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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…
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…
Tennessee advances 6-week abortion ban, lawsuit filed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid nationwide unrest and a global pandemic that wrecked the state budget, Tennessee lawmakers advanced one of the strictest abortion bans in the country as most Tennesseans were asleep Fri…
Long odds as Georgia lawmakers try again on sports gambling
ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia lawmakers want to test the odds one more time on sports gambling this year.
Police fire tear gas at protest against Mali's president
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Police fired tear gas at protesters demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's resignation Friday as tens of thousands took to the streets for the second time this month in Mali's capital.
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…
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.
Former Baltimore mayor pleads guilty to perjury charge
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor pleaded guilty to a state perjury charge Friday for failing to disclose a business interest relating to her
Pompeo: China uses disinformation to split Europe, US
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that China is behind a “fear in Europe” that Europeans should choose between the United States and China by “pushing disinformation and mal…
Trump turns virus conversation into 'US vs. THEM' debate
President Donald Trump’s push to resume big rallies despite concern he's putting the public's health at risk is part of a broader reelection campaign effort to turn the national debate about the coronavirus into a …
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…
LSU board votes to strip segregationist's name from library
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University's governing board agreed Friday to remove the name of a segregationist former president from the campus' main library, making the decision on the Juneteenth holida…
Nevada groundwater order could help save endangered fish
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists say Nevada's unprecedented interpretation of state water laws to restrict groundwater pumping for development in the desert northeast of Las Vegas could help prevent the extinctio…
US official: Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak; also blames one-star admiral for judgment errors
WASHINGTON (AP) — US official: Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak; also blames one-star admiral for judgment errors.
Senate, House races among decisions in Kentucky primary
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Presidential primaries may top the ballot June 23, but there are several others races to be decided in Kentucky including party nominations for a U.S. Senate seat. Other contested races on the…
Georgia budget slicing spending advances as Democrats object
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate advanced a state budget proposing broad cuts on Friday, but not before Democrats argued that Republicans were overly focused on reductions rather than recapturing revenue lost from…