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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…
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 4th Add,400
NORTHEAST Sanford +- Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 5th Add,400
NORTHEAST Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP Regions, 6 Takes,450
NORTHEAST Trump +- Weld +- Ardini +- Boddie +-
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…
Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries
NEW YORK (AP) — Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a move the Trump admini…
Another N. Carolina inmate dies after getting coronavirus
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An inmate at a central North Carolina state prison who tested positive for the
Ivanka Trump defends Goya post that watchdogs call unethical
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump on Wednesday defended tweeting a photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans to buck up a Hispanic-owned business that she says has been unfairly treated, arguing that she has “ev…
Kansas governor says she'll delay reopening of K-12 schools
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor on Wednesday said she would delay the reopening of the state's K-12 schools for nearly a month until after Labor Day because of a resurgence in reported coronavirus cases that's…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from a hospital after being treated for a possible infection.
Wisconsin duo wants stiffer penalties for wrecking statues
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Wisconsin legislators introduced a bill Wednesday that would make defacing or destroying statues a felony after protesters ripped down a sculpture of abolitionist Col. Hans Christian Heg an…
Galloway outraises Parson, but GOP PAC makes up for it
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Nicole Galloway's campaign outraised Gov. Mike Parson in recent months, but hefty fundraising by a political action committee supporting the Republica…
Louisiana income tax filing deadline pushed back to Friday
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's revenue department is giving people an extra two days to file their state income taxes, after a computer problem made it difficult or impossible for some tax filings.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump wholly distorts Biden on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is assailing Joe Biden for immigration proposals that Biden actually isn't proposing. Trump's account of what his Democratic presidential rival says he'd do with people in t…
Navy warship burning 4th day shows difficulty of ship fires
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Four days after the initial spark, the fire on a U.S. Navy warship was still burning as firefighting sailors Wednesday inched their way deeper into its compartments in a painstaking search to find …
Michigan reports most virus cases in nearly 2 months
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan reported nearly 900 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday — the most in nearly two months — as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she may be forced to move parts of the state ba…