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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…
Besieged New Mexico sheriff eyes smartphones as body cams
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A much-criticized New Mexico sheriff who has led an office facing racial profiling lawsuits and has refused to force deputies to wear body cameras says his office will instead use smartphon…
President Trump shakes up campaign team, replacing Brad Parscale as campaign manager with GOP vet Bill Stepien
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump shakes up campaign team, replacing Brad Parscale as campaign manager with GOP vet Bill Stepien.
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AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 10th Add,400
No Preferen +- Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 11 Takes,450
State Biden +- Sanders +- Warren +- Bloomberg +-
Berkeley moves toward removing police from traffic stops
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After hours of emotional public testimony and a middle-of-the-night vote by Berkeley leaders, the progressive California city is moving forward with a novel proposal to replace police with unar…
Maine to use ranked voting for president after repeal fails
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine voters are poised to become the first group of voters in U.S. history to be able to use a ranked style of voting for president, following a ruling by the secretary of state Wednesday.
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 5th Add,400
Greenstein +- Haas +- Harris +- Hewes +-
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Michigan has most virus cases in 2 months; Izzo backs masks
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Wednesday reported its biggest increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in nearly two months, leading Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to say she may be forced to reimpose some restrictions if th…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 1st Add,400
Buttigieg +- Klobuchar +- Gabbard +- Uncommitted +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 2nd Add,400
Bennet +- Bloxham +- Booker +- Boyd +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 6th Add,400
Koos +- Kraus +- Krichevsky +- Moroz +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 6 Takes,450
State Trump +- Weld +- Ardini +- Boddie +-
Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution -- for now
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man, said to be suffering from dementia, who was set to die by lethal injection in the federal government’s second execution this week after a…