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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…
Rep. John Lewis remembered for legacy of 'good trouble'
ATLANTA (AP) — Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,
Taxes still top focus as Nebraska lawmakers resume session
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers will return to their legislative session Monday for the first time in almost four months with most of the same challenges they faced back in March, plus new questions about how…
Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge in New Jersey and shot and injured her husband Sunday at the family home, the state’s chief district judge said.
Trump nominates former SC official for Belize ambassadorship
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated South Carolina's former lieutenant governor to be the next ambassador to Belize.
Trump offers confusion, contradictions on immigration order
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising new executive action on immigration as he returns to the defining issue of his administration. But Trump has offered contradictory and confusing statements abou…
New Mexico universities face prospect of budget challenges
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Officials say the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University face the prospect of major budget challenges because of reduced state funding and other fiscal fallout from the coron…
Mayor concedes Los Angeles reopened too soon as virus surges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mayor Eric Garcetti conceded Sunday that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was “on the brink” of new shutdown orders as the coronavirus continues to surge in Califor…
Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero'
WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his audience didn’t ca…
Arkansas governor: Masks 'shouldn’t be about politics'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that wearing masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus shouldn’t be about politics.
Trump's trouble in suburbs key to suddenly competitive Ohio
CINCINNATI (AP) — During a background briefing with reporters in December, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign team gave only passing mention of Ohio. Certainly no one suggested a full-scale fall advertisi…
How the coronavirus spread through one immigration facility
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gregory Arnold walked into the warden’s office April 1 as the novel coronavirus ripped through one of the largest immigration detention centers in the United States. Waiting with about 40 guards to…
Republican Clemmons resigns from SC House after 17 years
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A Republican lawyer in the South Carolina House for more than 17 years is resigning so he can dedicate more time on his business.
Cost, hassle of stamps questioned as mail-in voting surges
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Even if it weren't for her disability and fear of catching COVID-19, Delinda Bryant said getting the necessary postage to cast a ballot this year will be a struggle.
Bill to cap mining tax break fails for 2nd time in 3 days
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Even after amendments were made to address concerns, a proposal to limit mining tax deductions failed to pass the Nevada Senate on Saturday night.
Democrat Leger Fernandez has big money edge in US House race
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Democrat Teresa Leger Fernandez has a massive money edge over a poorly funded Republican opponent going into a general election for an open U.S. House seat in northern New Mexico.