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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…
Allegheny County sees another record high in COVID-19 cases
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Allegheny County, where officials ordered a halt to drinking alcohol in bars and restaurants due to what they call an “alarming” spike in COVID-19 cases, recorded another single-day record hi…
Dem climate plan would end greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a plan to address climate change that would set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, while pushing renewable energy such as wind and solar power…
Turkish lawyers protest draft bill on bar associations
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Thousands of lawyers gathered outside Istanbul’s main courthouse Tuesday to protest a ruling party-proposed bill that would amend Turkish laws on attorneys and bar associations, changes the pr…
Navajos concerned with COVID-19 spikes in surrounding areas
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has extended the closure of tribal government offices and ordered residents to stay home for another three weeks as the number of coronavirus cases rises outside the rese…
Supreme Court: Booking.com can trademark its name
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says travel website Booking.com can trademark its name, a ruling that also impacts other companies whose name is a generic word followed by “.com.”
Reports: Germany revamping elite army unit over extremism
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s defense minister reportedly plans to restructure the country’s special forces unit after numerous allegations of far-right extremism.
Supreme Court lifts ban on state aid to religious schooling
WASHINGTON (AP) — States can't cut religious schools out of programs that send public money to private education, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
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Colorado voters decide Sen. Gardner's challenger in primary
DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters on Tuesday will pick between ex-Gov. John Hickenlooper and former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff as the Democratic nominee to take on Sen. Cory Gardner, one of the most vulnerable…
Putin unveils monument to fallen Red Army WWII soldiers
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart from Belarus on Tuesday unveiled a monument honoring fallen Red Army soldiers who fought in one of the most bloody battles of World War II.
Careers hang on mail-in ballots for 2 House Democrats
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Democrats Eliot Engel and Carolyn Maloney have cruised to reelection through most of their decades in Congress. Now, both must wait for mail-in ballots to be counted — a process that begins…
GOP governor nod tops full Utah ballot on Election Day
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A competitive four-way contest for the GOP nomination in the Utah governor’s race ends Tuesday as the final mail-in ballots are sent on their way.
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Putin a step away from goal as constitutional vote nears end
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is just a step away from completing his main political project of the year — constitutional changes that would allow him to extend his rule until 2036.
Voting results in Poland confirm Duda in presidential runoff
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Official final results issued Tuesday from the first round of Poland's presidential election show incumbent President Andrzej Duda secured 43.5% of the vote and needs to go into a runoff July …