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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…
Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
In the lake country 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, hundreds danced, prayed and demanded racial justice in Cadillac, a Michigan town that was long home to a neo-Nazi group.
Slovenia police briefly detain 7 at anti-government protest
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia briefly detained seven people who they said attempted to pull down a security fence around the parliament building during the latest in a series of anti-government prot…
Venezuela's opposition sharply rejects new elections board
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s high court loyal to President Nicolás Maduro seated a new elections commission Friday night in a move that was quickly called unconstitutional by political leaders opposed to t…
Massachusetts lawmakers weigh banning police chokeholds
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are working on legislation they say will respond to some of the concerns raised by those protesting George Floyd's killing, including banning the use of chokeholds by police.
Ethics panel fines former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper $2,750
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado commission fined Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper $2,750 on Friday for ethics violations he committed as governor that included accepting a private jet flight to an offici…
New Mexico early education agency forms advisory council
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s new Early Childhood Education and Care Department has named the members of its advisory council.
Hawaii sees largest daily jump in 2 months with 15 new cases
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii public health authorities said Friday 15 more people — including 10 from the same household — have tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. It was the largest single-day inc…
Southwest Kansas counties record low census response rates
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Census organizers in Kansas plan to ramp up efforts to get people counted, particularly in southwestern counties where response rates are low.
Russia's low virus death toll still raises questions in West
MOSCOW (AP) — When Leonid Shlykov's father, Sergei, died in a Moscow hospital last month after 11 days on a ventilator, the death certificate listed the coronavirus as an underlying condition but not the actual cau…
Georgia lawmakers have few days to decide on weighty issues
ATLANTA (AP) — Welcome back, Georgia lawmakers. The state budget is in tatters; Georgians continue to die from COVID-19; demonstrators are in the street protesting police brutality and racial injustice; and many vo…
GOP congressman who officiated gay wedding loses primary
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A freshman Virginia GOP congressman who angered social conservatives in his district when he officiated a gay wedding lost his party's nomination.
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Alaska residents to get $992 from Permanent Fund dividend
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Permanent Fund dividend was finalized at $992 and distribution is expected to begin early this year because of economic impacts caused by the coronavirus pandemic, state departme…
Frontrunner in Senate primary faces attacks from both sides
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Ex-Marine pilot Amy McGrath, who seemed to be gliding toward a primary victory in Kentucky, has come under heavy fire from both directions in the closing days of the Democratic contest to dete…
AP PHOTOS: Nursing home residents allowed comfort of family
ALZANO, Italy (AP) — After more than three months of separation and worry, loved ones are being allowed to reunite with residents of the Martino Zanchi Foundation nursing home in the northern Italian town of Alzano…