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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…
Lawsuit challenges Indiana limits on voting time extensions
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana law violates the U.S. Constitution by blocking voters and candidates from asking courts to keep polling places open past the state’s 6 p.m. closing time because of Election Day troubl…
Ivory Coast PM, presidential candidate Amadou Coulibaly dies
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the presidential candidate of Ivory Coast's ruling party, died Wednesday just days after returning from two months of medical treatment in France, wh…
Despite risks, Trump invests big in attacks on Biden's age
President Donald Trump has accused his Democratic rival Joe Biden of having connections to the “radical left” and has pilloried his relationship with China, his record on criminal justice, his plans for the pandemi…
Maryland governor outlines plans for election process
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — After problems in Maryland's mostly mail-in primary last month, Gov. Larry Hogan directed state election officials Wednesday to conduct the November election with enhanced options for voters i…
Ivory Coast prime minister who was ruling party's presidential candidate for October election has died, presidency says
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast prime minister who was ruling party's presidential candidate for October election has died, presidency says.
Face masks mandatory in northeast Spain amid virus uptick
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Authorities in northeast Spain will start fining individuals who do not wear face masks 100 euros ($113) starting Thursday when the use of masks becomes mandatory in Barcelona and the surrou…
Kosovo's president to be questioned in war crimes inquiry
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s president said Wednesday that he would go to The Hague to be questioned by prosecutors investigating war crimes allegedly committed during and after a 1998-1999 armed conflict in Ko…
California 'surge' hospitals are costly, but how much?
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — With coronavirus cases rising fast, California is planning to keep open several makeshift hospitals that have seen few patients but cost a bundle — in one case more than $4 million to prepa…
Ex-Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan in care facility with Alzheimer’s
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan has lost the ability to speak due to Alzheimer's disease and is living in a care facility, according to a report confirmed by his former press secretary Wednesday.
Atlanta mayor to defy governor, require masks in city
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's mayor says she will sign an executive order mandating masks in Georgia's largest city Wednesday, defying Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to strongly encourage but not require face coverings.
Michigan fines liquor distributor $3M over supply shortages
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan on Wednesday announced a $3 million fine against the state's largest liquor distributor over delays in shipping booze to vendors.
Special session raises coronavirus concern in Nevada capital
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A day before the Nevada Legislature convened for a special budget session, Kelly Crompton, a lobbyist for the city of Las Vegas, boarded a Southwest flight and headed north to Carson City.
Pennsylvania tries luck again in mini-casino license auction
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania will again seek to auction a mini-casino license on Sept. 2, under orders from state lawmakers in search of cash for a treasury starved of tax collections from shutdowns to conta…
Official: Edwards rejects pay raise delay for state workers
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s state workers will get pay raises this year despite the pandemic’s effect on state revenues, because Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a legislative effort to withhold $57 million for…
Wayne Mixson, Florida's governor for 3 days, has died
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Wayne Mixson, whose three-day term was shortest in state history, died Wednesday. He was 98.