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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…
Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from COVID-19 vaccine.researchers
LONDON (AP) — Britain, the United States and Canada say Russia is trying to steal information from COVID-19 vaccine.researchers.
US carries out its 2nd execution this week, killing by lethal injection a man whose lawyers argued he had dementia
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — US carries out its 2nd execution this week, killing by lethal injection a man whose lawyers argued he had dementia.
Clashes resume on volatile Armenian-Azerbaijani border
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces flared up again Thursday on the South Caucasus nations' shared border, with both sides blaming the other for the attacks that extended the wo…
IS bride to return to UK to fight for British citizenship
LONDON (AP) — A U.K. woman who as a teenager ran away to join the Islamic State group won the right Thursday to return to Britain to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was revoked on national secur…
GOP restricts convention attendance over coronavirus fears
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee is sharply restricting attendance on three of the four nights of
Turkey convicts German newspaper reporter of propaganda work
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper Thursday of engaging in propaganda in favor of Kurdish rebels and sentenced him in absentia to more than two years and nine…
Black UK protester statue removed from pedestal in Bristol
BRISTOL, England (AP) — Officials in the English city of Bristol on Thursday removed a statue of a Black Lives Matter activist that was installed barely 24 hours earlier on a pedestal once occupied by a monument to…
UK committee to release sensitive Russia report within days
LONDON (AP) — A powerful committee of British lawmakers that oversees the intelligence and security services said Thursday that it will release a long-awaited report on alleged Russian interference in U.K. politics…
UN says 2 aid workers, 4 others shot dead in South Sudan
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Two aid workers in South Sudan were shot dead along with four people they were helping after members of an unknown armed group attacked them early this week, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in…
4 Thai Cabinet ministers resign after party leader shakeup
BANGKOK (AP) — Four key ministers in Thailand's Cabinet announced their resignations Thursday, as a military clique within the ruling coalition's most powerful political party continues to consolidate power.
North Macedonia: Social Democrats score narrow election win
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's pro-Western Social Democrats said they were ready Thursday to start complicated power-sharing negotiations after winning a narrow election victory in a poll held up …
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Mail delays likely as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general. The plan eliminates overtime for hundreds of thousands of postal workers a…
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Arizona teachers want school closures as virus cases rise
PHOENIX (AP) — Several Arizona teachers voiced fears from their cars Wednesday about returning to school in a state that continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus.