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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…
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.
Pritzker announces rent support and business relief fund
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinoisans struggling to pay mortgages and rent and small businesses, all impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, will have access to $900 million in grants, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday.
Bolton: Trump said Xi was right to detain ethnic minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told China's Xi Jinping that he was right to build detention camps to house hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities, former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton all…
Nevada church appealing, state defending virus restrictions
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's lawyers reaffirmed their defense of the state's 50-person cap on religious gatherings to help prevent the spread of coronavirus Wednesday after a rural church asked a U.S. appeals court t…
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…
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.
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…
Oklahoma sees 228 new coronavirus cases, four new deaths
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A record-setting number of new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday in Oklahoma for the second consecutive day, state health officials said.
Indiana Democrats nominate Weinzapfel for attorney general
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Democrats announced Wednesday that former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel will be their nominee for state attorney general, a race that attracted numerous candidates from both parti…
In family meeting, Trump asks for reviews of police killings
DALLAS (AP) — Dwayne Palmer and his mother arrived at the White House wary, worried about being “used as political pawns" when President Donald Trump invited them and other families of other black people killed in …
Governor wants public access to police disciplinary records
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham endorsed election reforms Wednesday that would ship absentee ballots to most registered voters without a request in November and also called for greater …
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
One-time bonuses for N.C. teachers head to Cooper's desk
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina legislature agreed on Wednesday to offer $350 bonuses to public school teachers this fall and asks Gov. Roy Cooper to spend federal COVID-19 relief funds to provide even more…
Michigan Legislature approves $880M in pandemic spending
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature on Wednesday unanimously approved spending $880 million in federal relief aid in response to the coronavirus pandemic, setting aside funding for frontline workers, mun…
White lawmaker likens abortion limits to civil rights issue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Republican lawmaker invoked the name of a black civil rights leader Wednesday as the Mississippi Senate advanced a bill to ban abortion based on the race, sex or genetic anomalies of a…