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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…
Voters to get say in dropping 'plantations' from R.I.'s name
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Voters will get another chance to strip the words “and Providence Plantations" from Rhode Island's formal name after lawmakers approved a joint resolution to put the question on the November…
Kremlin rejects accusations of meddling in UK election
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Friday “categorically” rejected allegations of interfering in a 2019 U.K. election and said the claims will negatively impact Russia's relations with Britain.
China says it's not trying to replace US, won't be bullied
BEIJING (AP) — China isn't seeking to confront or replace the United States as the world's top technological power, but will fight back against “malicious slander" and attacks from Washington, a foreign ministry sp…
Early voting begins in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Voters now have the option to cast their ballots ahead of the Aug. 6 primary.
After loss, Booker launches new organization aimed at unity
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The progressive Kentucky lawmaker who faced off against former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination has announced a new organization to build on the prog…
California governor to outline plans for reopening schools
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce new guidance for the reopening of California schools Friday, with many of the state’s 1,000 districts just weeks away from returning to school and stil…
Anniversary of world's 1st atomic test fuels nuclear debate
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Transported in the backseat of a blacked-out Plymouth sedan was the culmination of years of feverish work — a hefty plutonium core that would soon be used to trigger the world’s first atomi…
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 4th Add,400
Sanford +- Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +-
Ducey to extend ban on evictions in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona renters dreading the expiration of a coronavirus-related moratorium on evictions will get a reprieve, Gov. Doug Ducey said Thursday.
Democrat outpaces top of GOP field in Senate race in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The presumed Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat in Kansas raised almost $1.3 million more than the top-tier Republican primary candidates combined during the second quarter of the year, …
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta over the city's requirement to wear masks in public, other COVID-19 restrictions
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta over the city's requirement to wear masks in public, other COVID-19 restrictions.
Asylum rules test Trump's legal skills to make new policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Critics of the Trump administration's most sweeping set of rules to restrict asylum in the United States sent in a deluge of comments opposing the effort, hoping an old law that serves as a check o…
Massive illegal dump discovered in southeastern New Mexico
EUNICE, N.M. (AP) — State officials say they discovered a massive illegal dumping site in southeastern New Mexico while cleaning up a former limestone mining pit.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 3rd Add,400
Bullock +- Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 5th Add,400
Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-