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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…
Democrat outraises N. Carolina senator nearly 3-to-1 in Q2
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis was outraised nearly 3-to-1 by his Democratic challenger in the last quarter, according to campaign reports that signal a more precarious reelection bid for the …
Wisconsin Democrats propose help for unemployed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped to 8.5% in June, good news that came Thursday as Democratic lawmakers released proposals to remove obstacles and broaden access to unemployment benefits.
EU praises Serbia, Kosovo for resuming face-to-face talks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union praised the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo for resuming face-to-face talks at EU headquarters which had been frozen since November 2018.
Lawyer: Trump's delay moves over taxes harms probe of others
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s efforts to stall the release of his personal and corporate taxes to a New York state grand jury is jeopardizing the criminal probe of other individuals and entities and coul…
2 Germans arrested over far-right, anti-Semitic website
BERLIN (AP) — Two German men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of spearheading a far-right group that posted pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic material online, prosecutors said.
UK accuses 'Russian actors' of meddling in 2019 election
LONDON (AP) — The British government accused “Russian actors” Thursday of seeking to interfere in the U.K.'s last general election, and a powerful committee of lawmakers confirmed it would publish within days a lon…
Polish opposition challenges recent presidential election
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s main opposition party lodged a protest Thursday to a top court against the recent presidential election in which its candidate narrowly lost to conservative incumbent Andrzej Duda.
Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St. Louis couple
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday urged Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis' elected prosecutor, accusing her of abuse of power in her inve…
Wisconsin governor issues 18 more pardons
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers announced 18 pardons on Thursday, the most he's made at one time since reviving the issuing of pardons last year following an eight year hiatus under former Gov. Scott Walker.
Republicans stall efforts to reconvene Maine Legislature
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3 more states share license data for citizenship efforts
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Iowa, South Carolina and South Dakota have now joined Nebraska in agreeing to share state driver's license information with the U.S. Census Bureau to help the Trump administration to determ…
Alaska teams with center to quickly train contact tracer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Health Department officials are partnering with the UAA Center for Rural Health and Workforce to quickly train 500 contact tracers needed to help limit coronavirus outbreaks.
Croatian conservative leader given new mandate to govern
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's president on Thursday handed Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic the mandate to form a new government after his conservative party prevailed in a July 5 parliamentary election.
UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials
LONDON (AP) — Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russian hackers on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a coronavirus vaccine, warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies…
US executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The United States on Thursday carried out its second federal execution this week following a hiatus of nearly two decades, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose