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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…
Social media for Rubio, Sullivan confuses Cummings, Lewis
MIAMI (AP) — Social media of Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Dan Sullivan of Alaska mistakenly posted photos of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings with comments meant to honor the late U.S. Rep. John Le…
14 hours later, Trump says he is 'saddened' by Lewis' death
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours after the death of American civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to retweet old missives about Democratic rival Joe Biden and lash out at his form…
Trump talks less about virus, states look inward for answers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken an increasingly hands-off approach to the
Nevada's 3 US House Democrats outraising GOP challengers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's three incumbent Democrats in Congress are outraising their Republican opponents as they seek reelection this year, according to campaign finance reports filed this week.
UN chief: World 'at the breaking point' due to inequalities
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Saying “we are at the breaking point,” the U.N. secretary-general made a sweeping call Saturday to end the global inequalities that sparked this year’s massive anti-racism protests and have been…
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.,
California classrooms closed for fall as virus cases surge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Most of California’s 6.7 million schoolkids will be learning from home when the new school year begins in a few weeks as the state struggles with soaring rates of coronavirus cases, hospit…
Judge: Houston can't ban convention; GOP deciding next move
A federal judge ruled Friday that Houston can’t ban the Texas Republican Party from holding its convention in-person, but it was not clear whether the GOP would move for a physical meetup or keep the event virtual …
Democrats say White House blocking CDC head from testifying
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are criticizing the White House for blocking the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from testifying at a public hearing on safely reopening the nation's schools.
John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019
ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis, lion of civil rights era with long, celebrated career in Congress, has died; diagnosed with cancer in 2019.
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.
New California rules mean most schools will start online
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With the first day of school just weeks away in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out sweeping new rules Friday that all but ensure most of the state’s K-12 schools serving 6.7 million student…
Reality shows shortfalls of Trump's claim to 'best testing'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are some snapshots from what President Donald Trump describes as the nation with the “best testing in the world" for the coronavirus:
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…
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…