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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…
Montana announces 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 29 in last 3 weeks
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana announced five more deaths due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths due to the respiratory virus in the state to 52.
Trump again pushes disproven drug as COVID-19 treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attempt to project
Senators return to Capitol to vote on ballots, police reform
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate returned to the state Capitol on Tuesday to give final legislative approval to four bills, including wide-ranging police accountability legislation and a plan to expand…
Women renew groping claims against Indiana attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The four women who say they were
Suspect arrested in shooting of 2 protesters in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A man at a weekend Colorado protest who shot and wounded two demonstrators after he apparently aimed at a Jeep driving toward protesters has been arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide, au…
Dems slam Cowboys for Trump head for 'back to Africa' video
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democrats and civil rights leaders in New Mexico are sharply denouncing the leader of the Cowboys for Trump group after he posted a social media video calling for some Black athletes to “go …
Watchdog group: Trump campaign improperly masking payments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s reelection effort allegedly hid nearly $170 million in spending from mandatory public disclosure by routing payments through companies tied to his former campaign manager,…
Advocates: Shield poor students from pandemic budget cut
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan should shield low-income students from the brunt of a potential K-12 funding cut in the coming school year instead of making an across-the-board reduction to base aid to resolve a pan…
National teacher union supports strikes over reopening plans
One of the nation's largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures in the middle of the global pandemic.
Immigrant groups sue feds over congressional districts order
BOSTON (AP) — Civil rights and immigrant groups in Massachusetts have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's efforts to exclude immigrants living in the country illegally from being counted in…
Ruling: Kansas must release names of provisional voters
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab must release the names of people who cast provisional ballots in the 2018 general election, including whether their votes were counted, a Kansas judg…
2 Nebraska state senators self-isolate after virus exposure
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Nebraska state senators who may have been exposed to the coronavirus isolated themselves Tuesday from their fellow lawmakers, taking seats in a distant upper balcony so they can still parti…
Oklahoma governor returns to office after 2-week quarantine
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has returned to his office following two weeks of isolating himself at home after he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Louisiana suspends 4 bar permits, says violated virus rules
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration started cracking down on violators of its
Man suspected of shooting 2 at protest arrested
DENVER (AP) — A 23-year-old man suspected of shooting two fellow protesters after a Jeep drove towards demonstrators on an interstate in suburban Denver is under arrest as police continue to investigate what the Je…