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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…
Some parts of Kemp's anti-gang push advance, others stall
ATLANTA (AP) — Some parts of Gov. Brian Kemp’s anti-gang push are moving forward, but the centerpiece of the package is bottled up in the state Senate as the clock winds down on the 2020 legislative session.
Mission accomplished: Malala gets Oxford degree
LONDON (AP) — Mission accomplished.
AP-NORC poll: Majority of Americans support police protests
NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of the
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.
Belarus' authoritarian leader claims foreign plot thwarted
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The president of Belarus said Friday that his government thwarted a foreign-inspired plot to destabilize the ex-Soviet nation before the August presidential election in which he is seeking a s…
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.
Trump says he will renew effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked first try
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he will renew effort to end legal protections for young immigrants after Supreme Court blocked first try.
Black Lives Matter spurs scrutiny of Dutch colonial past
HOORN, Netherlands (AP) — The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes of artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.
EU lawmakers voting on probe of fund misuse as leaders meet
BRUSSELS (AP) — As European Union leaders debated Friday their next multi-billion-euro budget, EU lawmakers were voting on a resolution calling for an investigation into the alleged misuse of EU funds in the Czech …
Sheriff in Georgia agrees to pay $10k for campaign violation
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff in Georgia has agreed to pay a $10,000 fine after state investigators found he had his staff working on his reelection campaign during their office hours.
Funeral for U.S. Rep. Andy Barr's wife to be held on Monday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A funeral service for the wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who died unexpectedly this week at the age of 39, will be held Monday in Kentucky.
Advocates worry blacks, Hispanics falling behind in census
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020 census.
1 migrant dead, 6 injured in car chase and crash in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A car carrying seven Pakistani migrants believed to have just crossed the land border from Turkey crashed in northern Greece, killing one man and injuring the other six passengers, polic…
Serbs to vote amid virus concerns, political divisions
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia is holding a parliamentary vote this weekend that takes place amid concerns over the continuing spread of the new coronavirus and political divisions in the Balkan country.
Former Baltimore mayor scheduled to plead guilty to perjury
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor Catherine Pugh, who was embroiled in a scandal involving her