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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…
Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the United States as children.
What Supreme Court? Trump's HHS pushes LGBT health rollback
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration Friday moved forward with a rule that rolls back health care protections for transgender people, even as the Supreme Court barred sex discrimination against LGBT individua…
US blocks travelers visas from Burundi over deportations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government said Friday that it has stopped issuing travel visas to people from Burundi because the country is not taking back citizens facing deportation from the United States.
Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two senior commanders on a coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier didn't “do enough, soon enough," to stem the outbreak, the top U.S. Navy officer said Friday, a stunning reversal that upheld t…
Jobless rate slides back from pandemic peak in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s unemployment began sliding down from its pandemic peak in May, even clocking in at below the national rate as payrolls grew by almost 200,000, the state said Friday.
Justice Dept. inspector general auditing body cam policies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s inspector general has begun an audit into the department’s policies on body cameras.
Police accountability bills stall in Minnesota Legislature
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A special session of the Minnesota Legislature appeared to be in a stalemate Friday with both parties deeply divided on how far lawmakers should go toward remaking policing in the state where Geo…
LSU strips segregationist name from library after board vote
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University stripped the name of a segregationist former president from the campus’s main library Friday, within hours after the school's governing board voted for its removal…
Air Force makes history: 1st woman as top enlisted leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — Making history for the second time this month, the Air Force on Friday became the first military service to pick a woman as its top enlisted leader.
Slovenia police remove protesters from Ljubljana square
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian riot police on Friday removed protesters from a central square in the capital Ljubljana during weekly demonstrations against the center-right government.
EU lawmakers seek probe of fund misuse on summit day
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers called Friday for an investigation into the alleged misuse of EU funds in the Czech Republic and warned of a possible conflict of interest involving Czech Prime Minister And…
Nevada reports largest single-day jump in new COVID-19 cases
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada reported 410 new coronavirus cases on Friday in the state’s largest single-day jump in new cases since the start of the pandemic.
Trump crowd, protesters verbally clash ahead of rally
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump continued to gather Friday in Tulsa, where Trump is scheduled to take the stage for the first of his signature rallies during the coronavirus …
Lawmakers urged to make police discipline records public
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With some states taking a fresh look at strengthening measures to hold police officers accountable, lawmakers in Pennsylvania are being urged to join states that make police department record…
Russia fines opposition radio station for fake news
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition-leaning radio station Echo Moskvy and its website editor have been fined the equivalent of $3,745 for posting the comments of a political analyst who questioned Russia's coronavirus…