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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…
Pence, Gov. Baker meet on Nantucket to talk virus response
BOSTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence met briefly Saturday with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker while he visited the famous island getaway of Nantucket to headline a $25,000-ticket fundraiser for President Donal…
Little time, big agenda when California lawmakers return
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are returning to work Monday for a furious five-week sprint that will include contentious debates about police brutality, unemployment benefits, hospital mergers and a…
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald…
Trump coming to North Carolina to see work on virus vaccine
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming to North Carolina to visit a biotech facility involved in work to create a COVID-19 vaccine.
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.
ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge's blockade
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a federal judge paused the public release of New York City police disciplinary records, a news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of officers.
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.
From police chief to VP? Inside Val Demings' unlikely path
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Val Demings has already been vice president.
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…
Little time, big agenda when California lawmakers return
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are returning to work Monday for a furious five-week sprint that will include contentious debates about police brutality, unemployment benefits, hospital mergers and a…
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…
North Korea locks down border city over suspected virus case
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong near the border with South Korea under total lockdown after a person was found there with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, saying “th…
Trump plays on fears in play for the suburbs
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump this week sent a message to “The Suburban Housewives of America," and in a single tweet summed up his strategy for shoring up support in communities critical to his ree…
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.
Louisiana municipalities being reimbursed for virus spending
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration will send millions of dollars to Louisiana's local government agencies in August to reimburse their coronavirus spending, but that reimbursement money i…