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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…
Better safe than soggy? Wet ballots worry election officials
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — When it comes to this fall’s elections, officials are worried about both safety and soggy ballots.
'Truly alarming': Officials voice concern over virus spike
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania reported its highest one-day total of confirmed coronavirus cases since May, while Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh and 1.2 million residents, reported its highest one-day to…
3 cities pilot South Africa-style truth, reconciliation push
BOSTON (AP) — District attorneys in Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco are teaming up on a pilot effort patterned after South Africa's post-apartheid truth and reconciliation commission to confront racism in th…
Intel chiefs brief congressional leaders on Russia bounties
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. intelligence chiefs conducted classified briefings Thursday for congressional leaders who have demanded more answers about
Unlike cities, rural Nevada schools plan classroom lessons
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In Goldfield, a historic small mining town between Las Vegas and Reno, students and teachers are relatively unfazed by the idea of reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Federal lawsuit filed to allow mail-in voting in Connecticut
A federal lawsuit was filed Thursday to make mail-in voting for the November election available to all eligible Connecticut voters during the coronavirus pandemic.
Buttigieg, SC capital city mayor teaming up on COVID effort
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has teamed up with the mayor of South Carolina's capital city to help municipalities stem the spread of the coronavi…
Robert E. Lee statue becomes epicenter of protest movement
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Just a little over a month ago, the area around Richmond's iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was as quiet and sedate as the statue itself.
Allegheny County's positive virus tests 'truly alarming'
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Allegheny County, home to Pittsburgh and 1.2 million residents, is reporting its highest one-day total of positive coronavirus tests Thursday that officials are saying is a larger increase th…
Russian opposition denounces vote extending Putin's rule
MOSCOW (AP) — A vote that cleared the way for President Vladimir Putin to rule Russia until 2036 was denounced Thursday by his political opponents as a “Pyrrhic victory” that will only further erode his support and…
Priest sues to stop federal execution over coronavirus risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Zen Buddhist priest, who is a spiritual adviser to one of three federal death row inmates scheduled to be executed this month, filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing the Bureau of Prisons is putting h…
High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned away pleas from anti-abortion activists to make it easier for them to protest outside clinics, declining to wade back into the abortion debate just days after …
Finnish Air Force Command drops swastika logo as insignia
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's Air Force Command has discreetly dropped a swastika logo from its unit emblem — after a century — and replaced it with a neutral insignia featuring a golden eagle.
Minnesota health officials back statewide mask mandate
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health experts are urging Gov. Tim Walz to require people to wear masks in public statewide amid concerns that the spike in coronavirus cases elsewhere could happen in Minnesota.
Hague court: Italy has jurisdiction in 2012 Indian shooting
An international arbitration court has sided with Italy and decided the European country, not India, has jurisdiction to prosecute two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012.