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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…
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LGBT activists see hard work ahead despite Supreme Court win
NEW YORK (AP) — LGBT-rights activists are elated by a major Supreme Court victory on job discrimination, and hope the decision will spur action against other biases faced by their community despite Trump administra…
Michigan group is short petitions to ban abortion procedure
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot group failed to collect enough petitions to put veto-proof legislation before the Republican-led Michigan Legislature that would prohibit a second-trimester abortion procedure, the st…
Protesting French hospital workers demand better pay
PARIS (AP) — Hospital workers rallied in cities around France on Tuesday to demand better pay and more investment in the country's public hospital system, and police fired tear gas at troublemakers on the sidelines…
UK report: Racism means minorities harder hit by virus
LONDON (AP) — A new study by Public Health England has confirmed that historic racism and social inequalities are contributing factors that increase the risk of black, Asian and minority communities contracting and…
Burgum's favored candidates hold up in GOP primary count
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Fargo businessman Thomas Beadle will be moving on to the November general election after winning a spirited Republican primary race for state treasurer, according to results reported Monday on…
UK cuts development ministry, merges it with Foreign Office
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday that he is merging the British government's international development department into its foreign ministry to create a “super department” in charge of bo…
AG to ask Republican lawmakers to sign off on 4 settlements
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul was poised Tuesday to ask lawmakers to approve four more legal settlements under Wisconsin's lame-duck laws.
Ukraine president's wife hospitalized with virus
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The wife of Ukrainain President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been hospitalized with double pneumonia after contracting the new coronavirus, joining the ranks of several first ladies around the world…
Pompeo to meet top Chinese official in Hawaii amid tensions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is making a brief trip to Hawaii for closed-door talks with a senior Chinese official, as relations between the two nations have plummeted over numerous disputes.
Atlanta mayor vows changes in how police officers use force
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require continuous training so that officers do more to deescalate situations before consequences become fatal.
NATO chief plays down concern over US troop plans in Germany
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday played down concern that the United States will rush to pull thousands of its troops out of Germany, as doubts swirled in Europe about when such a …
Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It's been a rough year for the American psyche. Folks in the U.S. are more unhappy today than they've been in nearly 50 years.
France sends police reinforcements to Dijon to quell unrest
PARIS (AP) — The French government sent police reinforcements and a top official to the Dijon region Tuesday to quell four nights of unusually violent clashes between rival groups that have left several injured and…
2 neo-Nazis on trial accused of killing German politician
BERLIN (AP) — A German court begin hearing the case Tuesday against two far-right extremists accused of killing a regional politician whose execution-style slaying shocked the country last year.