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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…
6 staffers setting up for Trump rally positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign says six staff members helping set up for his Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus.
New Mexico advances police accountability, anti-racism bills
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers on Saturday were trying to address festering problems of police accountability and craft new civil rights protections for minorities, all within the span of a quick-fire s…
Arizona COVID-19 case surge continues, setting care records
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona total of COVID-19 cases neared 50,000 on Saturday as the state's surge in additional cases continued to set daily records for hospitalizations, ventilator use and use of intensive care beds f…
New political group tries to rescue Hickenlooper in primary
DENVER (AP) — In a sign of mounting concerns about
Runoffs Tuesday in SC, only about half of counties voting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Polls will open again Tuesday in South Carolina for runoffs from the primaries two weeks before, but only in about half the state.
Montenegro to hold parliamentary election on Aug. 30
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s president on Saturday set the small Balkan nation's next parliamentary election for Aug. 30.
Top US diplomat calls UN rights body 'a haven for dictators'
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the decision by the U.N.'s top human rights body to commission a report on policing and race amid international protests spurred by George Floyd's …
Police protests upend Democratic Senate contest in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For months,
Pandemic puts convicted representative's seat on 2 ballots
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. House district once represented by Chris Collins is on two separate ballots Tuesday in a special election to fill out the convicted former congressional member's fourth term and in a R…
Lawmakers use protest momentum to push state racial reforms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The racial reckoning sweeping the country after the killing of George Floyd in police custody has generated momentum at state capitols for widespread reforms addressing a range of inequiti…
N.C. Congress runoff pits Trump favorite versus young rival
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Western North Carolina voters in a congressional primary runoff are deciding whether to accept President Donald Trump's favored candidate for the seat recently held by his Chief of Staff Mark M…
AP FACT CHECK: In time of trauma, Trumps congratulates self
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump prefaced the revival of his campaign rallies with days of self-congratulation, a familiar pattern that has not been disturbed by the traumas of this time.
Lawmakers: Open Mich. unemployment offices, give $1K loans
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers increasingly frustrated over delayed unemployment benefits for people out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic are urging Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reopen offices so the j…
Evers calls for changes as Wisconsin marks Juneteenth
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers called on the Wisconsin Legislature to ban police chokeholds and limit the use of force in a package of criminal justice reforms unveiled Friday as the state celebrated Juneteen…
Justice Department says Geoffrey Berman, US attorney in NYC who oversaw investigations of Trump allies, is resigning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department says Geoffrey Berman, US attorney in NYC who oversaw investigations of Trump allies, is resigning.