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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…
Esper order aims to expand diversity, skirts major decisions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper took steps Wednesday to expand diversity within the military and reduce prejudice, but he skirted several major decisions, including whether to ban the Confederate fla…
Los Angeles in 'dangerous phase' as virus cases surge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in the Los Angeles area, putting the nation’s largest county in “an alarming and dangerous phase” that if not reversed could overwhelm intensive car…
Mississippi gov considers bar restrictions as virus spreads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he might set restrictions on bars to try to slow the spread of the new
North Macedonia election commission site hacked on poll day
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A suspected hacking attack caused the site of North Macedonia’s electoral commission to crash shortly after polls closed in the country’s national elections Wednesday, officials said,…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 1st Add,400
NORTHEAST Comley +- De La Fuent +- Ely +- Horn +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 10th Add,400
NORTHEAST No Preferen +- Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
28 COVID-19 deaths reported; no Swan Boat rides this summer
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts reported 28 confirmed and probable COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed and probable deaths since the beginning of the pandemic to 8,368 in the state.
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 3rd Add,400
NORTHEAST Maxwell +- Merrill +- Murphy +- Payne +-
Alaska city relocates Russian colonist statue to museum
An Alaska city will relocate a statue of a Russian colonist accused of enslaving Alaska Natives while the area was under Russian control two centuries ago.
Wolf imposes restrictions on bars, restaurants, gatherings
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is imposing broad new statewide restrictions on bars and restaurants and larger indoor gatherings, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday, citing an “alarming escalation” in new coron…
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 9th Add,400
NORTHEAST Torgesen +- Wells +- Williamson +- Yang +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 5th Add,400
NORTHEAST Greenstein +- Haas +- Harris +- Hewes +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 2nd Add,400
NORTHEAST Istvan +- Kraft +- Locke +- Matern +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem Regions, 8th Add,400
NORTHEAST Steinman +- Steinman +- Steyer +- Thistle +-
Indiana governor extending coronavirus limits as cases grow
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s current limits on crowd sizes for restaurants, bars and public events will remain in place until at least the end of July as the state faces a growing number of coronavirus cases and h…