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Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Group turns in signatures for redistricting reform measure

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A group looking to reform voting redistricting rules in North Dakota said Monday it has collected enough signatures to get the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot in November.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Bill altering N.C. transportation board becomes law

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bill that gives North Carolina legislative leaders more involvement in overseeing the Department of Transportation has become law without Gov. Roy Cooper's signature.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
During pandemic, Nicaraguan doctors face political pressure

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Inside Nicaragua's public hospitals, the walls are plastered with political propaganda, ruling-party activists ensure no information leaks out, and doctors were once forbidden from wearing…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Bubba Wallace over flag, rope

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a weekend spent

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular vote winner

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular vote winner.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Bill would grant emergency powers to Hawaii health director

HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii state health director could declare a public health emergency, order quarantine and contact tracing, and temporarily close schools and businesses through a measure under consideration by …

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Anchorage names businesses visited by customers with virus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Anchorage Department of Health released a list of businesses where people who later tested positive for COVID-19 spent extended periods of time.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Trump's leadership is tested in time of fear, pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long after noon on Feb. 6, President Donald Trump strode into the ornate East Room of the White House. The night before, his impeachment trial had ended with acquittal in the Republican-contro…

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
India, China both say border disengagement process under way

NEW DELHI (AP) — India and China said Monday that they had made progress disengaging frontline troops from a months-long standoff along a disputed part of their border where a brawl in June left 20 Indian soldiers …

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Russian journalist fined in case that drew broad outrage

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian journalist on Monday was convicted on charges of condoning terrorism and ordered to pay a fine in a case that has been widely criticized as an attack on freedom of speech.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
2020 Watch: Has Trump surrendered to the coronavirus?

Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
France's Macron revs up with new government ahead of 2022

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is promising that a new French government expected to be named later Monday will be one of “purpose and unity.”

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Paint schemes go political as NASCAR season heats up

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Many a fan is quick to insist they do not like politics in their sports — no kneeling, no raised fists, no T-shirt messages. Just the game or event, please and thank you.

Updated 6 years, 2 months ago
Tuesday's vote-by-mail primary poised to test New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's nearly all-mail primary on Tuesday is emerging as a test of the state's ability to deliver a drama-free election in the face of critical tweets from President Donald Trump and a GO…