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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…
Despite virus surge, Arizona governor won't require masks
PHOENIX (AP) — Coronavirus infections are surging in Arizona. Hospitalizations are increasing and more people are dying since the state relaxed stay-at-home orders last month.
Polish president calls LGBT 'ideology' worse than communism
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda accused the LGBT rights movement Saturday of promoting a viewpoint more harmful than communism and said he agreed with another conservative politician who stated …
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.
Michigan launches online application to get absentee ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — It's now easier for Michigan voters to request an absentee ballot by going
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…
In time of crises, lands bill gives Senate a chance to unite
WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of national crises, the Senate has been able to come together on a topic both parties celebrate: the great outdoors.
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 FACT CHECK: Trump's law and order and misinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Ugh,” said a Republican senator. “How crude,” said a Democratic governor.
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…
World joins US protests but leaders restrained about Trump
BERLIN (AP) — People have taken to the streets of Berlin, London, Paris and other cities around the world to demonstrate in support of Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States and to vent anger over Presi…
William Sessions, FBI head fired by President Clinton, dies
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — William S. Sessions, a former federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan to head the FBI and fired years later by President Bill Clinton, died Friday at his San Antonio home. He was 90.
Albuquerque mayor signs on to Obama-led reform initiative
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The mayor of New Mexico’s largest city said Friday he's joining other Democrat mayors who are vowing to take action on police reform.
Montana has 10 new COVID-19 cases, 2 inmates test negative
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials announced 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, said two Montana Women's Prison inmates with presumptive positive tests were negative for the respiratory virus in followup testi…
Trump reschedules campaign rally after Juneteenth uproar
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won't conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United…
Biden, Wisconsin Democrats rally, virtually, to defeat Trump
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urged Wisconsin Democrats in a brief recorded message broadcast during an online state convention Friday to unite to defeat President Donal…