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Falstad, Homesley outline approaches to election security, public trust
EPHRATA — As Election Day approaches, questions about election integrity, ballot security and public trust remain …
Police pushback doesn't stop conservative gun law rollback
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest push to loosen gun laws in states across the U.S. has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet support for law enforcement.
Senators push infrastructure bill a step closer to passage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators hoisted the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package over another hurdle late Sunday, a coalition of Democrats and Republicans pushing it closer to passage despite a few holdouts try…
'Code red': UN scientists warn of worsening global warming
Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations called…
Dry Mendocino, California, pleads with tourists to conserve
MENDOCINO, Calif. (AP) — Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on pic…
Hochul prepares for spotlight as Cuomo steps aside
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —
Fake COVID-19 vaccination cards worry college officials
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — As the delta variant of the
Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, taking accusations that she has repeatedly publicly lodged against him, including that
Chinese, Russian militaries hold drills in northwest China
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese and Russian troops have engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China in a sign of growing military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid shared concerns over the instability in Afghanistan…
Hochul prepares for spotlight as Cuomo steps aside
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul, a western New York Democrat unfamiliar to many people in the state even after six years as its lieutenant governor, was set to begin reintroducing herself to the public Wednesday a…
Senate nears OK of Dems' $3.5T budget, despite GOP attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their expansive
Dems to try again on elections bill, forcing Senate votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are expected to force votes on a series of election bills, setting up a showdown with Republicans who are all but guaranteed to block their efforts to enact the most expansive ove…
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behav…
For Biden and senators, a sense that 'world was watching'
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden first announced the framework he'd reached with a bipartisan group of senators for
China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei
DANDONG, China (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spying case that has been linked to Beijing's pressure campaign against the Canadian governm…
Arrest made in killing amid uproar over state police reforms
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington said Tuesday they have made an arrest in a teenager's fatal shooting last month, after their initial response to the case highlighted questions about the state's sweeping…