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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…
LA school district rejects measure to defund campus police
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s second-largest school district rejected a proposal Tuesday to defund campus police.
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New York primary voters might await results into July
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A deluge of yet-to-be-counted absentee ballots in New York this year means voters will have to wait until July to find out who won many primary elections Tuesday for the state legislature, Congr…
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2,291 of 3,685 precincts - 62 percent
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2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in Kentucky, N. Carolina
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Voters rebuffed President Donald Trump and nominated two Republicans he opposed to House seats from North Carolina and Kentucky on Tuesday. Calls in higher-profile races in Kentucky and New Y…
Cawthorn, 24, defeats Trump's pick in N Carolina GOP primary
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 24-year-old real estate investment CEO won Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff for a western North Carolina congressional seat over President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for the nominat…
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Yosemite won't reopen some campgrounds amid virus concerns
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — California’s Yosemite National Park is reversing course two weeks after reopening and now says it will hold off on reopening some campgrounds through July because of social dis…
Republican state Sen. Chris Jacobs wins special election for House seat vacated by convicted congressman in western NY
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican state Sen. Chris Jacobs wins special election for House seat vacated by convicted congressman in western NY.