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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…
2020 Watch: Can Trump turn around his beleaguered campaign?
NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Police corral crowds as movers leave US Consulate in China
CHENGDU, China (AP) — Moving trucks and vehicles with diplomatic plates pulled out of a U.S. Consulate in southwest China on Sunday, as its impending closure over rising bilateral tensions drew a steady stream of o…
House approves version of police accountability bill
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed its version of the police accountability bill late Friday night on a vote of 93 in favor to 66 against.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Val Demings has already been vice president.
Coroner who handled Vegas mass shooting aftermath to retire
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas public official who led the identification of victims after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history is retiring after nearly three decades of government service.
Mnuchin: Virus aid package soon, $1,200 checks by August
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday that Republicans were set to roll out the next
Analysis: Virus heightens GOP divisions in Louisiana House
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republicans in the Louisiana House started the term divided over leadership, and the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating, rather than soothing, those divisions.
Virginia panel recommends Lee statue removal at U.S. Capitol
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia panel has recommended that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s statue in the U.S. Capitol be replaced with another yet-to-be named Virginian amid national discussions about removing con…
Civil rights icon John Lewis remembered in his hometown
TROY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights icon and longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis was remembered Saturday — in the rural Alabama county where his story began — as a humble man who sprang from his family’s farm with a…
Hunger organization pushes out Yoho after Capitol incident
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonpartisan Christian organization that seeks to end hunger said Saturday it asked for and received the resignation of Rep. Ted Yoho from its board of directors following what it called his “ver…
Georgia's Ossoff quarantines after wife positive for virus
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Senate candidate
NY mail-in voting deluge fuels uncounted ballots, confusion
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s quest to keep voters safe from COVID-19 by letting them vote by mail in the June primary has led to big delays in tabulating results, concerns about disenfranchisement — and questions…
Car drives through crowd, protester shot in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A car drove through a crowd and a protester was shot in the suburban Denver suburb of Aurora during demonstrations against racial injustice.
100 Days: Trump faces headwinds as Election Day draws near
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump’s presidency, putting the incumbent in a peril…
State pension fund ends fiscal year with $8.5B
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's public pension fund ended the just completed fiscal year with nearly $8.5 billion in assets under managament despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, accordin…