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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…
China passes draft of controversial Hong Kong security law
BEIJING (AP) — China’s legislature on Thursday passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory's legal and political instituti…
China’s ceremonial legislature passes draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ceremonial legislature passes draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized.
Wisconsin panel gives final approval on absentee ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission gave final approval to a mailing that will put absentee ballot application forms in the hands of 2.7 million registered voters ahead of the November president…
AP-NORC poll: Sweeping change in US views of police violence
DETROIT (AP) — A dramatic shift has taken place in the nation’s opinions on policing and race, as a new poll finds that more Americans today than five years ago believe police brutality is a very serious problem th…
Sheriff's investigator, recruit charged in application scam
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A background investigator with the Orange County Sheriff's Department was charged Wednesday with falsifying information to get his ex-roommate hired as a deputy, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors charge police, push reforms amid Floyd protests
Prosecutors across the country are defying traditionally cozy relationships with police departments, swiftly charging officers with murder, assault and other crimes following protests over the death of George Floyd…
Poll: Americans not buying White House spin on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic is “a cause for celebration,” but a new poll finds more than half of Americans calling it fair or poor.
Edwards says too few in Louisiana have responded to census
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday urged more Louisiana residents to respond to the
Robert C. Byrd's name removed from a college health center
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A private college in West Virginia said Wednesday it is removing the name of the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd from its health center, saying his name had caused “divisiveness and pain" wit…
Trading racism claims, Tennessee House stays in tense divide
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee House continued to simmer Wednesday after Republicans spiked a resolution the night before for a young black woman shot and killed this year. Speaker Cameron Sexton even kicked…
West Virginia governor appoints Glasko-Tully to legislature
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday appointed a longtime health care practitioner to the state House of Delegates.
Temperature checks to return at N.C. legislature entrances
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People trying to enter the two buildings operated by the North Carolina General Assembly will get their temperatures checked again after the COVID-19 protocol was discontinued this week.
Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses th…
Washoe County temporarily suspends asymptomatic virus tests
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Washoe County has temporarily suspended COVID-19 testing of most people with no symptoms because of a backlog of test samples at the state lab caused in part by increased testing of inmates at sta…
Many fear Trump's visit to Tulsa could spark violence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Black community leaders in Tulsa said they fear a large rally by President Donald Trump in the city this weekend could spark violence, and the state's governor asked Trump not to visit the site…