item veto on virus relief bill
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Thursday he would exercise his line-item veto on
Madigan: 'No plans to resign' as Dem women seek his ouster
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State Sen. Iris Martinez, a respected and influential state and national Democratic Party leader, on Thursday joined a burgeoning group of Democratic lawmakers — all women — calling for Mic…
More Democratic women call on Madigan to step down
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State Sen. Iris Martinez, a respected and influential state and national Democratic Party leader, on Thursday joined a burgeoning group of Democratic lawmakers — all women — calling for Mic…
New Mexico extends stay-at-home order as coronavirus surges
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has extended its stay-at-home health order with minor revisions through the end of August in response to a surge in coronavirus cases, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday.
Ducey declines to back increase in Arizona unemployment
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday pushed Congress to renew federal payments for people left jobless because of the pandemic but declined to support increasing state unemployment payments that are a…
California lawmakers slam employment agency for slow payouts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers accused the leader of the state's unemployment department of failing the public in a tense hearing Thursday that featured stories of people waiting weeks or months to …
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's view of flawed voting is baseless
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's apocalyptic views of voting by mail are baseless, according to research into election fraud and the record. Despite that, he's now
Grand jury indicts Tennessee state senator on theft charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee state senator was indicted Thursday on dozens of counts of stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds received by a health care school she directed and using the money to pay for…
Beshear says Kentucky might be leveling off virus cases
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's governor reported an uptick in coronavirus cases Thursday but signaled that the outbreak might be leveling off after surging infections hit the state earlier this month.